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REVERSE EVACUATION. Acts of terrorism can include chemical release, bio-hazards, explosives, kidnapping and shooting causing widespread fear and panic, victims who are contaminated, seriously injured or killed and property damage. Keep students calm. Move students away from threat to closest suitable shelter.
Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with minimal misunderstanding to staff while preventing stress and panic among visitors to the hospital.
In the United States, response codes are used to describe a mode of response for an emergency unit responding to a call. They generally vary but often have three basic tiers: Code 3: Respond to the call using lights and sirens. Code 2: Respond to the call with emergency lights, but without sirens. Alternatively, sirens may be used if necessary ...
The Emergency Response Guidebook: A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident (ERG) is used by emergency response personnel (such as firefighters, paramedics and police officers) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States when responding to a transportation emergency involving hazardous materials.
Replenishment: The school’s emergency plan should include procedures for designating which staff are responsible for replenishing the go-kits. All supplies should be well labeled and maintained. Two Types: Some schools find it beneficial to have two major types of go-kits: (1) for administrators and (2) for teachers in each individual classroom.
However, highly publicized school shootings have created uncertainty about the safety and security of this country’s schools and generated fear that an attack might occur in any school, in any community. Increased national attention to the problem of school violence has prompted educators, law enforcement officials, mental health
This document is a part of the Emergency Exercises Training Package. Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Supportive Schools administers the REMS TA Center to serve two critical functions aimed at helping education agencies, with their ...
Practical Information on Crisis Planning Brochure. Taking action now can save lives, prevent injury, and minimize property damage in the moments of a crisis. If you do not have a crisis plan in place, it is time to develop one. If you have one, review, practice, and update your plan. This brochure is designed to assist schools and communities ...