SCHOOL BUILDING EMERGENCIES

SCHOOL BUILDING EMERGENCIES

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7440A - SCHOOL BUILDING EMERGENCIES

CRIME OR VIOLENCE SITUATION – INCIDENT – CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (VANDALISM)

Pre – Plan ActionImmediate ActionFollow up Action
  • Have written policy for
    those who are caught in
    the act of vandalism to
    include restitution and
    consequences.
  • Arrange with custodial
    staff to have a plan for
    removing all graffiti before
    start of next school day.
  • Principal conducts
    appropriate follow up to
    make sure restitute has
    been made.
  • Instill a commitment from
    school staff that first act 
    of criminal mischief
    (vandalism) will be dealt
    with.
  • Graffiti should be
    photographed and turned
    over to police.
  • If act of vandalism is an
    expellable offense
    make sure appropriate
    paperwork is completed.
  • Instill in teachers and
    enforce with students
    respect for property.
  • When vandalism is
    observed it is immediately
    reported to the
    appropriate administrator.
  • Teachers and staff
    should monitor and
    report physical damage
    to the building and
    parking lot area.
  • Complete the monthly
    clean campus report.
  • If vandalism is of nature to constitute criminal
    charges it should be
    reported to local police.
  • Complete clean
    campus report.
  • Utilize school security
    alarm system.
  • Graffiti that is visible
    should be removed
    immediately after police
    release crime scene.
  • File District Vandalism
    Report.
  • Have local police conduct
    crime Prevention Survey.
  • Notify Area Superintendent
    and District Public
    Information Officer.
  • Support Appendix #77
    – Record Keeping
    Process and
    Procedures for Critical
    Incident Response
    Reports and Training
    Documentation.
  • Support Appendix #70 –
    Chain of Command.
  • Support Appendix #71 –
    Emergency Phone
    Numbers
  • Critique Incident.

FACILITY EMERGENCIES – MAJOR FIRE/EXPLOSION

Pre – Plan ActionImmediate ActionFollow up Action
  • Conduct evacuation drills
    ten (10) per year, two (2)
    within the first two weeks
    of school.
  • Administration shall
    immediately call 911.
  • Damage Assessment
    Report.
  • Evaluate and update
    evacuation plans after
    each evacuation drill.
  • Sound the alarm
    and evacuate.
  • Complete clean-up of
    facility.
  • Contact Local Fire
    Department, have them
    do pre-plan of facility.
  • Initiate nearest fire
    pull station.

  • Prepare written
    notification/letter to be
    sent to parents.
  • Contact District Fire
    Marshall for any
    assistance with pre-plan.
  • All students and employees
    are to be moved to safe
    locations and accounted for.
  • Prepare after Action
    Report, forward to
    Area Superintendent
    and Office of Safety
    Management.
  • Support Appendix #71 –
    Emergency Phone
    Numbers.
  • Administration stands by to
    communicate with Fire
    Department.
  • Support Appendix #70
    – Chain of Command.
  • Support Appendix #80 –
    Sample Letters/Memos
    and Sample Media
    Statement.
  • Describe location, conditions
    and actions being taken.
  • Support Appendix #77-
    Record Keeping
    Process and
    Procedures for Critical
    Incident Response
    Reports and Training
    Documentation.
  • Support Appendix #81 –
    Victim Log Sheet.
  • PERSON ON FIRE: smother
    fire by rolling victim on
    ground by water deluge, or
    as last resort by dry chemical fire extinguisher.
  • Critique incident.
  • Support Appendix #88 –
    Workers’ Compensation
    Injury Reporting.

WARNING – DO NOT:

  • use water
  • attempt to
    fight fires
    involving toxic
  • chemicals or strong oxidizers,
  • attempt to fight fires involving
    explosives
  • Contact District Personnel:
    Public
    Information
    Officer, Area
    Superintendent,
    and Office of
    Public Safety.
Refer to Appendix/B-
"Discovery, Reporting
and the Control of
Fires" in the
"Comprehensive Safety
and Health Program"
plan – School Board of
Brevard County, Dated
July 1, 1997.
Refer to Appendix/B-
"Discovery, Reporting
and the Control of
Fires" in the
"Comprehensive Safety
and Health Program"
plan – School Board of
Brevard County, Dated
July 1, 1997.
Refer to Appendix/B-
"Discovery, Reporting
and the Control of
Fires" in the
"Comprehensive Safety
and Health Program"
plan – School Board of
Brevard County, Dated
July 1, 1997.

