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Schools/Educational Institutions
EARTHQUAKE DRILL
As a School/Educational Institution operating in the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT), the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) encourages you to perform a drillat your facility.
You shall trigger a drill by engaging your Alert System or any other warning mechanism in place to alert students, teachers and/or visitors.This should inform your School/Educational Institution populationthat a major earthquake has struck the island - Trinidad and Tobago.
WHAT DRILL CAN YOU CONDUCT?
You can conduct any ONE of the following:
- Practice what you can do when the earthquake is happening:-
The school/building will be shaking intensely and items loosely stored will fall. You will not be able to stand properly.
- You will have to evacuate your school/building if it is not fit to stay in.
- You will have to evacuate your school/building if it is not fit to stay in.
- Practice orderly evacuation of your school/building.
- You may have astudent/teacher/visitor trapped under a desk – what will you do, if he/she is bleeding?
- If any student/teacher/visitor has suffered an injury to the hand and if he/she is bleeding, what can you do?
- If a student/teacher/visitor has suffered burns to the face due to an explosion in the building due to a gas tank falling down, what will you do?
Practice basic first aid.
- When you leave the school/building–Did you, your students and visitors know your nearest escape route? Were the students assigned buddies? Where will you go? Is there a designated Muster Point? Did you take the elevator or staircase? Did you take your handbag and laptop?
Practice what you will do when you evacuate theschool/building.
- How long is the walk to your Muster Point? Is your Muster Point safe? Was a roll call done? What list was used to determine all occupants who were in the building?
Practice what you will do when you go out to the Muster Point.