Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
AN OVERVIEW OF STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES DURING A DISASTER
Administrative, Certified, and Classified Personnel Duties

All teachers and staff will:

1. Know the location of the nearest fire/chemical extinguisher for the rooms usually occupied.
2. Know where the room backpack (with instructions inside) is kept.
3. Know their assignment and responsibilities during a disaster.

PRINCIPAL – Will initiate drill. Will oversee Command Center and Communications from the field. Will direct and coordinate to insure safety of all individuals.

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL/MANAGEMENT – Will oversee and coordinate from the Amphitheater the search of all buildings and grounds for injured and dead. Will coordinate rescues and notify medical team of needs for first aid. Will attempt to make a list of all injured and dead. Will assess the condition of facilities and report to Command Center.

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL/MASTER SCHEDULE – Will oversee and coordinate the Student Release Team at the Southwest entrance to the baseball field. Will release students to designated adults with proper release procedures.

HEAD CUSTODIAN – Will oversee assessments of damage to school. Responsible for moving emergency supplies to all assigned areas, checking utility shutoffs, and reporting damage to Damage Assessment/Search and Rescue Team.

TEACHERS WITH CLASSES – Will check neighboring teachers before evacuating to field and then remain on field supervising students and directing parents to Student Release Center.

Individual teachers that are assigned other duties will report to assigned posts AFTER taking roll and turning class roll sheet and backpack over to another adult.

TEACHERS AND AIDES NOT ASSIGNED STUDENTS – If assigned a post, report immediately. If not assigned, report to Command Center and be ready to help where needed.

SECRETARIAL STAFF – If not assigned a post, report to Command Center on baseball field and be ready to be of assistance where needed.

NURSE AND HEALTH CLERK – Will set up and supervise Triage area on softball field. Will evaluate and prioritize needs and treatment and communicate with Command Center. Will also oversee morgue.

KITCHEN STAFF – Evacuates building until Damage Assessment Team certifies that it is safe to return. Shut off all gas and electricity. Be prepared to distribute available kitchen food and emergency rations if the need arises.

GROUNDSMEN - Assist Head Custodian in moving emergency materials and report to assigned teams.

ALL PERSONNEL, STUDENTS, AND VOLUNTEERS NOT ON A REGULAR ATTENDANCE LIST - Report to the Command Center on the baseball field.

ALL SECURITY – Report to posts assigned OR to the Command Center.

OVERVIEW OF TEAMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Command Center – Consists of the Principal and Associate Principal/Curriculum coordinating communications and operations of all personnel, including the utilization of runners. The information on the “All Accounted For” form assists the search and rescue of missing and injured persons.

Medical Aid Triage – Sorts out victims according to the extent of injury, helps those that they are able to, and requests assistance for others.

Damage Assessment and Search and Rescue – Makes an assessment of the safety of buildings so team members may enter and search for missing and injured. Removes injured from buildings while communicating with team leader to notify Command Center and Medical Aid Triage as to the injury being brought to them. Search for known missing and injured before starting a general search of buildings and grounds.

Student Release – Retrieves students from class stations as adults come to “claim” them. Keeps records of students released and notify Command Center of any problems.

Supervision – Accounts for all students, including the classes of all teachers assigned to other teams, keeps records of runners and other students who have been released from these groups, and keeps students in an organized manner by providing support and some form of activity.

Runners’ Pool – Supplies student assistance to all teams as needed and keeps track of all runners. Assists with the distribution of materials from the containers and sets up portable toilets and canopies as necessary.

HOW TO USE STUDENT RUNNERS (examples)

Command Center runners can carry messages to and from any other station, bring materials from the cargo container as needed, and help with paperwork. Groups from the runners’ pool can set up canopies and portable toilets with privacy as needed.

Damage Assessment and Search and Rescue runners can take messages to Command Center and/or Triage if walkie-talkies are not working and carry first aid duffel bags, crowbars, or other equipment for team. With direction, runners can bring materials from cargo containers or barrels (at the amphitheater) as needed, and assist in carrying injured on stretchers to triage (usually requires four to six people).

Triage runners set up canopies for shelter, tarps, portable toilets and other equipment as needed, obtain the materials from the large container on the field, carry messages when walkie-talkies are not efficient, assist in holding materials for someone performing first aid, sit with injured and/or upset as a support system, and assist in keeping records.

Student Release runners take messages to Command Center, assist with paper work at student release and carry the message on the field to the classroom teacher instructing release of a student to the adult at the Student Release Center.

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