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• Evacuation vehicle: The car or van you will use to move everybody from your site to another location in an emergency.
• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency): An independent federal agency created in 1979 to provide a single point
of accountability for all federal activities related to disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness, response and recovery.
• First responder: A person who responds to emergencies such as a fire fighter, search and rescue, police officer or paramedic.
• First response agency: Departments such as law enforcement, fire department and emergency medical services.
• Hazard: The potential harm or damage, or a situation which poses a level of threat to life, health, property or environment.
• Hazardous materials: A substance (gas, liquid or solid) capable of creating harm to people, the environment and property.
• Lockdown: A safety procedure in which people remain in a locked indoor space due to an emergency situation such as a violent person on the site.
• NOAA weather radio: The National Weather Service continuously broadcasts warnings and forecasts that can be received by NOAA Weather Radios. Purchase a radio that has a battery back-up and a Specific Area Message Encoder feature, which automatically alerts you when a watch or warning is issued for your area.
• Off-site evacuation: The process of leaving a potentially dangerous area for another location.
• Ready-to-go kit: This kit contains copies
of all your important documents that
you can take with you if you evacuate. This file could be hardcopies (e.g., actual documents or photocopies) or electronic (e.g., a USB
flash drive).
• Reunification plan: The procedures that will be used to reunite children and their families in the event of an emergency.
• Shelter-in-place: The process of staying where you are and taking shelter, rather than trying to evacuate.
• Site diagram: A diagram of your facility and property, including each floor of each building as well as the locations of outside play areas, parking lots and other areas of the property.
• Stop, drop and roll: A fire safety technique to extinguish fire or a person’s clothes or hair.
• Utility outages: A situation where electricity, water or gas service are interrupted.
• Warning: A Warning is issued by the National Weather Service to let people know that a severe weather event is already occurring or is imminent. People should take immediate safety action.
• Watch: A Watch is issued by the National Weather Service to let people know that conditions are right for a potential disaster
to occur. It does not mean that an event will necessarily occur. People should listen to their radio or TV to keep informed about changing weather conditions.
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