FACILITY EMERGENCIES – SMALL FIRE

Pre – Plan ActionImmediate ActionFollow up Action
  • Conduct fire extinguisher
    training for all employees.
  • Contact Fire Department via
    911.
  • Have expended fire
    extinguishers.
  • Maintain current location
    map of all fire extinguishers.
  • Evacuate all students to safe area, sound alarm then:
  • Summary of personnel
    actions and written
    action plans.
  • Custodian conduct
    monthly inspection of all
    fire extinguishers.
  • Determine if fire small
    enough to attempt to
    extinguish with available
    extinguisher.
  • Complete written
    report of actions
    forward to Area
    Superintendent and
    Office of Safety
    Management.
  • Conduct annual service
    of all fire extinguishers.
  • Using the correct type of
    extinguisher attempt to
    extinguish fire.
  • Support Appendix
    #77 – Record
    Keeping Process
    and Procedures for
    Critical Incident
    Response Reports
    and Training
    Documentation.
  • Support Appendix #70 –
    Chain of Command.
  • If after attempting to
    extinguish fire, it’s
    determined fire is too large
    or can’t be extinguished
    with available extinguisher,
    evacuate.
  • Critique incident.
  • Support Appendix #71
    – Emergency Phone
    Numbers.
  • Initiate nearest fire
    pull station.
  • Describe location,
    conditions, and
    actions being taken.
  • PERSON ON FIRE:
    Smother fire by rolling
    victim on ground, by
    water deluge, or as last
    resort by dry chemical fire
    extinguisher.
  • WARNING – DO NOT:
     
    • use water on
      electrical fires,
    • attempt to fight fires
      involving toxic
      chemicals or strong
      oxidizers
    • attempt to fight fires
      involving explosives
Refer to Appendix/B
– "Discovery,
Reporting and the
Control of Fires" in the
"Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan –
School Board of
Brevard County,
Dated July 1, 1997.
Refer to Appendix/B
– "Discovery,
Reporting and the
Control of Fires" in the
"Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan –
School Board of
Brevard County,
Dated July 1, 1997.
Refer to Appendix/B
– "Discovery,
Reporting and the
Control of Fires" in the
"Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan –
School Board of
Brevard County,
Dated July 1, 1997.

FACILITY EMERGENCIES – DOORS THAT WON’T LOCK/RE-KEYING DOORS

Pre – Plan ActionImmediate ActionFollow up Action
  • Identify all door and
    locking mechanism,
    Interior and Exterior,
    and Out Buildings.
  • Report lost keys
    immediately.
  • Follow work order
    until closure.
  • Prepare Emergency
    Contact Form that
    identifies the Master Keys
    and contact person.
  • Document all statements
    from persons who have
    responsibility for keys.
  • Summary of personnel
    actions and written
    action plans.
  • Update Contact Form at
    least annually and send
    to Local Police, Local Fire
    Department, Office of
    Safety Management, and
    District Public Safety
    Office.
  • Identify inoperable locking
    assembly and door
    hardware.
  • If theft occurs, local
    Police for Case Report
    and Case Report
    number.
  • Insure maintenance of
    door closures, locks, and
    door adjustments.
  • Prepare work order
    request form.
  • Contact Office of
    Public Safety and
    provide Case Report
    number.
  • Review "Custodial
    Standards" regarding
    mechanical conditions
    of door locks.
  • Assess the value of
    potential loss, by theft,
    in the affected room(s).
  • Support Appendix #77
    – Record Keeping
    Process and
    Procedures for Critical
    Incident Response
    Reports and Training
    Documentation.
  • Maintain updated key
    control procedures.

  • Move high value items
    (i.e., cameras, television, VCR’s
    Computers, etc.) that can be
    moved to an alternative secure
    location.
  • Critique incident.
  • Support Appendix #70
    – Chain of Command.
  • Provided the door cannot be
    secured, and is identified
    after hours, contact should
    be made with the Maintenance
    Emergency Telephone
    number at 633-3600.
  • Support Appendix #71 –
    Emergency Phone
    Numbers.
  • Support Appendix #78 –
    Key Control Procedures.

Refer to "Custodial
Standards Manual"
prepared by the Office
of Plant Operations,
dated May 1985.

Refer to "Custodial
Standards Manual"
prepared by the Office
of Plant Operations,
dated May 1985.

