Disaster The staff member who becomes aware of the external environmental – threat must inform all other staff of the threat as quickly and safely as External possible and, according to directions from emergency services Environmental personnel, advise whether to remain on site or evacuate the premises. Threat An incident If remaining on site: outside of the Staff members who are outdoors with children must ensure everyone building that may who is outdoors returns to their program room immediately. have adverse effects on persons in the child care Staff must immediately: centre. E.g. gas remain calm; leak, oil spill, take attendance to confirm all children are accounted for; children’s chemical release, close all program room windows and all doors that lead outside forest fire, nuclear (where applicable); emergency. seal off external air entryways located in the program rooms (where applicable); continue with normal operations of the program; and wait for further instructions. must: seal off external air entryways not located in program rooms (where applicable); place a note on all external doors with instructions that no one may enter or exit the child care centre until further notice; and turn off all air handling equipment (i.e. heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning, where applicable). If emergency services personnel otherwise direct the child care centre to evacuate, follow the procedures outlined in the Requiring “Disaster Evacuation” of this policy. section Natural The staff member who becomes aware of the tornado or tornado warning must inform all other staff as quickly and safely as possible. Disaster: Tornado / Staff members who are outdoors with children must ensure everyone Tornado who is outdoors returns to their program room(s) immediately. Warning Staff must immediately: remain calm; gather all children; go to the basement or take shelter in small interior ground floor rooms such as washrooms, closets or hallways; take attendance to confirm all children are accounted for; children’s remain and keep children away from windows, doors and exterior walls; keep children calm; conduct ongoing visual checks of the children; and wait for further instructions.
Disaster – External Environmental Threat An incident outside of the building that may have adverse effects on persons in the child care centre. E.g. gas leak, oil spill, chemical release, forest fire, nuclear emergency. The staff member who becomes aware of the external environmental threat must inform all other staff of the threat as quickly and safely as possible and, according to directions from emergency services personnel, advise whether to remain on site or evacuate the premises. If remaining on site: Staff members who are outdoors with children must ensure everyone who is outdoors returns to their program room immediately. Staff must immediately: remain calm; take children’s attendance to confirm all children are accounted for; close all program room windows and all doors that lead outside (where applicable); seal off external air entryways located in the program rooms (where applicable); continue with normal operations of the program; and wait for further instructions. must: seal off external air entryways not located in program rooms (where applicable); place a note on all external doors with instructions that no one may enter or exit the child care centre until further notice; and turn off all air handling equipment (i.e. heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning, where applicable). If emergency services personnel otherwise direct the child care centre to evacuate, follow the procedures outlined in the “Disaster Requiring Evacuation” section of this policy. Natural Disaster: Tornado / Tornado Warning The staff member who becomes aware of the tornado or tornado warning must inform all other staff as quickly and safely as possible. Staff members who are outdoors with children must ensure everyone who is outdoors returns to their program room(s) immediately. Staff must immediately: remain calm; gather all children; go to the basement or take shelter in small interior ground floor rooms such as washrooms, closets or hallways; take children’s attendance to confirm all children are accounted for; remain and keep children away from windows, doors and exterior walls; keep children calm; conduct ongoing visual checks of the children; and wait for further instructions.
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