School Resilience

Transcript School Resilience - Central Bedfordshire Council

Date: 28

Jan 2012 Pete Hardy, Amie McGrory and Mark Conway

63% of schools in Central Bedfordshire closed.

What you're ‘hot’ on!

• Emergency plan • Emergency Contact Details • Plan activation • On-site evacuation • School closure arrangements • Staff trained to assume others roles • Resilience of records

What you are ‘a bit cooler’ on

• Business continuity plans • Off-site evacuation arrangements • Lockdown procedures • Post incident support arrangements • Joint plans with co-located facilities like pre-schools and mutual aid arrangements • Resilience to loss of utilities

Business Continuity

Discussion

As a group, identify some of the most important parts of your schools jigsaw, then discuss the arrangements your school has in place to replace the pieces and minimise disruption. If you have your plan with you, you should use it.

Emergency

Discussion

Scenario:

Its 12:30 and there has been a toxic chemical spill from a tanker that has been involved in an accident, the chemical is now airborne and it’s not far from your school. The police have advised that it is not safe to be outside the building until they have contained the incident: this could take over 8 hours. You need to activate your lockdown procedures immediately suppressing air ingress to the building as much as possible.

Task:

Discuss how you would do this, follow your plan if you have it with you: – Is your plan sufficient, would it work?

– Would you automatically go for your plan – Would you form your School Emergency Management Team? – What are the issues this may cause – what actions do you need to take as a school to manage these issues?

a. Managing emergencies in schools (guidance document). b. Emergency Plan Template (this includes business continuity arrangements) c. Practical resources for producing, training and exercising a school emergency plan

These are available on the Schools Portal: http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/schools-portal/

National best practice website:

http://www.schoolemergencies.info

Standards to aim for

• ISO 22301 2012 – International Standard (Align, Comply, Certify) • ISO 22313 – Guidance Document

Summary and next steps

• Making the links • Your current plan • If you don’t have a plan, now might be a good time to get your

school leadership team

to commit to complete one • Governors – check and challenge, make sure good arrangements are in place, validating plans by testing arrangements and checking training • Go for the standard • The most resilient schools – those in Central Bedfordshire