Refer to "Custodial
Standards Manual"
prepared by the Office
of Plant Operations,
dated May 1985.

FACILITY EMERGENCIES – STRUCTURAL FAILURE/BUILDING COLLAPSE

Pre – Plan Action

Immediate Action

Follow up Action
  • Post and review
    evacuation route.
  • Conduct evacuation as
    necessary using pre-planned
    routes and alarms.
  • Assessment Report.
  • Conduct evacuation drills
    as required utilizing
    secondary egress routes
    as well as primary.
  • Notify Emergency Services
    by use of 911.
  • Summary of personnel
    actions and written
    action plans.
  • Contact Fire and Police
    Departments to assist in
    the documentation of pre-
    planning for emergency
    operations.
  • Immediately account for all
    students and employees –
    with written accountability.
  • Complete written
    report of actions
    forward to Facility
    Services.
  • Maintain current as built
    drawings of facility.
  • Activate Parent Notification
    Plan if necessary.
  • Insure the facility is
    secure to avoid further
    damage to the building
    or harm to personnel.
  • Prepare to disperse
    students to parents or
    another location.
  • Setup and Identify Command
    Post for School Based and
    Emergency Management
    Personnel.
  • Support Appendix #70 –
    Chain of Command.
  • Prepare to evacuate
    the disabled.
  • Contact District Personnel:
    Public Information Officer,
    Area Superintendent,
    Director of Public Safety.
  • Support Appendix #77 –
    Record Keeping
    Process and
    Procedures for Critical
    Incident Response
    Reports and Training
    Documentation.
  • Contact Red Cross for
    training.
  • Critique incident.
  • Support Appendix #71 –
    Emergency Phone
    Numbers.
  • Support Appendix #80 –
    Sample Letters/Memos 
    and Sample Media
    Statement.
  • Support Appendix #81 –
    Victim Log Sheet.
  • Support Appendix #88 –
    Workers’ Compensation
    Injury Reporting.
Refer to Appendix/H-
"Site Evacuations" in
the "Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan-School
Board of Brevard
County, Dated July 1,
1997.
Refer to Appendix/H-
"Site Evacuations" in
the "Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan-School
Board of Brevard
County, Dated July 1,
1997.
Refer to Appendix/H-
"Site Evacuations" in
the "Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan-School
Board of Brevard
County, Dated July 1,
1997.

UNIQUE SITUATION – INCIDENT – AIRPLANE CRASH ON OR NEAR CAMPUS

Pre – Plan ActionImmediate ActionFollow up Action
  • Principal to contact
    Airport Directors annually.
  • Call 911.
  • Fire, Police will now
    control disaster scene.
  • Consider the path of
    advertising airplanes.
  • Front office calls Airport
    contact person.
  • Activate alternate
    school site as needed.
  • School shall exchange list
    of contact persons names
    and phone numbers.
  • Determine nature of
    injuries and damages.
  • Activate counseling
    team.
  • Have LIFE FLIGHT visit
    the school. Set up landing
    zone area.
  • Determine what evacuation
    procedures if any need to be implemented – Implement
    Disaster Plan.
  • Support Appendix #77
    – Record Keeping
    Process and
    Procedures for Critical
    Incident Response
    Reports and Training
    Documentation.
  • Determine if school is
    in flight path.
  • Call is made to District Office
    – assistance is requested.
  • Support Appendix #81
    – Victim
  • Obtain an aerial photo
    view of school campus.
  • Arrangements are made for
    bus transportation home as
    needed.

  • Support Appendix #88
    – Workers’
    Compensation Injury
    Reporting.
  • Have School Emergency
    Kit ready in the front
    office.
  • All students are kept inside
    from P.E.
  • Critique incident.
  • Identify campus gas and
    water shut off valves.
  • Written documentation of
    student accountability prior
    to any release.
  • Establish alternate off
    campus evacuation
    routes and an alternate
    area in the event road in
    or out is blocked.
  • Utilize form letter for
    persons answering phone.
  • Have adequate supply of
    extra meals on hand in
    cafeteria.
  • Obtain additional persons
    to answer phones.
  • Support Appendix #70 –
    Chain of Command.
  • Teachers escort their classes
    to buses due to large amount
    of visitors on or near campus.
    Release students only to
    authorized persons.
  • Support Appendix #71 –
    Emergency Phone Numbers.
  • Prepare for large numbers of
    parents to call or arrive at
    school.
  • Support Appendix #80 –
    Sample Letters/Memos
    and Sample Media
    Statement.

