FIRE DRILL PROTOCOL

 Every morning, Silvia will email the list of which students are on site for that day by class. This happens twice daily - once in the morning, and once mid day. The following personnel will receive this email:

All classroom radios should always be on during school hours and set to Channel One.

Drill Procedure for Monthly Fire Drill

  1. Upon hearing the fire alarm sound, all teachers with their students should make their way to their nearest designated fire exit and leave the building. As soon as the fire alarm sounds, teachers and staff will also hear the following words over the phone and radio systems “Evacuate Evacuate Evacuate”. In the event of a real fire or evacuation incident, whether or not the alarm is sounding, this is the cue to evacuate the building.

  2. Ensure that every teacher/staff member assigned a radio brings their radio with them. 

    Teachers should do the following in this order:

    • Take a head count of students and teachers

    • Grab the to go-bag located in each classroom, line up the sturdents and move them out of the classroom towards your designated evacuation point.

    • Turn off the room light and close the door upon leaving the room.

    • One at the designated evacuation point, do a second head count and after counting, teachers will put on the vest located in the go-bag.

  3. Upon leaving the building and getting to their designated waiting location, the head teacher for each classroom will communicate via their radio to confirm that they have successfully left the building and a count of the children in their classroom (to ensure that everyone has been safely evacuated). Please note that only one radio can be transmitted at a time. If you hear someone else speaking over the radio please allow a ten second pause before pushing to talk. The following is a language example:

    “Blue Room clear. 10 children, all accounted for.”

  4. The Fire Drill Director will check the child count given against that morning’s list and reply, using the following language example

    “Copy, Blue Room.”

  5. The above is done with all classrooms.

  6. Once the fire guards and security on duty have ensured that all Plymouth personnel and students are out of the building, the Fire Drill Director will communicate via radio the following:

“Fire Drill complete. All Personnel and students may now return to the building.”

Fire Exits

Plymouth’s 75 Hicks Street building had four staircases that can be used for exiting the building:

A - This exits the building via Beecher Garden. Access this staircase from the Teen Room (4th floor), The Abbott Room (3rd floor), The Purple Room (2nd floor), the Reception Room (ground floor), and the Cranberry Room (lower level).

B - This is our main central staircase that terminates in the 75 Hicks Street Lobby and Lower Lobby. It can also be accessed from the main landings of the 4th, 3rd and 2nd floors.

C - This exits the building via the fire exit located between 75 Hicks Street and 65 Hicks Street. It can be accessed from the Thrift Store (gym mezzanine), the Music Room (ground floor), and the corridor next to the Art Room (lower level).

D - This exits the building via 65 Hicks Street. It can be accessed from the Thrift Store (gym mezzanine), Gym and Gym Bathroom (ground floor), and PCS Library/Art Room (lower level).