Critical Incidents in Schools

APPENDIX A TO AGENDA ITEM 6.3 CHILDREN & LEARNING DEPARTMENT CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR SCHOOLS LUTON BOROUGH COUNCIL February 2008 6.3/4 APPENDIX A INDEX CRITICAL INCIDENTS IN SCHOOLS......................................................................................................................8 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................................8 MAJOR INCIDENTS.....................................................................................................................................................8 SCHOOLS/COLLEGES IDENTIFIED AS EVACUATION CENTRES.......................................................................................9 ON SITE INCIDENTS .......................................................................................................................................................9 EMERGENCY CONTACTS ...............................................................................................................................................9 THE SCHOOL RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS..........................................................................10 BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING .............................................................................................................................11 NOTIFICATION OF AN INCIDENT ..................................................................................................................................11 KEY HOLDER...............................................................................................................................................................11 MINOR EMERGENCIES ...........................................................................................................................................11 SEVERE/ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................12 OUTBREAK OF INFECTIOUS AND NOTIFIABLE DISEASE ..............................................................................................12 FOOD POISONING ........................................................................................................................................................12 CHEMICAL SPILLAGE ..................................................................................................................................................13 INTRUDER ON SITE.......................................................................................................................................................13 ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION, ATTACK, OR SUSPICIOUS PERSON ....................................................................................13 DEPARTMENTAL KEY PERSONNEL AND RESPONSIBILITIES....................................................................14 MEDIA COMMUNICATION ...........................................................................................................................................15 SCHOOL INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM ...............................................................................................................17 APPENDIX A – PRE-INCIDENT PREPARATION.................................................................................................20 APPENDIX B – BOMB THREATS AND/OR SUSPECT PACKAGES .................................................................29 APPENDIX C - SECTION 9; EVACUATION AND SHELTER PLANNING ......................................................33 APPENDIX D - INCIDENT CHECKLISTS..............................................................................................................36 APPENDIX E ................................................................................................................................................................42 APPENDIX F - AFTER THE EVENT .......................................................................................................................47 APPENDIX G - LUTON EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE ...............................................................56 APPENDIX H - THE MEDIA - INITIAL CHECKLIST..........................................................................................57 APPENDIX I – TRAINING SCENARIOS.................................................................................................................59 APPENDIX J - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS...........................................................................................72 6.3/5 APPENDIX A Contributors This document has been developed & produced by the following officers: Hazel Bloor Health & Safety Advisor, Schools Mike Faithfull Business Continuity Manager Bob Marshall Civil Protection Manager Katherine Shieber Officer & Member Support Team Leader Mike Austins Head Teacher, Norton Road Primary School Anne Featherstone Head Teacher, Leagrave Primary School Georgie Brown Risk Manager, Beds County Council Hannah Newton Administration Officer, Civil Protection 6.3/6 APPENDIX A I am pleased to provide Head Teachers with a copy of the Critical Incidents in Schools Plan. This plan has been reviewed and produced in a revised format to include more information and practical training exercises for school staff in emergency response. It has been prepared in conjunction with the Council’s overall Emergency Procedures Protocol, which is currently under revision (Spring 2008). The document has been developed alongside the Bedfordshire County Council Critical Incidents in Schools Plan and wherever possible the two documents share response procedures and contents. The prime objectives of the plan are to: • Identify the sort of incident that would cause the School or the Department to operate outside its normal parameters • Stipulate departmental procedures and the chain of command to be adopted during a major incident • Identify key staff and to define their responsibilities during a major incident • List those schools within the Borough that could be used as evacuation centres • Identify additional resources that might be required during a major incident, and • Ensure that departmental contingency arrangements are compatible with those of other departments The plan is being circulated to all schools and I should be grateful if you would ensure that you, and all your staff, are familiar with the procedures. The plan will be reviewed annually but if you have any comments or questions regarding the plan, please contact: Hazel Bloor, Schools Health & Safety Advisor, Telephone: 01582 548042, Email: [email protected] or the Civil Protection Unit, Telephone: 01582 546071, Email: [email protected] . Corporate Director – Children & Learning. 6.3/7 APPENDIX A CRITICAL INCIDENTS IN SCHOOLS INTRODUCTION Incidents fall into two categories, major incidents and minor emergencies. Major incidents may occur off-site but nevertheless have an impact upon schools or occur on-site, or in the immediate vicinity of school premises. Although it is not envisaged that minor incidents occurring off-site will have a dramatic impact upon schools, it could involve evacuation of the school and plans need to be in place to cover this contingency. MAJOR INCIDENTS A major incident is any abnormal event, occurring anywhere in or adjacent to Luton, or which by its nature, causes or has the potential to cause significant or extensive: • Death or injury (physical and mental) • Damage to property • Contamination of the environment and/or • Disruption to the School’s normal functions • On a scale beyond the School’s capability to deliver its services under normal conditions Although there are probably an infinite number of variations to a given type of critical incident or other event effecting normal running of the school. It will typically fall into one of the categories given below: • Transport related accidents • Severe weather • Major pollution • Accidents that take place out of the Borough, but have an effect upon the Borough, and • Local incidents (e.g. major fires or civil unrest) Any of the above occurring in the wider community could impact upon schools that could be used satisfactorily as media centres and/or evacuation centres. Notification of the requirement to use school premises as a centre will normally come from the Council’s Civil Protection Team to the Corporate Director’s office. In these circumstances Head Teachers and Chairs of Governors will be notified by either the Corporate Director, or a Head of Service from Unity House. However, notification may come direct from the Police who may need to by-pass the normal Council alerting procedures and who, in exceptional circumstances, may have even opened up a school for use as an evacuation centre before advising the Council. 6.3/8 APPENDIX A SCHOOLS/COLLEGES IDENTIFIED AS EVACUATION CENTRES The list of those schools and colleges identified as possible evacuation centres is shown below, together with their appropriate contact details. SCHOOL ADDRESS TELEPHONE Ashcroft High Crawley Green Road, Luton, LU2 9AG 01582 436100 Barnfield Academy South Cutenhoe Road, Luton, LU1 3NH 01582 722333 Barnfield Academy West Emerald Road, Luton, LU4 0NE 01582 601221 Barnfield College New Bedford Road, Luton, LU2 7BF 01582 569500 Barnfield Rotheram Campus Rotheram Avenue, Luton, LU1 5PP 01582 484141 Cardinal Newman High Warden Hill Road, Luton, LU2 7AE 01582 597125 Challney High (Boys) Stoneygate Road, Luton, LU4 9TJ 01582 599921 Challney High

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