Does your district have a policy requiring the use of SEMS/NIMS?
Has your administration clearly communicated OES policy and
performance expectation to all staff?
Has your district incorporated the principles of SEMS/NIMS in
it’s plan, emergency response procedures and training materials?
Are the college site plans coordinated with the district’s plan?
Has your staff been trained in SEMS/NIMS and do they understand
the basic principles as required?
Has your staff been trained in how to perform any functions to
which they may be assigned during a declared disaster?
Does your college or district have an arrangement with
structural engineers who will report to the campus directly
after a disaster to evaluate the facilities?
Do you have arrangements in place with local vendors to provide
services, fuel for generators, and materials to support recovery
efforts?
Do you have a process to determine whether total or partial
evacuation is necessary?
Have you identified an evacuation site? Is there an alternate
location if your original site is not useable?
Have you determined how to transport students to an alternate
location if necessary?
Do you know if your school has been designated as a potential
mass care shelter? Do you have a Memorandum of Understanding
with public health agencies or with the American Red Cross?
Do you know what to do with seriously injured students?
Does your school have clearly established student tracking
procedures?
Have you developed emergency sanitation procedures?
Have you determined who will serve as the Public Information
Officer to provide information to the media after a disaster,
and is that person properly trained in accordance with SEMS/NIMS?
Have you identified personnel who can translate information to
non-English speaking parents or guardians?
Has a central Emergency Operations Center (EOC), “command post”
or other central planning area been identified?
Has the EOC been equipped with maps of the campus, facilities
and hazards in the area, a student roster for the current year,
first aid supplies and other tools necessary to manage the
emergency response after a disaster?
Does your campus have a back-up communications system such as a
800 megahertz or CB radio, a ham radio, or two-way radio to
communicate with your district or Operational Area (county)
Emergency Operations Center? Have you identified trained
operators?
Does your campus have an internal communication system such as
walkie talkies, megaphones or intercom?
Has your security force identified critical infrastructure and
nodes that would be the targets of attack in case of a terrorist
event and created a response plan.?
