Fire
Drills
Fire drills will
be scheduled by the principal each month during the school year. The purpose of a fire drill is to train
students, under staff direction, to move safely, quickly, and quietly from any
location within the building to an assigned evacuation area
outside.
The following
rules and procedures will be complied with in the school:
1.
Rules for fire evaluation
will be posted in each room. These
rules will indicate the primary and alternate exits and the evacuation area to
which the student should proceed upon leaving the building. The posted rules will be discussed with
each class using the room, during the first day(s) of the school
year.
2.
A distinct fire alarm signal
will be used for fire drills only; another signal will be established by the
principal for return to class.
3.
No person is to remain in
the building during fire drills, unless designated by the
principal.
4.
Evacuation areas will be at
least 50 feet (100 feet, if possible) away from buildings and out of
driveways.
5.
It is each student’s
responsibility to move quickly, quietly, and in an orderly manner through the
assigned exit to the assigned evacuation area.
6.
The teacher will be
responsible for:
a) Seeing that windows are
closed.
b) Assuring that electrical circuits
and gas jets are turned off.
c) Maintaining order during the
evacuation.
d) Assigning students to hold the
doors open, if their group is the first to evacuate from such doors; instructing
students holding doors to rejoin the class after the last person has passed
through the doors.
e) Taking the roll book and checking
roll when the class is in the assigned evacuation area. The name of any student not accounted
for will be reported immediately to the principal or his/her
designee.
7.
The exercise will be
observed, recorded, and reported by the principal to the district’s SAU
Office.
APPROVED: October,
1992