Emergency Plan Policy

Emergency Plan Policy

Lakewood Elementary School

The principal or principal’s designee, in consultation with parents, teachers, other school staff, and local first responders, will collaboratively develop the school’s emergency management plan as a way to develop and document efforts to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. The emergency

management plan will include procedures for fire, severe weather, earthquake, and building lockdown as

specified in Kentucky statutes and regulations. The plan, which must be adopted by the council and

implemented, will include, but not be limited to:

·         Establishment of primary and secondary evacuation routes which must be posted in each room by each doorway used for evacuation;

·         Identification of severe weather safe zones that have been reviewed by the fire marshal/fire chief, which must be posted in each room;

·         Practices for students to follow in an earthquake;

·         Development and adherence to access control measures for each school building, which may

include (but not be limited to):

o    Controlling access to exterior doors during the day

o    Controlling front door access electronically or with a greeter

o    Controlling access to individual classrooms

o    Requiring visitor check-in with identification and purpose provided, and

o    Display of visitor’s badge on outer clothing; and

·         Practices for students to follow in in case of fire that are consistent with administrative regulations of the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction.

·         Procedures for lockdown of the campus

Local law enforcement shall be invited to assist in establishing lockdown procedures.

Following adoption, the emergency plan and diagrams of the facilities will be provided to appropriate first responders. First responders, for the purpose of this policy, include local fire personnel, local, county

and/or state police personnel, and emergency medical personnel. Due to the need to maintain student

and staff safety and security, the emergency plan and diagram of the facility will not be disclosed in

response to any Open Records requests.

Prior to the first instructional day of school, the principal, or designee, will present and review all

emergency procedures with all staff. Documentation including the time and date of the review will be kept

on file at the school with a copy sent to the district office to document completion. Documentation may

include methods such as a sign-in sheet that includes the printed name of each staff member (all certified

and classified staff), the signature of the staff member and the date and time of the review.

Within the first thirty (30) instructional days of the school year and again during the month of January, the

school will conduct one (1) severe weather drill, one (1) earthquake drill, and one building lockdown. .

Fire drills will be conducted in accordance with timelines, procedures and requirements outlined in the

DHBC regulations. Whenever possible, first responders shall be given notice of possible drills and invited

to observe. The principal is responsible for ensuring the implementation of these drills and reporting

completion and problems noted during the drill to the school council and to the district central office for any remedial action needed.

At the end of each school year, the emergency procedures are to be reviewed by the school council (or

designated school council committee with report to the school council) and first responders and revised

as needed.

Annually, the principal is responsible for working with the central office to ensure that all local first

responders have a current diagram of the school that notes the primary and secondary evacuation routes,

the severe weather safe zones and notations of the exterior and front entrance access points.

Completion will be reported to the council and documentation maintained in the principal’s office.

A comprehensive diagram of the school showing primary and secondary evacuation routes will be posted

at each school doorway prior to the first instructional day of school. Identified severe weather safe zones

which have been identified and reviewed by the local fire marshal or fire chief will be posted at each

school doorway prior to the first instructional day of school.

POLICY EVALUATION

We will evaluate the effectiveness of this policy through our School Improvement Planning Process.

Date Adopted:  November 2013