Emergency Preparedness for Montgomery County Public Schools

Emergency Preparedness for Montgomery County Public Schools

Department of School Safety
and Security
2014-2015
LOCKDOWN
EVACUATE
SHELTER
If you have imminent
danger inside or outside
the facility then you must
lockdown.
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Make lockdown announcement
Notify 911
Immediately go to nearest securable location
Secure the office doors if possible
Close the blinds and cover the door windows
Turn-off the lights
Maintain silence
Wait for further instructions
If the emergency makes it
more dangerous to stay in
the building than to leave,
then you must evacuate.
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In certain situations using, Lockdown procedures may not be
appropriate. In this case Run/Hide/Fight may save your life. These
procedures are utilized for ADULTS only. If you realize you are in an
active shooter situation:
Run – If safe to do so, leave the area as quickly and quietly as you can,
attempt to convince others to follow, lead the way, use any method or
path possible to leave the area (doors, windows, stairways, etc.)
Hide – If you cannot safely leave the area, hide or secure yourself as
completely as you can, behind locked doors, under tables./desks, in
closets, on floor of vehicles, etc. Out of sight of the perpetrator(s).
Fight – If all else fails use anything available as a weapon, sticks,
bricks, rocks, ash trays, tools, tableware, trash cans, books, etc. to
disrupt or deter the shooter. Remember you are Fighting for your life!
 Three
types of shelter alerts
 Public Safety
 Severe Weather
 Outside Hazardous Materials
Release
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Police or fire incident near the facility
 Lock exterior doors
 OSET maintains security of the exterior
doors
 Work will continue
 OSET questions arriving visitors to
determine visitors business
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Evacuate relocatables
Move to identified weather-safe
areas of the building
Monitor weather information
In your building, go to the smallest, mostinterior rooms and hallways on the lowest
floor. Stay away from areas with glass or
rooms with open, wide-span roofs such as
cafeterias. In hallways shut fire doors.
Get down on the floor and cover your
head.
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A reverse evacuation is used when a dangerous
situation outside requires staff to be directed
back to the facility
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Communication
Drop, cover, hold are responses to a possible
earthquake