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PPS schools will prepare for earthquake during Great Shakeout on Oct. 18
10/15/2018Portland Public Schools will join thousands of other school districts in the United States in participating in the Great Shakeout, a national earthquake preparedness event on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 10:18 a.m.
The district will participate in the Great Oregon Shakeout, with most PPS schools participating on Oct. 18. All PPS schools are required to hold two earthquake drills during the school year, and those that do not take part in the Shakeout will hold a drill in October. Schools will also conduct a drill in April as part of Earthquake Preparedness Month.
Families are encouraged to put together a family emergency plan. A useful resource is the website ready.gov.
PPS’s Emergency Management team has other information on its website about earthquake preparedness, including this information:
In addition to the emergency drills, every school site has:
- Two-way radios to communicate with staff during an emergency in the event normal means of communications are not available.
- All classrooms are equipped with emergency buckets that store basic emergency supplies. Many school sites have additional stores of water and first aid supplies on or near school campuses.
During an earthquake, students and staff will:
- Drop, Cover, and Hold on until the shaking stops.
- Once the shaking has stopped, teachers will check for injured students in their classroom.
- Staff will evacuate everyone to the athletic field, playground, or other secured open area on campus. Evacuation is necessary following an earthquake because of possible damage to the buildings and aftershocks.
- Each teacher has a designated area on the field for their students, and all students are accounted for.
- Every School site has an emergency team of school staff members. The emergency team conducts search and rescue, emergency first aid, and other disaster operations following an earthquake.
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