Disaster and Crisis Management Plan

 

 

Off Campus Evacuation

 

An Off Campus Evacuation will normally follow a Room Evacuation procedure.  The directive for an Off Campus Evacuation will be delivered verbally to faculty by each school’s administrator.  Unless directed otherwise, off campus evacuations will be to Stonehurst Park.

 

Teachers

¨      Upon hearing the alarm system, immediately turn on your radio.

¨      Upon notification from the school principal to evacuate the campus, move your students toward the bus loading zone.

¨      Board with your students on the bus indicated by the Director of .

¨      Enroute to the evacuation site, re-check the class roll.  If another student is missing, have the bus driver radio the student name to the school principal.

¨      Upon arriving at the evacuation site, keep your class together at the assigned area for your school.  Follow the instructions of the Evacuation Site .

¨      Remain with your students and await further instructions.

Evacuation Site

¨      Prior to leaving the school, gather your Evacuation Site Team at the bus loading zone to be transported to the evacuation site on the first bus.

¨      Upon arrival at the evacuation site, direct arriving classes to the areas of the park assigned for each school.  If the civil authorities have the school evacuate to a location other than Stonehurst Park, you should immediately designate areas of the evacuation site for each of the three schools.

¨      The first bus arriving will have high school students aboard whom you may utilize at the site.

Principals 

¨      Upon notification from the Command that you are to evacuate the campus, wait for the Director of to notify you on how many classes to send to the buses in the first wave.

¨      Upon instructions from the Director of , notify the appropriate number of teachers to move their classes toward the bus loading zone for a campus evacuation.  Only release the appropriate number of classes as directed by the Director of Transportation.  Notify the remaining teachers that we are evacuating the campus, but that they should remain in place until you notify them to move toward the bus loading zone.

¨      Upon the last class of your school leaving the campus, notify the Command that your classes have all been evacuated.  Either ride the last bus of your students or travel by personal vehicle to the evacuation site.

¨      Maintain control over your students and faculty at the evacuation site, striving to reduce panic and return things to normalcy.

Maintenance Staff

¨      Maintain previous posts from Room Evacuation procedure unless reassigned.

¨      Await further instructions from the Command Center.

¨      When notified, report to the buses for evacuation.

¨      Upon arriving to the evacuation site, report to the Evacuation Site for further assignments.

Bus Drivers

¨      Immediately report to buses upon notification that a campus evacuation will be declared.

¨      Evacuate teachers and students by class to the evacuation site.

¨      Upon arriving at the unloading zone, report by radio to the Director of .

¨      If ordered to return to the school for another load of riders, report to the Director of Transportation when you are leaving the unloading zone and just prior to approaching the school campus.

¨      After all students have been evacuated, remain with your bus and park it in the unloading zone at the evacuation site.

Director of Transportation and Bus Trainer

¨      Acquire a sufficient number of bus drivers.

¨      Contact the Medical Center to determine if a bus is needed to evacuate any seriously injured students.  Such students will be evacuated by ambulance, if possible.  If a bus is needed, the bus will evacuate these individuals to a local hospital as directed by the Head Nurse.

¨      Send the Evacuation Site Coordinator and team on the first bus.  The first bus to exit should have high school students aboard so that they may be used to assist the evacuation at the evacuation site.

¨      In general, evacuate the injured and faculty and classes first.  Other staff will be evacuated last.

¨      Instruct the school principals when to start sending classes to the bus loading zone.  Instruct them on how many classes to send at what time.  Students will basically be held at their Room Evacuation positions by the principals until you are ready to move them toward the bus loading zone.  Attempt to keep one group of students on the buses, one group at the loading zone ready to load the buses and the remaining students at their original room evacuation locations.

¨      Direct approaching teachers and classes to load buses by classes.

¨      Hold approaching students in place if a bus is not currently available.  Radio principals to hold classes at their original assigned Room Evacuation locations until buses are available.

¨      Maintain radio contact with buses to monitor progress and to have classes moved to the loading/unloading zone and ready to board buses upon the arrival of a bus. 

Medical Team

¨      Work with paramedics to determine how injured persons should be transported.

¨      If school buses are needed to transport the injured, determine whether to transport them to a local hospital or to the evacuation site.

Command Center

¨      Work with civil authorities in deciding to declare an Off Campus Evacuation.  Determine via the Community Evaluation Team that the roads are accessible between the school and the evacuation site, and that the evacuation site is habitable.  Coordinate with the Director of Transportation to determine bus readiness. Declare an Off Campus Evacuation.

¨      Notify staff of an off-campus evacuation.

¨      Monitor the evacuation from the Command Center.

¨      Personally evacuate the campus after the evacuation is completed.

¨      See that sign is posted at the front gate notifying parents of the location of the evacuation site.

¨      Develop a message for the FM Radio broadcast to parents.

All other staff

¨      If you have a radio, turn it on.

¨      Report to the Command and await further instructions.

 

A message will be broadcast to notify parents as to where the students have been evacuated.  If a power outage disallows this procedure, a sign will be hung on the front gate.