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Title: New Hanover County Schools Managing Crisis Events


1
New Hanover County Schools Managing Crisis
Events
Mitigation/ Prevention
Preparation
Recovery
Response
2
What Parents Need to Know if anEmergency Occurs
  • Emergency planning in the New Hanover County
    School
  • District is based upon the concepts of
    prevention or
  • mitigation of emergencies, emergency
    preparedness,
  • emergency response, and recovery and return
    to
  • learning.
  • In responding to an emergency, our staff will
    be
  • organized according to the nationally
    recognized
  • incident command system in order to
    facilitate a
  • unified approach with local, state and
    national
  • authorities, if needed.
  • During an actual emergency, staff have been
    trained to
  • implement one or more universal emergency
  • procedures.

3
What Parents Need to Know About Emergencies at
School?
4
Actions the schools will take if an emergency
strikes at your childs school
  • Remember, our first and foremost priority is to
    protect your child. We have planned for and
    trained for emergencies.
  • Our emergency plans are predicated upon universal
  • emergency procedures and will result in
    either a decision to shelter at the school or
    evacuate to a safer location.
  • We will never dismiss unaccompanied students
    into
  • an unsafe situation or into an emergency
    situation, even if the situation extends beyond
    the school day.

5
Actions the school will take if an emergency
strikes at your childs school
  • 1. Sheltering If the building is safe, we will
    protect your child by doing one or more of the
    following, depending upon the nature and
    seriousness of the event
  • a. Securing the perimeter by locking all
  • outside doors.
  • b. Proceeding to shelter locations if
  • warranted.
  • c. Locking down the school, with all
    students
  • and staff behind closed and locked
    doors, if
  • the situation warrants.
  • d. The school will not open doors for
    anyone
  • except public safety officials during
    a
  • lockdown or shelter-in- place.
  • e. The school will not attempt to
    communicate
  • to parents directly during an
    emergency.
  • f. Communications will flow to the news
  • media, the Alert Now System and the
  • Office of the Public Relations
    Director.
  • g. Schools will limit the student use of
    cell
  • phones.

6
Actions the schools will take if an emergency
strikes at your childs school
  • 2. Evacuation If the building is not safe, your
    child will be evacuated to a safe location.
  • a. The evacuation may be for a short period
    onto the
  • school grounds.
  • b. The evacuation may be to another
    location. While
  • possible evacuation locations have been
  • determined for each school, it may not
    be
  • possible to use these locations. The
    determination
  • of an evacuation site may be altered to
    suit the
  • particular situation.
  • c. Buses will be provided as needed to
    transport
  • students to evacuation locations.
  • d. The school will not attempt to
    communicate to
  • parents directly during an emergency.
  • e. Communications about evacuation and
  • reunification will flow to the
    Districts Alert Now
  • Notification System, the News Media and
  • other public sources via Director of
    Public
  • Relations.
  • f. Schools will limit the students use of
    cell phones.

7
Actions the schools will take before anemergency
occurs
  • The schools, in cooperation with District Safety
    Office and
  • Superintendents Office and local public
    safety officials will
  • consistently plan for emergency
    situations.
  • Each school will conduct age-appropriate
    emergency drills
  • and training for students and will
    participate in drills and training offered by
    District Safety Office, local law enforcement and
  • other emergency responding agencies.
  • The District Safety Office will consistently
    monitor local and national conditions through law
    enforcement and the news media, and will keep
    schools informed of pertinent information.
  • Each school will have food and water available
    for every
  • student for a minimum of 24-48 hours.

8
Actions parents should take beforean emergency
occurs
  • Update the emergency contact information for
    your child
  • and make sure your childs school has it on
    file. Be sure
  • to include any pertinent medical
    information.
  • If your child is on medication, be sure that
    your childs
  • school has at least a 24-48 hour supply.
  • Have a plan for reuniting with your child,
    including
  • designating a place for your child to go if
    you or they are
  • unable to come home.
  • Have food, water, medicine and other supplies in
    your
  • home for at least 72 hours.
  • Protect valuable papers and documents.
  • Go to ready. gov for additional information.

9

Actions parents should take if an emergency
strikes at or near your childs school.
  • Do not panic. School officials and public safety
    officials have planned for and prepared for
    emergencies.
  • Do not call the school. Doing so will hinder
    necessary communications between the school and
    public safety or district
  • safety and security officials.
  • Do not expect that the school will call you
    immediately if an emergency strikes. Our first
    priority is protecting students, staff
  • and visitors. Information will come
    through public sources or the news media.
    Communication from the school will come as soon
    as possible.
  • Do not come to the school. Doing so will
    interfere with responding emergency authorities.
    You will be given instructions as to where and
    when you and your child will be reunited.

10
Actions parents should take if an emergency
strikes at or near your childs school.
  • Do remember school officials and public safety
    officials have planned and prepared for
    emergencies.
  • Do listen carefully to local news media and the
    NHCS official web site for information about when
    and where you will be reunited with your child.
  • Do follow the instructions of local law
    enforcement and school officials about when and
    where to be reunited with your child.
  • Do not call your students cell phone. The use of
    a cell phone
  • could distract them or prevent them from
    hearing important, even
  • life-saving instructions!

11
Actions students should take before an emergency
occurs
  • Make sure that you know where you will meet
    your
  • parents if they or you cannot come home for
    some reason.
  • Make sure you pay attention to what your teacher
    or principal is telling you during fire or other
    emergency drills.

12
Actions students should take if there is a
national or local emergency that does not
directly affect your school
  • Understand that the school has prepared for
    emergencies.
  • You should follow the instructions of your
  • teacher or principal.
  • You should try to focus on learning.

13
Actions students should take if there is a
national or local emergency that does not
directly affect your school
  • Dont use cell phones during these times,
  • Using your cell phone
  • could distract you or prevent you from
  • hearing important, even life-saving
    instructions!

14
Actions students should take if anemergency
strikes at or near your school.
  • Follow the procedures
  • you learned in fire drills, tornado drills or
    other emergency drills.
  • Follow the instructions you hear from teachers,
    staff members or the public address system.

15
Remember Managing Crisis Events In Our Schools Is
A Task For Every Body
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