Austin High School has three full- time Police Officers. The Officers patrol the school building, grounds, and parking lots. Austin also has security cameras throughout the building (and on the outside of the building) which help in maintaining safety for students and staff. Police Officers Gehret and Chapel monitor all parts of the school property with several security camera monitors. Academy Principals also have access to all parts of the school property through their computer monitors. If a student needs police assistance, he/ she may contact any principal, teacher, or other personnel.
Fire Drill / Emergency Evacuation Procedures
1. Evacuate when you hear 3 bells ring.
a. Be aware of pre-designated primary and alternate evacuation routes.
b. Teachers take roster sheet and grade book with you.
2. Close classroom door and turn out lights as students leave.
3. Leave the building in an orderly manner without rushing or crowding.
4. If the situation warrants, vehicle evacuations will be used to transport students to another site.
5. If the emergency calls for an evacuation without the use of vehicles, walk from the building using emergency exit
maps.
a. Always evacuate crosswind and/or upwind away from any emergency by a safe route.
b. Students should be evacuated at least 300 feet from building and out of the way of emergency vehicles.
6. Reassemble the students and check roll- that all students are accounted for.
a. Report any missing students immediately.
7. Note on roster any students who are released to parents.
8. Return to your room when you are instructed that it is safe to do so. (2 bells)
In Case of Serious Medical Emergency
In case of serious emergencies involving students, teachers or parents:
1. A. Summon School Nurse, Mrs. Reyes, R.N……………….ext. 1611
B. The school nurse or Principal Designee will render First Aid.
C. The school nurse, Mrs. Reyes, will notify or have someone notify the Main Switchboard.
The main switchboard will call and obtain emergency transportation to a medical care facility, if indicated.
The main switchboard will call the following numbers or notify by radio in this order:
1. Emergency Unit……………………………......…911
2. Notify Principal/Administrator………………ext. 1600
3. Notify Security for crowd monitoring and traffic control.
4. Notify Assistant Principals for crowd monitoring.
5. Notify Plant Operator to insure all gates are open.
6. Notify the family of the emergency, the name and the location of the Hospital to which the student is
being transported. Unless otherwise stated Austin HS students will be taken to Ben Taub Hospital.
7. School Psychologist if there is a great effect on a great number of students.
2. The nurse will submit the accident report within 24 hours.
3. For emergencies requiring the evacuation of Austin High School, the Austin High School Evacuation Plan shall be
followed.
4. If situation above is not life threatening, the Nurse will follow standard nursing procedures and notify the student’s
family/guardian to pick up the student.
Evacuation Procedures for Ambulatory-Impaired Persons
During an exit-drill exercise or real emergency, ambulatory-impaired persons in classrooms/working on the first floor will be evacuated from the building along with all other persons.
For ambulatory-impaired persons on the second and third floor levels will meet assigned adult team responders in the following pre-designated fire safe refuge areas: 2nd floor will report to A 210 stairwell platform
3rd floor will report to A 310 stairwell platform
All ambulatory-impaired persons and team responders will remain in theses assigned stairwells until the “all-clear, return to building” notification has sounded, unless it is a true emergency. The designated team responders will lift, carry and /or transport ambulatory-impaired persons (as necessary and trained) using a safe team-lift procedure to the first floor and outside the building to the pre-designated refuge area which is the main entrance to the school, in front of the flag pole at 1700 Dumble Street in the event of a true emergency.
Team-responders will be current at all times of the class/work schedules for persons designated in their custody for emergency response.
Under no circumstances during an exit-drill exercise or real emergency evacuation procedure should an elevator be used to transfer/transport anyone.
The team-responders will lock the brakes of wheelchairs once persons are safely stationed at the stairwell platform, to prevent rolling.
A wheelchair person will never be left unattended for any reason during an exit-drill exercise or real evacuation emergency.
The designated substitute responder will be responsible for lifting the student’s wheelchair down to the first floor in the case the student has been lifted from the wheelchair.
An additional wheelchair will be made available during a true emergency. The school nurse will retrieve the extra wheelchair from the nurse’s station. She will bring the wheelchair to the flagpole in the front of the school.
The alternative stairway location to be used in the case when A 210 and A 310 are inaccessible will be designated at the East end of the building. A 212 and A 312 are the alternative stairways exiting on to the Jefferson Street gate.
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