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What is DeltaPrepared?
There are many hazards that could affect the Delta School District, due to its geographical location and naturally occurring events, including but not limited to the following:
Following a major emergency or disaster, first responders (Delta Fire & Emergency Services, BC Ambulance Service, etc.)
may not be available for some time during the initial phase. In fact, the Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) advises that individuals and organizations should be prepared to carry on without assistance for the first 72 hours. Provincial and
municipal governments have structures to respond to these emergencies, but not during this early period.
Being prepared should be the greatest asset a school or any other district facility can have in facilitating its occupants' survival and well-being.
DeltaPrepared is the strategy the Delta School District is
following to ensure that the District Emergency Plan is complete and workable,
and to enable all schools and central operations to maintain a minimum level of preparedness in case of a natural disaster.
What's New?
Emergency Operations Centre Exercise
On March 30, 2010, staff at the School Board Office, District
Operations Centre and participating schools from the Ladner area
participated in an exercise to test the responsiveness and
effectiveness of the Delta School District Emergency Plan, and in
particular the functioning of its Emergency Operations Centre housed
at the Board Office.
Click here to open the report prepared by the consultant, WOW
Consulting Ltd., describing the exercise, roles and
responsibilities, findings and recommendations.
Emergency Preparedness Week -
School Exercises
Thanks to all schools who participated in the annual earthquake
simulation/evacuation exercise and sent in their Situation Reports.
We are still missing a number of Situation Reports... to see if we
have received your school's report,
click here.
Want to know how your school is doing when it comes to conducting
fire, earthquake and lockdown drills, and reporting on them do far
this school year?
Check out the latest
drills reporting log.
Places to Visit on this Site
District Framework - what structure is in place in
the Delta School District's Emergency Plan (committees,
reporting relationships)
Resources -
links to relevant PDF documents and websites dealing with emergency
preparedness.
*Updated January 2010 to include the
District Emergency Response Manual - Critical Incidents & Protocols
Download the Latest Delta School District EP Newsletter
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