  • Principal/District Public
    Information Officer talk to the
    media as soon as possible to
    dispel concerns.
  • Have evacuation maps
    posted.
  • If persons are injured, assign
    designee to keep list by
    name of what hospital taken
    to, what time and how
    transported.
  • Evaluate evacuation
    maps for accuracy.
  • Notify District Office of Public
    Safety.
  • Assign clearly marked media
    area.

UNIQUE INCIDENTS AND SEVERE WEATHER – TORNADO OR SEVERE STORMS

Pre – Plan ActionImmediate ActionFollow up Action
  • Determine safest areas to
    utilize in event of storm –
    Document and post.
  • Monitor the Public
    Broadcasting System and
    the NOAA Weather Alert.
  • Assessment Report.
  • Conduct training for all
    employees.
  • Place adult watchers outside
    to monitor the storm.
  • Summary of personnel
    actions and written
    action plans.
  • Insure that the
    Notification is in Place
    and Operational (Be
    aware of NOAA Weather
    Alert).
  • Evacuate all students and
    personnel from portables.
  • Complete written
    report of actions
    forward to Area
    Superintendent.
  • Develop a Special Alarm
    for Tornado Warning.
  • Do use lower floors and
    interior areas.
  • Office of Safety
    Management, Office
    of Public Safety.
  • Understand severe
    lightning strikes are
    considered a hazard
    to life and safety.
  • If there are severe lightning
    strikes, the Principal should wait for this hazard to pass before allowing students to get on buses. Bus drivers will notify others that buses will be late.
  • Support Appendix #77
    – Record Keeping
    Process and
    Procedures for Critical
    Incident Response
    Reports and Training
    Documentation.
  • Train students and
    personnel in self-
    protective posture.
  • Do not use Gymnasium,
    Auditoriums, Cafeterias,
    and other areas with wide
    roof spans.
  • Critique incident.
  • Publish and train
    personnel concerning the
    difference between a
    Tornado Watch and a
    Tornado Warning.
  • Send all student and
    personal to designated
    areas.
  • Keep First Aid Supplies
    Convenient.
  • Expect bus drivers
    transporting students to
    consider the building to
    be a suitable shelter.
  • Have use of portable
    building contingencies.
  • Notify District Public
    Information Officer.
  • Support Appendix #70 –
    Chain of Command.
  • Support Appendix #71 –
    Emergency Phone Numbers.
  • Support Appendix #85 –
    "Schools as Shelters"
    Training Materials.
Refer to Appendix/F-
"Hazardous Weather" in
the "Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan-School
Board of Brevard
County, Dated July 1,
1997.
Refer to Appendix/F-
"Hazardous Weather" in
the "Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan-School
Board of Brevard
County, Dated July 1,
1997.
Refer to Appendix/F-
"Hazardous Weather" in
the "Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan-School
Board of Brevard
County, Dated July 1,
1997.

UNIQUE INCIDENTS AND SEVERE WEATHER – HURRICANE

Pre – Plan ActionImmediate ActionFollow up Action
  • Conduct training for all
    employees.
  • Meet and coordinate with
    American Red Cross
    Personnel and officials from
    Brevard County Emergency
    Management.
  • Assessment Report.
  • Select a location for a
    crisis communication
    center.
  • Complete the American Red
    Cross Self-Inspection
    Worksheet/Off Premise
    Liability Checklist.
  • Summary of personnel
    actions and written
    action plans.
  • Shelter Coordinator will
    supply Organization Chart
    to the Area Director
    designating all persons
    who will assist in a
    disaster.
  • Sign the Facility Agreement
    with the American Red
    Cross.

