GARDENERS ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL

EVACUATION PROCEDURES

Fire extinguishers are available in various areas in the school – see attached map.

Aim:
To evacuate all students, visitors and staff in an organised and controlled movement from a threatened or danger area to a safe area in the minimum possible time and exposing them to the least possible risk.

Implementation:

• Each classroom teacher will have procedures and map of designated Evacuation Assembly Area attached to the inside cover of their class roll.
• Map of Evacuation Assembly Areas to be placed on wall near exit door of each room.
• Red Bags, containing all class lists, whistle and a pen to be placed near doors in all rooms.
• Each Support Teacher, Office Staff, General Assistant and personnel working in the school (Band Conductors, Scripture Teachers, Canteen Supervisor, Before and After School Care staff) will be issued with a copy of procedures and map.
• A Casual Teacher package will include the procedures and the map.
• Emergency phone numbers will be clearly marked next to each telephone in the school.
• Disaster Procedures will be advertised annually in the school newsletter, Gardeners Road Gazette.
• Two evacuation drills will be conducted each year, one on full notice to staff and students, the other on partial notice to staff and students.
• Staff will have training in the use of fire extinguishers.

Evacuation Procedures

Evacuation during Class Time

Teachers will:

• Collect rolls and/or Red Bag.
• Close doors of classroom on leaving.
• Supervise the movement of their students in a quiet and orderly fashion via the shortest possible safe route to the assigned Evacuation Assembly Area.
• N.B. Students are not to take their school bag with them.

At the designated Evacuation Assembly Area teachers will:

• Line up students in two lines per class.
• Call the roll to account for all students.
• Inform an Assistant Principal of any missing students.
• After rolls have been checked the class teacher, or teacher in charge of the group at that time, is to keep their group together and wait for thePrincipal to verify student numbers and give the all clear to return to classrooms.

Assistant Principals: Check buildings A (upstairs) B and C.

• Assistant Principals will check with class teachers in Years K – 6 Evacuation Assembly Area that all students are accounted for, then communicate with Principal.

Principal: Check buildings A (downstairs).

• Principal will check with class teachers in Evacuation Assembly Area that all students are accounted for and after communication with Assistant Principals  will decide upon action to be taken.

Office Staff:

The Senior School Assistant will collect and remove:

• The back up disks for both the Oasis and the computer network.
• An up to date set of class lists of students’ names
• A cordless telephone or mobile telephone.
• Close doors in the Administration Building

Then move to the Evacuation Assembly Area and stay there until the all clear signal is given.

Teachers Aides will:

• Assist teachers clear the classrooms and close doors
• Move to the Evacuation Assembly Area

Principal will:

• Phone the police / fire brigade.
• Collect cordless phone or mobile
• Check that buildings (as listed below) have been vacated and that doors have been closed.
   

Evacuation during Non Class Time

All students and adults are to immediately proceed to the nearest Evacuation Assembly Area when the siren sounds, or in the case of fire, - when the fire is first observed or the siren sounds (whichever occurs first).

All staff are to take Red Bag and immediately move to the Evacuation Assembly Areas to undertake the supervision of students.

Office Staff and Principals’ responsibilities remain the same.

STLA / ESL / Librarian / Language Teachers / RFF:

Teachers with withdrawal groups personally deliver each child to the class teacher waiting in the designated safety area.

STLA / ESL / Librarian / Language Teachers and RFF teachers take the class to the designated area and await the class teacher who will have the roll.

Band, Scripture and Before and After School Care Staff will:

• Leave building with any student/s they are working with and move to Evacuation Assembly Area
• Close doors as they leave the room
• Hand student/s over to class teacher/s at Evacuation Assembly Area and stay there until the all clear signal is given.

Canteen Staff:

The Canteen supervisor will:

• Ensure all staff and volunteers leave the Canteen
• Close doors on leaving

Move to the Evacuation Assembly Area and inform Assistant Principal if any personnel are not accounted for.

EXIT

Each teacher check toilet area.

Block A                       -           Pascal

Block B                        -           Linda upstairs toilet, KJ & 1A toilets – class teachers

Block C                       -           Coral

Disabled toilet               -           Erin

Outside Student Toilets near Library     -           Amity / Gemma