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<td><div id="centerContent"><p><strong>Public Health Emergency Preparedness</strong></p> <div class="headnote">
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<h2>Appendix
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C. Interview Questions for Principals</h2>
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<h3>Demographics</h3>
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<p>How many students are in the school?</p>
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<p>How many staff?</p>
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<p>How many students have mobility difficulty?</p>
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<p>Do you have wheelchairs?<3F> How many?</p>
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<p>Are there students with other disabilities that would
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warrant special attention in an evacuation of the building?</p>
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<h3>Physical Plant </h3>
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<p>How many buildings are there?</p>
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<p>Describe the school the layout—how many floors, sections,
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etc.?</p>
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<p>How many exits are there?</p>
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<h3>Evacuation</h3>
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<p>What is your evacuation plan?</p>
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<p>Where are the offsite locations?</p>
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<p>Are members of the crisis team assigned to the various
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evacuation sites?</p>
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<p>Is there a person who has first aid skill at each relocation
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site? </p>
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<p>How would medications be distributed to the sites? </p>
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<p>Have you had an evacuation drill with staff and/or with
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students? </p>
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<p>Are parents aware of the plan?</p>
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<h3>Sheltering In</h3>
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<p>Do you have a plan for sheltering in? </p>
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<p>Are there any rooms large enough to shelter in all students
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and staff?</p>
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<p>On what floor is the cafeteria? Gym?<3F> Auditorium? Library?</p>
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<p>Have you practiced sheltering in with staff and/or with
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students? </p>
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<p>Are there enough rooms with windows/doors that can be locked
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in order to effectively conduct a school lockdown? </p>
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<p>What sort of ventilation system is in the building?</p>
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<h3>Crisis Team</h3>
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<p>Do you have a crisis team?</p>
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<p>How many members?</p>
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<p>Who are they?</p>
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<p>Do they have explicit responsibilities?</p>
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<p>How often do you meet?</p>
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<p>How do you communicate with one another? Radio? Telephones? </p>
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<p>Have you had any practice drills?</p>
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<p>To what kinds of crises have you had to respond?</p>
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<p>Would you like more training?</p>
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<p>Is there someone designated to communicate with the media?</p>
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<h3>School Nurse</h3>
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<p>How are student medications organized?</p>
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<p>If the building had to be evacuated, how would the
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medications be distributed?</p>
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<p>How often do you record the daily log on the computer? </p>
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<h3>Parent Communication</h3>
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<p>Are parents aware of your emergency plan?</p>
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<p>How have you communicated about that?</p>
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<p>In an emergency, how do you communicate with parents?</p>
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<p>How would you communicate with parents if there were a
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schoolwide emergency?</p>
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<p>Do you have cell phone numbers for parents? </p>
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<p>Do you think it would be feasible to have out-of-town
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emergency contact numbers for students? </p>
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<p>How do you feel about students using cell phones in an
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emergency?</p>
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<p>Is there a procedure for releasing students to authorized
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adults?</p>
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<h3>Staff Preparation</h3>
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<p>Do your staff have easy access to your emergency plan?</p>
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<p>What do your staff have to take with them if they had to
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evacuate the building?</p>
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<p>What are substitute teachers told about your emergency plan?
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<h3>Town Support</h3>
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<p>Is there a school liaison safety officer?</p>
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<p>Do you know how the town would respond if there were an
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emergency at your school?</p>
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<p>Do you have access to counseling services? </p>
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