DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES
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Memorandum No. 5.3
August, 2013
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SUBJECT:
TO:
FROM:
FIRE, DISASTER DRILLS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN
All Principals
Ibrahim Mashhour, Director of Student Services
All fire, disaster drills and Emergency Management Plan drills and practice are to be recorded on
the enclosed form and returned to my office at your earliest convenience following the drill.
State law and Board policy requires a minimum of eight (8) fire drills per school year, two (2)
disaster drills, and a minimum of one (1) Emergency Management Plan practice per school year.
Only one drill can be held each month, so your drills must begin in September. The Dearborn
Fire Marshall will be visiting schools and inspecting documentation on the frequency of fire
drills. Please keep this information up to date and accessible to fire department personnel.
As per Fire Marshall recommendations based on records from the past year:
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Conduct as many fire drills as possible during the fall and then catch up in spring
when the weather is mild.
Conduct the first disaster drill as early as possible within the first month of school.
The second disaster drill may be scheduled for March or April.
Not to combine two drills in one day.
The Emergency Management Plan practice information needs to be reported to the state schoolinfrastructure-database (SID) at the end of every school year. The attachment contains items we
need to collect from all schools for that report. Use the attached form to record your
drills/practices as conducted and send us a copy of this form by the 1st week of June. (No need
to send monthly reports).
/jj
attachments
DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2013 - 2014
FIRE/ DISASTER DRILL/EMP PRACTICE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN REPORT
The Dearborn Board of Education policy requires a minimum of eight (8) fire drills, two (2) disaster drills, and a minimum of one (1)
Emergency Management Plan Practice per school year.
In an effort to insure compliance with this policy, all building administrators are required to complete and sign this form.
Please send completed form to Student Services at the end of this school year.
Thank you for your continued efforts for the safety of our students.
FIRE DRILL
Date of Drill
Time of Drill
Notes/Comments:
Admin.
Initials
Notes/Comments:
Admin.
Initials
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6.
7.
8.
DISASTER DRILL
Date of Drill
Time of Drill
1.
2.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN PRACTICE (minimum of 1 per year)
Date of Practice
Time of Practice
Notes/Comments:
Admin.
Initials
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2.
3.
SCHOOL: _______________________________________________
Administrator’s Signature
As per the Fire Chief ’s recommendations on Fire Drills:
1.) The first Fire Drill must be completed within one month into the school year.
2.) Fire Drills must be spread over reasonable and practical time intervals.
As per the Fire Chief ’s recommendations on Disaster Drills:
1.) The first Disaster Drill should be conducted between mid-September and early October.
2.) The second Disaster Drill should take place in the months of March and April, {Tornado months}.
RG/jj, revised 8/12
DISASTER DRILLS
The following procedures were recommended by the Dearborn Fire Department and the Dearborn
Police Department, by the Office of Emergency Management at the City of Dearborn.
IN-PLACE SHELTER DRILLS
1. Upon competent notification of any externally related hazard that may impact the occupants of
the school building a predetermined alarm will be sounded.
2. Students and teachers will immediately respond to the closest shelter location from the
classroom/location that they are presently occupying.
3. The students and teachers will assume the proper positioning against the identified shelter wall.
A. Backs against a usable wall
Usable wall space is defined as follows:
1. Interior support walls, avoid using exterior walls
2. Avoid locations across from or under exterior windows
3. Avoid locations across from and next to doors that may open and strike occupant
4. Avoid corridors that have single exterior doors on both ends
5. Avoid rooms that have a large expanse of ceiling, i.e., gyms, lunchrooms, etc.
6. The lowest floor is the safest but these levels are not always immediately accessible
or adequate for housing all occupants of the building
B. Knees drawn up to the chest
C. Feet together
D. Hands over head and head drawn to knees
4. QUIET must be observed so that emergency messages can be heard
5. Teachers presently without a class and facility employees will assist in keeping calm (These
adults should be utilized to sweep the facility to look for strays and to maintain order)
6. All doors leading into the hallways must be closed
7. Remain in the shelter locations until an all clear has been given.
* Please consult the Emergency Management Plan for updated names and phone numbers of
contacts.
/jj
Revised 8/12