Transcript Emergency Planning For Family and Large Family Child Care Homes Funding for this training was provided by the Delaware Citizen Corps. The workshop is.

Emergency Planning
For Family and Large Family Child
Care Homes
Funding for this training was provided by the
Delaware Citizen Corps.
The workshop is presented by volunteers of RSVP, Sussex
County and the Delaware Citizen Corps.
The workshop’s content was developed with assistance from The
Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood, Office of Child Care
Licensing, Delaware Emergency Management Agency, New Castle
County Emergency Management, the American Red Cross of the
Delmarva Peninsula.
Workshop
Goals
•
Help you save lives
•
Help you protect your
business and home
•
Help you comply with
licensure requirements
Introductions
OCCL
Rules
1.
Procedures for dealing with natural and manmade disasters
2.
Specific responsibilities of adults – licensee,
substitute and household members
3.
Training of staff, household members and
substitutes
4.
Shelter-in-Place plan – 3 days/72 hours
5.
Relocation process
OCCL
Rules
6. Evacuation diagram
7. Accounting for all children
8. Contacting parents/guardians
9. Contacting appropriate emergency response
agencies
10. Posted monthly fire prevention inspections
(LFCC homes only)
Best
Practices
Requirements
the rules
Best
practices
of
What’s
Unique
About FCC
Homes?
•
Many providers work
alone
•
Many providers have
family members in the
home
•
Place of business is also
your home
•
Responders may not
know children are in the
home
Your Plan
Should Be:
•
Written out
•
In hardcopy form
•
Kept in multiple places
•
Reviewed on a regular
basis
•
Regularly practiced
Sharing
Your Plan
With
Parents
•
Discuss at enrollment or
parent meetings
•
Create wallet cards for
parents
•
Ask for their help with
supplies and evacuation
Three Types
of
Emergencies
Most any
emergency can
happen here,
but some are
more likely than
others.
•
Natural
•
Technological
•
Human-Caused
Hazard
Analysis
•
Inside your home
•
•
Immediately outside your
home
•
•
such as downed power
lines or trees
In the neighborhood
•
•
such as fire or gas leak
such as hazardous
materials incident or
flooding
State vulnerabilities
•
such as inland flooding,
coastal storms, tropical
storms
Fill Out Sections 1 and 2 of
Your Plan
In An Emergency Parents
Will Be Frantic To Know
Their Children Are Safe. You
Will Want To Be In Contact
With Your Family, Too.
The
Problem
•
Downed phone lines
•
Destroyed cell phone
towers
•
Jammed circuits
•
Drained cell phone
batteries
•
Loss of electricity
Establish
Multiple
Contacts
•
You
•
Second in
Command
•
Designated
neighbor
•
Out-of-area contact
Accurate
Contact
Information
Is Critical
•
Update emergency contact
information several times a
year
•
Include:
•
Parents’ home and work
phone numbers and e-mails
•
Parents’ cell phone numbers
•
Parents’ alternate contact
•
Parents’ out of area contact
Create a
Ready To
Go File
•
Children’s emergency contact
information
•
Authorization form for
emergency medical care and
transportation
•
Attendance sheets
•
Sign-in/out forms
•
Medication administration
forms
•
Incident/injury forms
Assign
Responsibilities
NOW!
• Who will call the
parents?
• Who will call 911,
utilities or emergency
management?
Fill Out Section 3 of Your
Plan
Your Two
Choices
•
Shelter-In-Place
•
Evacuate
In Some
Emergencies It
May Be Unsafe
For You and Your
Children To Leave
The Shelter Of
Your Home.
Identify a
Safe Room
•
Safe Room
•
The safest area of
your home where you
and the children would
retreat to if necessary
while sheltering-inplace
What To
Consider
• An area with:
• Protecting structure
(interior room, basement)
• Few windows
• Limited vents
• Controlled access
“Seal the
Room”
If directed by officials:


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Lock doors and
windows
Turn off the heating,
cooling or ventilation
systems
Seal windows, doors,
vents and fireplaces with
duct tape and plastic
sheeting
Stay alert to “all clear”
announcement over
loudspeakers or radio.
Be Sure To Take To Your
Sheltering Location A Cell Or
Cordless Phone, BatteryPowered Radio And
Emergency Kit. Assign Those
Responsibilities NOW!
Fill Out Section 4 of Your
Plan
In Some Emergencies It is
Safer to Leave Your Home
Identify Three
Relocation
Sites
•
“Outside” Relocation Site
•
•
“Near-by” Relocation Site
•
•
Immediately outside but a safe
distance from the facility
Within walking distance from your
facility
“Out-of-the-Neighborhood”
Relocation Site
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At least one mile from the facility
What To
Consider
•
Can it accommodate the
required number of people?
•
Is it accessible during the hours
of operation of the FCCH?
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Possible options:
• Neighbor’s home
• Relative’s home
• Another FCC Home
(cooperative relocation
agreement)
• Child Care Center
• Church
Assign
Responsibilities
Now
•
Who will account for
the children? How?
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Who will bring the
“Ready-To-Go” file
•
Who will bring the
emergency kit
Fill Out Section 5 of Your
Plan
An Emergency Does Not Relieve
You Of The Responsibility To
Transport Children In A Safe And
Legal Fashion!
Things To
Consider
•
The total number of
people you will need to
transport
•
How many vehicles and
drivers are available to
you?
•
How many car seats do
you have on-hand?
What’s the
Plan?
•
The home’s van?
•
Public transportation?
•
A combination of your
own, family member’s
or parent’s cars?
Who Can
Help?
•
Is there an adult family
member or neighbor
you can depend upon?
•
Are there parents with
cars working near the
home?
•
Can any of these
people bring car seats
with them?
Fill Out Section 6 of Your
Plan
What Emergency Supplies Would
You Need To Survive If You Had
No Electricity Or Water Service
And It Was Unsafe For Parents
To Pick Up Their Children?
You Will
Need
•
Battery-powered or crank
radio
•
First-Aid Kit
•
Supplies
• Lighting
• Communications
• Sanitation
• Safety
•
Food
•
Water
Store Foods
That Are:

Nonperishable

Ready to eat

High in calories

Low in salt

Liked by children
Just How Much Water
Will You Need?
Don’t
Forget
About:
•
Stored Water
•
Water Heater
•
Toilet Holding Tank
•
Filled bathtub and
sinks
•
Water still in pipes
Food And Water Don’t Last
Forever!
Fill Out Section 7 of Your
Plan
Training
Others
•
Give them a copy of
the plan
•
Go over their specific
responsibilities
•
Walk them through it
•
Involve them in drill
Remember to
Practice
Your Plan
•
Incorporate elements of
your disaster plan in
required fire drills
•
Try to practice some
aspect of your
emergency plan each
year
•
Take time to debrief and
improve your plan
Fill Out Section 8 of Your
Plan
Additional
Training

Citizen Emergency
Response Training
(CERT)

Delaware Citizen
Corps

http://www.delaware
citizencorps.org/