Emergency response procedure
Emergency response procedure
An incident or emergency may include: school flooding / fire / pupils in vehicle crash / outbreak of infectious disease / incident involving emergency services on a school visit / death or serious injury / terrorism / incident likely to attract media attention
- School makes assessment and if escalation required activates its Emergency Plan (If a visit, Visit Leader speaks to School Emergency Contact for advice / support)
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If Council support required school calls the BC Resilience Team on 07738 501 318
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Incident management as per School Emergency Plan
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- School alerts BC Duty Resilience Officer by calling 07738 501 318
- BC Resilience Officer takes details, Alerts LA Officer (from Duty Rota for w/e & school holidays)
- BC Resilience Officer keeps Director Education /Deputy informed (Also for a visit, Resilience Officer calls Outdoor Adviser 07890 395028 )
- LA Officer contacts caller and initial support provided (Uses check list) (If Visit Leader made call, LA Officer tells school (Visit info on Evolve)
- LA support may include: Resilience Team / Social Care / Comms / Media Team / Ed Psychology / SEN / Outdoor Education Adviser / County Insurance / Safeguarding Team / Equalities Lead / Facilities Management / Public Health / Education & Advisory Service / Health & Safety Team / Adult Services / Legal Services / YOS
- Contacts list held by BC Resilience Officer
- LA Officer continues as point of contact with school and LA teams to facilitate support (If further support needed, activation of BC Emergency Plan)
- BC Emergency Plan activated
On resolution: BC Resilience Officer emails all concerned with any handover/follow up arrangements