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  • The most important part of what we do is making sure that those we care for are well cared for. This means nuturing the family village feel of our philosophy and our knowledge of what we must know, safety, rules & regulations, etc. This is information regarding how to think about possible safety risks and planning. There are many other resources available through local authorities, general research, classes, and FEMA has a whole collection of courses. I have compiled a few keys resources for your convience to help you when creating your action plan that is required when you are hosting a client at your home or another office space that you are responsible for on an occiaional or reguaar basis.

  • Understanding the impact an event may have on our clients. This is written from the point of view of children but may be generalized where appropriate.

    https://training.fema.gov/programs/emischool/el361toolkit/assets/reactions_to_%20disasters.pdf
  • FEMA literature on how to prevent and prepare for disaster.

  • https://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is909/preparedness_handoutsmaster.pdf

  • FEMA hosts a multi-hazard course for childcareEven though this course focuses on child care, it reviews several key points that generalize to our practice of caring for those with IDD.

     

    IS-36: Multihazard Planning for Childcare

     

    Course Overview
    This course covers the steps to help childcare providers prepare for incidents to ensure the safety of the children at their site. Childcare providers must have plans and procedures to keep children safe from everyday hazards and to respond and recover when an emergency happens.

    The goal of this course is to provide childcare providers, of all sizes and with responsibility for children of all ages, with the knowledge and tools to analyze the hazards and threats at the site, to develop a plan to address these hazards and threats, and to implement processes to update and practice the emergency plan.

    The topics addressed in this course include:

    Knowing your hazards.
    Developing a plan.
    Testing and updating your plan.
     
    Course Objectives:
    Upon completing this course, the participant will be able to:

    Describe why it is important to be prepared.
    Identify hazards and threats that impact your childcare site.
    Describe how to prevent or mitigate the impact of likely and high-consequence hazards and threats.
    Describe procedures for when an emergency occurs.
    Identify how your childcare site will recover from an emergency.
    Describe how to develop and maintain your plan.
    Describe how you will communicate, train, and practice your preparedness procedures.
    Identify the emergency preparedness information you will share with your community.
    Describe when to update your plan.
     
    Primary Audience
     

    This course is designed for childcare providers of all sizes and for all age children, including, but not limited to, home childcare sites, childcare facilities, nursery schools, camps, scouts, sports programs, faith-based programs, and after-school programs. However, anyone with a personal or professional interest in childcare site preparedness is welcome to participate. Teachers, camp counselors, parents, volunteers, scout leaders, and coaches alike will find useful information in this course.

     

    The course is found here: https://emilms.fema.gov/is36/index.htm

  • Sample Plan

  • Your Plan: This is required

    Here is a template for you to use if you like, you may also create one from scratch or use a different template. Make sure to keep in mind adding enough details so anyone can follow the plan in case there is an alternate provider and keep in mind to add details in case you need to evacuate the whole neighborhood. For example, the emergency kit, state who is responsible but also where it is in case someone else is in charge at the time.
  • http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m12140360_ARC_Family_Disaster_Plan_Template_r083012.pdf

     

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  • Fill In the Blank Safety Plan (only if you don't have one to upload)

  • Your Safety Equipment: Required for Residential Homes

  • Guidelines on teaching your clients. Remember, you must practice a fire drill within 24 hours of them being there and repeat it at least ONCE A MONTH.

  • https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/a260e5fb242216dc62ae380946806677/FEMA_plan_child_508_071513.pdf

     

    This is a tool that simpifies plans: it may be nice for your client. :)

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