EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Emergency procedures for Total Fire Ban days:
On days of Total Fire Ban, please phone the school if your child is
absent.
We need to account for the whereabouts of all children.
Parents are asked to ensure that home/emergency telephone numbers are
kept current.
On declared Total Fire Ban days please ensure that you inform the
office if you remove your child from school between 9 am and 3.30 pm. Similarly, please let the office know if you return your child
to school on the same day.
Teachers will mark duplicate rolls on days of total fire bans.
In the event of an outbreak of fire in the local area, please do not come to school or
ring unnecessarily.
The telephone line needs to be available for the use of
emergency services.
Emergency services personnel have advised us that the safest place in
the event of a bushfire would be inside the Fire Refuge.
Please do not come to school to remove your child in such a
situation.
Children will be safer here than on smoky, traffic-congested
roads.
In the event of evacuation
buses will be provided for transfer to a major evacuation centre.
Children will be fully catered for with meals and bedding for a period
of up to 24 hours.
Children will only be discharged into the care of parents or guardians.
A special telephone number will be broadcast on radio and television
for enquiries regarding evacuees.
If in doubt, ring the Shire of Yarra Ranges on 9212 8222.
General discharge and return by bus will be ordered when the officer-in-charge declares the area safe.