Hi Carson Ward Family, Family and Friends,
How prepared is your children's local school in case of a disaster?
With school starting soon we need to make sure our children and grandchildren are protected in case of a disaster or emergency situation. How prepared is your child's school for an emergency disaster? Do they have an emergency preparedness plan?
While our daughter was living in Torrance, California, USA I was very impressed with their school emergency preparedness plan. Each class room has a large trash can with wheels where at the beginning of each school year the parents are responsible for putting together a 72 Hour Emergency Preparedness Individual Kit for their child. If they had a previous kit from the year before they replace the food/water and clothing (children grow). In the child's kit they have food and water for 3 days (3 meals, juice drinks, water and snacks), a warm sweater, a photo of their family, and an activity book with a pen or pencil (and sharpener). Everything is placed in an extra large plastic zip lock bag with their name on it and place in the large trash can which is kept in each classroom. If there is an emergency and they need to evacuate the teacher can roll the classroom emergency trash can with them. At the end of the school year the parents collect their child's kit and return it the next year with the replaced items. I love this idea!!!
Some schools have large metal containers they store emergency food, water and medical supplies in for the school. This container brings me some concerns. I do not think the food and water is replaced every year, you might want to check on this with your school, and being in a metal container with the hot sun beating on it everyday will cause the food to not last as long. But, it is better than nothing!
Check with your children and grandchildren's local school and school district to see what precautions they are taking to protect your children in a disaster or emergency situation.