SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT Item Considerations Observation/Mitigation STAFFING If there is limited capacity to Has the event impacted supervise students safely then on staff availability to Yes remain closed. support an acceptable Consider contacting the Regional staff/student supervision Response Team to request staff ratio? wellbeing support. No ACCESS Is there a Police or If the direction has not been District Disaster revoked then the school or campus Yes Management Group must remain closed. direction to close the No school? Does storm debris Is there a large amount of debris in prevent safe movement school or campus grounds that Yes around the school? prevents safe movement or supervision around the site? Can affected areas be barricaded and traffic diverted to allow safe movement around the school or campus? No Are access roads to the Liaise with the Local Disaster school cut by debris, Management Group (LDMG) to Yes downed power lines or determine when the roads will be flood waters? safe to travel. Ensure access roads are not at risk of being cut off due to rising flood waters that will inhibit staff and students to leave the site safely. Contact the Local Disaster Management Group or the Police. No If the site can be accessed safely then consider re-opening if there are sufficient resources to provide for the safe supervision of students. BUILDINGS Have buildings been If all buildings are damaged then damaged? then school or campus remains Yes temporarily closed. If not all buildings are damaged then consider the following: Can access to damaged buildings be restricted to allow safe unimpeded access to other areas of the school or campus?
SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT Item Considerations Observation/Mitigation STAFFING Has the event impacted on staff availability to support an acceptable staff/student supervision ratio? Yes If there is limited capacity to supervise students safely then remain closed. Consider contacting the Regional Response Team to request staff wellbeing support. No ACCESS Is there a Police or District Disaster Management Group direction to close the school? Yes If the direction has not been revoked then the school or campus must remain closed. No Does storm debris prevent safe movement around the school? Yes Is there a large amount of debris in school or campus grounds that prevents safe movement or supervision around the site? Can affected areas be barricaded and traffic diverted to allow safe movement around the school or campus? No Are access roads to the school cut by debris, downed power lines or flood waters? Yes Liaise with the Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) to determine when the roads will be safe to travel. Ensure access roads are not at risk of being cut off due to rising flood waters that will inhibit staff and students to leave the site safely. Contact the Local Disaster Management Group or the Police. No If the site can be accessed safely then consider re-opening if there are sufficient resources to provide for the safe supervision of students. BUILDINGS Have buildings been damaged? Yes If all buildings are damaged then then school or campus remains temporarily closed. If not all buildings are damaged then consider the following: Can access to damaged buildings be restricted to allow safe unimpeded access to other areas of the school or campus?
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