Emergency Drills

Fire Drill

  1. The state law requires all schools to have fire drills.  Fire drills are intended for the safety of all concerned and every drill should be carried out as if it were a real emergency.  There should be no running, but all persons are to move quickly and quietly to their point of safety away from the building and remain quiet while awaiting further instruction.

  2. Teachers shall instruct each of their classes as to the evacuation procedures from the particular classroom.

  3. The fire alarm signal is a continuous sounding of the alarm.  When an alarm sounds, the teacher shall instruct students to leave the building according to the evacuating instructions.

  4. If the fire alarm sounds during a passing period, all persons should proceed to the nearest exit and continue on the sidewalk to a point of safety clear of the building.

Civil Defense Drills

 

Civil defense drills are designed to move all personnel to "safety areas" of the building in the event of a severe storm warning or similar emergency.  The safety areas of the building include the ground floors of the gymnasiums (excluding the main floor areas and the pool), the tunnel area, the library, and the ground floor of the Purple wing (Rooms P-13 to P-45.

 

When insufficient time is available to move to safety areas, instructions will be passed by the intercom or messenger to move as follows:

  1. Ground floor classes in Purple Wing (Rooms P-13 to P-45) are to stay in the classrooms.

  2. Students in physical education classes are to proceed to locker and shower rooms

  3. Students in all other classes are to proceed to halls, avoiding areas near outside and classroom doors (where classrooms have outside windows) and crouch against a south or west wall shielding the face as much as possible.

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Last Updated on July 29, 2004

Bloomington High School, Bloomington, Illinois  61701