  • Complete written
    report of actions
    forward to Facility
    Services within twenty-
    four hours to
    address/re-occupancy.
  • Shelter Coordinator will
    work closely with the
    Directors of
    Communications,
    Maintenance, Food
    Supply and Office of
    Public Safety.
  • Shelter Coordinator notifies
    the Shelter Support Team.
  • Personal assets will be
    evaluated for necessary
    repairs and operations.
  • Keep First Aid Supplies
    in a convenient location.
  • Shelter Coordinator is the
    specific school
    representative assigned
    to assist the American Red
    Cross Shelter Manager
    and/or the "Special Needs"
    shelter manager.
  • Complete written
    report of actions
    forwarded to Area
    Superintendent, Office
    of Safety Management,
    Office of Public Safety.
  • Plan for backup
    communications in case
    phone and PA system fail.
  • The American Red Cross
    Shelter Manager opens the
    Shelter and prepares to
    receive evacuees, with the
    exception of "Special Needs"
    shelters.
  • Assist the American
    Red Cross and
    Brevard County
    Emergency
    Management with
    short-term and long-
    term recovery process.
  • Have use of portable
    building contingency.
  • Assist with the registration
    and room assignment.
  • Support Appendix #70
    – Chain of Command.
  • Have a statement that
    clerical employees can
    read to callers.
  • Insure entrances and exits
    to the facilities are not
    blocked by traffic.
  • Support Appendix #71-
    Emergency Phone
    Numbers.
  • Special Note – The
    Appendix for Hurricanes
    "Disaster Plan" is
    published on annual
    basis. It is the
    responsibility of the
    school site Administrator
    to place the "Disaster
    Plan" in the
    Comprehensive Plan.

  • Insure access to food and
    water supply.

  • Support Appendix #77
    – Record Keeping
    Process and
    Procedures for Critical
    Incident Response
    Reports and Training
    Documentation.
  • The American Red Cross
    will provide shelter
    managers for each
    shelter site (other than
    "Special Needs" shelters).
  • Review most current "Act
    Sheet" with regard to "open"
    shelters and damage
    assessments.
  • Support Appendix #85
    – "Schools as Shelters"
    Training Materials.
  • The American Red Cross
    is responsible for the
    activation, operation,
    maintenance and
    deactivation of
    designated public shelters
    (other than "Special
    Needs" shelters).
  • Make contact with Area
    Superintendent to control
    rumors and receive
    updated information.
  • Critique Incident.
  • The American Red Cross
    is the primary agency
    responsible for public
    shelters (other than
    "Special Needs" shelters)
    under the Federal
    Response Plan.
  • Brevard County
    Emergency Management
    is responsible to establish
    and maintain a
    comprehensive
    emergency plan.
  • Brevard County
    Emergency Management
    is responsible for
    selecting managers for
    "Special Needs" shelters.

UNIQUE INCIDENTS AND SEVERE WEATHER – FLOODING

Pre – Plan ActionImmediate ActionFollow up Action
  • Conduct training for all
    employees.

  • Monitor the Public
    Broadcasting System and
    the NOAA Weather Alert.
  • Assessment Report.
  • Have contingency plan
    to release students from
    school early or to put
    students in an alternative
    school/building site.
  • Evacuate flooded area with
    special considerations for
    portables.
  • Summary of
    personnel actions
    and written action
    plans.
  • Identify flood prone
    and low laying areas.
  • Assess damaged areas.
  • Complete written report
    of actions forwarded to
    Facility Services.
  • Coordinate proper
    response plans with
    the Maintenance
    Department.
  • Use school resources,
    if available to start
    cleanup of flooded areas.
  • Support Appendix
    #77 – Record
    Keeping Process
    and Procedures for
    Critical Incident
    Response Reports
    and Training
    Documentation.
  • Identify alternative areas
    for students and
    personnel to rooms not
    effected by flooding.
  • Activate Parent Notification
    Plan if necessary.
  • Critique incident.
  • Keep First Aid Supplies
    in a convenient location.
  • Contact Transportation
    if early release of students
    is necessary.
  • Contact Animal control
    for a pre-event meeting.
  • Contact District Maintenance
    personnel for corrective
    actions.
  • Support Appendix #70
    – Chain of Command.
  • Contact District Personnel:
    Public Information Officer
    and Area Superintendent.
  • Support Appendix #71
    – Emergency Phone Numbers.

  • Assess areas because
    flooding increases animal
    activities (i.e., raccoons,
    snakes, rats, alligators, etc.)
    from their natural habitats.
  • Support Appendix #85 –
    "Schools as Shelters"
    Training Materials.
Refer to Section 10.5C
– in the "Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan-School
Board of Brevard County,
Dated July 1, 1997.
Refer to Section 10.5C
– in the "Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan-School
Board of Brevard County,
Dated July 1, 1997.
Refer to Section 10.5C
– in the "Comprehensive
Safety and Health
Program" plan-School
Board of Brevard County,
Dated July 1, 1997.

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