灾害的类型

This lesson will discuss three types of disasters: natural disasters, terrorism and pandemics. As a facility manager, you have three key responsibilities regardless of disaster type. Your job is to plan, prepare and protect. There are safety measures that are common regardless of the type of disaster, but there are also disaster-specific safety measures.

Your actions during an emergency create an atmosphere of stability and security. Children and youth are particularly vulnerable and count on you to take all emergencies seriously and handle them effectively in accordance with your上市计划的政策.

自然灾害

The type of natural disaster that you are likely to encounter is mostly dependent on the area in which your program is located. For example, if your program is located in California, it would be important that you and your staff are prepared for earthquakes. Natural disasters include: floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms, earthquakes, wildfires, extreme heat waves, and tsunamis. As a result of these natural disasters, there are secondary emergencies, such as natural gas explosions and power and water outages, which compound the difficulties. In the case of a natural disaster, you might have to evacuate your facility and possibly relocate to another location.

Planning for Natural Disasters

• 遵循所有紧急必要的操作程序。
• 熟悉自己的各个方面上市程式planso you can better prepare your staff.
• 与您当地的安装紧急计划团队联系，并在规划和准备活动的各个方面内包括它们。
• 确定必须在期间报告工作的紧急基本人员上市程序closures.
• Ensure that smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and fire extinguishers are working, and document this monthly.
• 制定包括：疏散程序，搬迁目的地以及如何向目的地，特别是残疾儿童提供和运送每个人的疏散计划。基于自然灾害或紧急情况的类型，疏散位置可能不同。
• Ensure evacuation sites can accommodate the needs of children and youth prior to an emergency situation and that emergency supplies are in place.
• Create an emergency provisions checklist that at a minimum includes: well-stocked first-aid kits, 72 hours worth of food, water, baby formula, blankets, a battery-operated radio, and flashlights with extra batteries.
• 创建儿童活动条款清单至少包括基本艺术用品，如纸和蜡笔，以及书籍。
• 制定员工和家庭的危机沟通计划，其中包括如何传达信息，当信息传达时，以及谁;保持简单，以减少误解。
• Develop a system for protecting and backing up family, child, and program records electronically.
• Develop a plan for who is responsible for important tasks during an emergency and who is responsible in your absence.
• 如果需要延长一段时间，请制定业务连续性计划。
• Create a memorandum of understanding with behavioral health personnel to provide counseling support.

Preparing for Natural Disasters

• Ensure that two or more emergency phone numbers for families and staff members are current.
• Orient new staff on emergency policies and procedures.
• Utilize ongoing professional development to keep all staff and volunteers up to date on evacuation policies and procedures.
• Post primary and secondary evacuation routes and procedures in classrooms, hallways and common areas.
• 帖子includin紧急电话号码g police, fire, rescue, and poison control by all telephones.
• Practice and document routine drills according to your上市计划的政策; practice them at different times of the day so they aren't predictable.
• Practice shelter-in-place drills according to your上市计划的政策。
• Provide children with age-appropriate information about natural disasters without frightening them; purchase books that show children how to cope with significant change.
• Provide families with procedures for natural disasters.
• Practice problem-solving scenarios and incorporate input into the plan.
• 提供社区中可用的资源列表。

Protecting Everyone During and After Natural Disasters

Hurricane Katrina provides a good example of how important planning and preparation are for dealing with the devastation of a natural disaster. Hopefully, those painful memories provide everyone with a better understanding of how best to handle the aftermath of such terrible acts of nature.

• 提供对家庭和员工的本地，州和联邦资源清单。
• Identify essential personnel who can assist with securing necessary resources.
• 为家庭，儿童和员工提供情感支持的环境，让他们表达恐惧和悲伤。
• 提供可预测的日常生活as much as possible.
• Observe for stress disorders in children, families, and staff.
• Provide referrals to mental health personnel who can help families, children and staff cope and manage their stress.

规划恐怖主义行为

Acts of terrorism can be against individuals or groups and include either threats or actual acts such as bombings, shootings, kidnapping, hijacking, and the use of biological weapons. Depending on the circumstances, you would most likely shelter-in-place when there are threats or acts of terrorism.

• Follow your上市程式紧急操作程序。
• Create a shelter-in-place plan that includes the designated shelter-in-place location for each classroom and common area in the program and how to seal off the program.
• 创建紧急条款清单至少包括：库存急救套件，72小时的无静电食品，瓶装水，婴儿配方，尿布用品，毯子，电池供电的无线电和带额外电池的手电筒。
• 为员工和家庭制定危机 - 沟通计划，包括如何通过谁传达信息，以及何种信息。保持简单，消除误解。
• 制定谁负责在缺席的紧急情况下负责谁负责的计划，谁负责急救。

为恐怖主义行为做准备

• 在每个课堂和公共区域的遮挡地理图和程序中。
• 练习境内的计划至少季度，包括收集儿童的记录，将名称标签放在每个孩子上，使用考勤表来确保所有孩子都被占，让每个人都拿盖，并将X放在门上表示所有孩子都已被疏散或安全;包括家庭。
• Utilize ongoing professional development to keep all staff and volunteers up to date on shelter-in-place policies and procedures.

Protecting Everyone During and After Acts of Terrorism

Everyone who is old enough will remember where they were on 9/11. Our world as we knew it was forever changed. 9/11 is an example of an external act of violence. The most important thing to do after an act of violence of any kind is to return to some sense of normalcy as quickly as possible. This can be very difficult, as everyone handles these tragic events differently.

• Familiarize yourself with your程式installation specific resources available as well as community resources.
• Help children, families and staff cope with the stress of the event by keeping them from frightening scenes, remaining calm, and assuring them you will keep them safe.
• 为家庭，儿童和员工提供情感支持的环境，让他们表达恐惧和悲伤。
• 提供可预测的日常生活as much as possible.
• Provide quiet areas away from noise and activity; provide ample time for outdoor play.
• 观察儿童，家庭和员工的压力障碍。
• Provide referrals to mental health personnel who can help families, children and staff cope and manage their stress.

疯狂

Pandemics是严重和潜在的致命疾病的迅速传播。猪流感或H1N1是一个例子。PandeMics可能会导致安装指挥官强制关闭。

规划Pandemics.

• Follow your上市程式紧急必要的操作程序。
• Connect with your local health department and include them in all aspects of your planning and preparation activities.
• Develop crisis communication plans for staff and families that include how information gets communicated, when information gets communicated, and by whom; keep it simple to reduce miscommunication.
• Develop a business-continuity plan to carry on essential business functions while the program is closed.

Preparing for Pandemics

• Practice regular infection-control measures utilizing your上市程式specific health and sanitation上市policies.
• 为员工和志愿者提供持续的专业开发，以便他们了解如何识别潜在的大流行以及在大流行的情况下该做什么。

在流行病期间和之后保护每个人

• Practice social distancing, which involves avoiding public places during epidemics to reduce contact between sick and unaffected persons.
• 为家庭和staf提供定期沟通f as to the status of the program.

概括

Besides keeping children, youth and staff safe on a daily basis, there is no more important job as a facility manager than being prepared for emergencies. While you have a very full plate, it's never too full to take care of the planning and preparation for emergency situations as they could strike at any time. If ever your program is involved in an emergency situation, you want to know that if it weren't for your planning and preparation, it could have been a lot worse. The people you protect today will thank you tomorrow.

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