New Staff Orientation: Health & Safety and Fire Prevention

At the New Staff Orientation (12th Sept. 2011), we discussed that Health & Safety is everyone's responsibility and we all have duties. 

We went over the school's policies and procedures, including:

• that we may or may not have warning about fire tests
• it is important to ensure that everything it unplugged at the end of the day
• DO NOT panic - children will feel what you feel, so keep calm and implement the fire procedures to get everyone out quickly and safely
• Fire procedures are on green paper - to match exit signs - and state such things as:
• ideal fire escape route and alternative routes
• regular fire testing information
• location of Safe Rooms - where you do nothingright away, just be ready to move if necessary
• Emergency Classroom Buzzers - to attract attention from School Nurse or HT/DHT
• special equipment - including Space Blankets, Picnic Mat for standing outside with bare feet, etc.
• and things to be aware of, including things like inside doors will automatically close when fire alarm goes off (normally held open by magnets), and that outdoor gate for interior court yard will automatically open (so check after fire alarm test, to ensure it is closed again).
• Fire information is available in each room and on the "All Staff" drive on the computer intranet.