Fire Dills

AnonyMouse_1999 · 2004-11-23T17:42:50+0000

I am sure we all have arrangements in place for what to do in the event of a fire. We have a procedure, including how to evacuate the building, where to go etc etc etc We have had many 'practices' but staff always knew when they were to take place. I found that on 'fire drill day' we were waiting for the alarm to go off and also found that when the time was iminent we tended to have the children together for a story or large group, non messy activity. To me it defeated the whole object of the fire drill. Of course I hope that it never happens for real but the reality is that in the event of fire the alarm will sound regardless of whether the children are in split into groups, up to their armpits in glue and glitter or whatever. I asked my employer not to tell us when a fire drill was going to be planned, for her to just set the alarm off as and when she felt like it. It was much better! We have an assembly point and ensure that the register and a phone are taken out with us. The first job of course is to ensure that all children and staff are accounted for. Well this is fine if the register has been done and our fire drills were always after registration so it was no problem. The question then arose, what if the alarm went off at that busy, hustle and bustle arrival time?? The register would be no good as it would not show children present! We do not have self registration but as a result of the above query we have a small book which lists the children due in each day (we only have 14 per sesssion) All children are greeted individually on arrival and their name ticked in the book. Should the alarm go off during arrival time we have up to the minute details of children on the premises. I would be interested to know how others deal with this- how would you know which children were present if the alarm went off during that busy arrival time?? I have a friend who works in a pre school where children are given name cards to put on a tree as they arrive. Recently the smoke alarms went off and they followed their fire drill. Everyone got out safely, complete with tree. They found they had nine names on the tree and 10 children. It transpired that one name card had never reached the tree.Thankfully it was a false alarm but it made her think - had it been for real, it could have been child 10 was inside but their system indicated everyone was out - hope this makes sense!!!

By AnonyMouse_1999
November 23, 2004 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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