The school's emergency management procedures have been developed by the Health and Safety Committee of the school and include procedures to deal with emergencies where an evacuation, lockdown or lockout may be required.
Response |
Assessed level of emergency |
Summary of action |
GO OUT
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Level 1 – Evacuate to designated safe assembly area onsite It is safer outdoors e.g. building fire |
Take personal belongings, turn off lights, electrical & gas appliances, close windows and doors if safe to do so. Children line up in class groups for roll call by class teachers |
Level 2 - Evacuate to designated safe assembly area offsite It is safer outdoors and off site e.g. bushfire |
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GO IN |
Level 1 – Go indoors to own workspace It is safer indoors e.g. severe weather, chemical or gas escape |
Make way to own workspace, shut windows and doors, class teachers mark roll and notify office of status, wait for further instructions. Possible lockout |
Level 2 - Go indoors to own workspace & stay in It is safer indoors and taking shelter e.g. pack of dogs, earthquake, aggressive person |
Make way to own workspace, shut windows and doors, class teachers mark roll and notify office of status, wait for further instructions. Possible lockout |
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Level 3 - Go indoors to nearest building, stay in & stay down It is safer locked indoors and taking shelter e.g. violent intruder |
Make way to nearest building, lock windows and doors, take attendance and notify office of status, wait for further instructions. Possible lockout |
Included in our procedures is a class safety split which is used when an unforeseeable event compromises student safety in the classroom or out on the playground. Read about those procedures here. (pdf 186 KB).
In addition, there is a third procedure not listed here i.e. Keep Out = Lockout.