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Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Guidance for SchoolsAt request gate: Greet and direct parents/guardians through the request process; Provide parents with student-family reunification form (permit for release ofchild) to be filled out; Verify authorization on “student emergency contact” cards; Request identification. If parents or guardians are known to staff or positivelyidentified by student, this may be used in lieu of official identification, subject toapproval of administrator; Keep the top portion of the form at the request gate filed in alphabetical order; Locate child using student schedule location roster and identify location in emergencyassembly area; Send a runner with the middle portion of the form to locate the student in the assemblyarea; Give the bottom portion of the form to the parent/guardian and direct them to thereunification gate; If a second person comes to find the same student, check request form and directparent to the reunification gate for detailed information.At reunion gate:Match request form with student. Request identification. In the case of discrepanciesrequest adult to return to request gate.If a second person comes to find the same student, verify that the student waspicked up, when and by whom.The logistics branch leader’s responsibilities are:Immediately lock all external gates and doors—secure campus;Report to incident commander;As needed, mobilize individuals to obtain equipment and people to support theoperations branch;Monitor gates and open for emergency vehicles, and direct first responders to areaof need;Post signs as needed;Direct parents to the “request gate”;Check utilities and take action to minimize damage to school site;Assess damage to site and report findings to incident command center;Establish morgue area, if needed;36
Work with the cafeteria and ICC to distribute resources such as water, food, power,radio, telephones, and sanitation supplies;Seek help to create shelter, sanitation and nutrition teams as needed.Shelter and sanitation teamSanitation:Students will use gym and field restrooms, if they are safe and water is available;Supplies should also be pre-positioned in emergency storage container;Privacy screens can be made from be large cardboard appliance containers cut inhalf vertically to make a “v-shaped” screen, or made with dark sheets and ropes.Separate facilities may be needed for girls and boys;To collect waste you may either dig holes, and cover with sand or dirt periodically,or use buckets and plastic bags.Shelter:In case of inclement weather, if gymnasium is safe, students will be brought inside;If building is not safe, alternative IC will seek alternate location. Blankets kept inthe emergency shed will be used;Provide water and food for those people detained beyond meal times;Water and food stocks should both be stockpiled and rotated into regular use onan ongoing basis.Response provisionsIn case of the need for building or site evacuation, there are some key supplies that need tobe ready to take with you. These same supplies will be needed if you have to shelter-in-place.The checklists provided in the Addenda recommend supplies to be maintained by administration,nursing office, in each classroom, and schoolwide.The school administration office “go-box” should staff and student class roster andschedules, and for elementary and secondary schools it should contain Student EmergencyContact Cards, and student check-in and absentee log and daily visitors log, school site map,important phone numbers, keys, and office supplies.The nursing office go-box should contain student prescription medications and firstaid supplies. School first aid kit contents should be appropriate to the size of your school.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aid_kitSchool Disaster Management37
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Page 7 and 8: ForewordThis handbook and its compa
Page 9 and 10: IntroductionMore than 400 national
Page 11 and 12: School Disaster ManagementSchool Di
Page 13 and 14: 1. Assessment and planningAssessmen
Page 15 and 16: vention awareness in the school com
Page 17 and 18: D. Find the relative risk score, by
Page 19 and 20: Priority 1: secure items that can k
Page 21 and 22: On the Neighborhood Map mark vulner
Page 23 and 24: And last but not least, students wi
Page 25 and 26: Secure lighting fixtures to ceiling
Page 27 and 28: Standardization - the use of common
Page 29 and 30: Incident Command Systems Organigram
Page 31 and 32: Staff: ahead of time, practice as a
Page 33 and 34: necessary, or when there is not tim
Page 35 and 36: Reunification Team: greets parents
Page 37 and 38: When you are in transit. When trave
Page 39 and 40: If you are indoors, stay off all te
Page 41 and 42: Emergency Procedures Decision-TreeR
Page 43: Report findings to Operations Chief
Page 47 and 48: the drill, students can debrief wit
Page 49 and 50: ReferencesGFDRR and INEE, Guideline
Page 51 and 52: Addenda:Comprehensive School Safety
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Page 55 and 56: 5. Schools have and practice polici
Page 57 and 58: In Column B, the likelihood of occu
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Page 61 and 62: We have a fire extinguisher and mai
Page 63 and 64: Other variationsTo make this a real
Page 65 and 66: if there is an earthquake when they
Page 67 and 68: Class Status Report FormReturn this
Page 69 and 70: Emergency Provisions ChecklistsADMI
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