FEMA Shelter Procedures: Emergency Response

10 Questions

What is the responsibility of custodial staff during an emergency evacuation?

To check the cafeteria, lounge, and conference room and secure building

What signal indicates that it is safe to return to the building after a fire drill?

A ringing of the normal school bells

What should teachers do with their classroom door when exiting the room during a fire drill?

Close the door and turn off the lights

Where should students go once they exit the building during a fire drill?

An open grassy area away from the building

What should teachers take with them when leaving the classroom during a fire drill?

A Crisis Management Bag

Who is responsible for ensuring that all students are accounted for during a fire drill?

The teacher

How often should a fire drill be conducted during the school year?

Once every 9 weeks

What should students do if they are with another teacher when the fire alarm sounds?

Go back to their regular classroom

Who is responsible for dismissing students back to their classrooms after an emergency evacuation?

The principal

What should teachers do with their students when exiting the building during a fire drill?

Have them walk quietly

Study Notes

FEMA Shelter Procedures

If the weather starts to turn bad, the office staff will listen to the weather radio.
If a tornado warning is issued, the office will announce "PLEASE EVACUATE TO THE FEMA SHELTER".
If the office staff is unable to make an announcement and the tornado sirens are heard, students must evacuate immediately to the FEMA shelter.

Evacuation Procedures

All classrooms and adults will go to the FEMA shelter.
Bring Crisis Bag and Class List to the FEMA shelter.
If in own classroom, lock the classroom door before evacuating.
If not in own classroom, do not go back to get items.

Entering the FEMA Shelter

North and South buildings will enter accordingly to the North/South FEMA doors.
Students and teachers will enter the gym and set up facing west, leaving an area down the middle lane for emergency access.

Inside the FEMA Shelter

The goal is to fit as many students within the white portion of the gym floor while leaving the Thick Blue line on the outside and the center isle for announcements and first aid.
Janssen and Horn will check off classrooms as they enter into the FEMA room.
Office staff will lock up the office doors and hang signs at the front entrance.

Roles and Responsibilities

Nurse will be free to collect and provide first aid items/care/medications.
Custodial staff will make sure all doors except the front doors are locked and secure the building before entering the FEMA shelter.
Designated staff will check a hallway and close the BIG FIRE doors when the hallway is clear.

Post-All Clear Procedures

Once an all-clear is given by the district, principals will dismiss each group, and they will go back to their classrooms.
Parents may not take their children unless they are checked out first.

Fire Drills

A fire drill will be conducted at least once every 9 weeks during the school year.
Drills will be signaled by a continuous blast of the fire buzzer.
Teachers should follow their classes and shut their classroom door on the way out.
A class list should be utilized to ensure all students are accounted for once outside.
An "all clear" will be signaled by ringing the normal school bells.

Fire Drill Procedures

Teachers should make sure to close the door, turn off the light, and take their Crisis Management Bag when leaving the room.
Students should walk quietly when leaving the room and building.
Staff should direct students where to go by following the map.
All students should take a coat if necessary.
If a class is with another teacher, the regular classroom teacher should go to their location.
When students exit the building, they should go to an open grassy area away from the building.
Teachers should take roll when the class is outside.