MODULE 1:

S afety and Security

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Intended Learning Outcomes:
Within the unit, the CWTS students will be able to

1. show skills on disaster preparedness during fire, earthquake or other calamity that needs
immediate response from any trained civilians during emergency situations through home-
based drills (CLO 1).
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SDG INTEGRATION: SDG # 4 – Quality Education (Ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all)

CaptivaTe yo Urself
Introductory Questions – How are you prepared when a disaster comes? Why is disaster preparedness
important?
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Connect To Understand
Safety and Security
- This area involves disaster preparedness during fire, earthquake or other calamity that
needs immediate response from any trained civilians during emergency situations. Basic
life-saving seminar, fire drill and the like are some of these examples.

A. FIRE DRILL
(Source: https://www.adp.com/spark/articles/2018/03/best-practices-for-creating-a-fire-drill-
procedure-for-your-organization.aspx)

Best Practices for Creating a Fire Drill Procedure for Your Organization

A fire drill procedure can help

ensure that your employees can get to safety quickly and effectively in case of a fire, power outage or
another disaster.

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A fire drill procedure can help ensure that your employees can get to safety quickly and effectively in
case a fire, power outage or another disaster occurs during working hours. Whether it's a chemical
spill or a terrorist attack, employees need to know the evacuation routes of the building where they
work. Conducting regular fire drills can ensure that they do.
To establish a fire drill procedure, consider following these steps:

1. Communicate With the Local Fire Chief or Fire Marshal

It's wise to schedule a meeting with local emergency responders to discuss best practices for fire
procedures and evacuation routes. If the fire chief or fire marshal is available to visit your workplace,
he or she may offer ideas that you wouldn't have thought of on your own.

2. Create an In-House Safety Committee

Create an in-house safety committee that includes a representative from each work area or
department who is willing to serve as a safety team leader. They will be responsible for establishing
an outdoor "meeting place" for the people in their work area or department, and will personally
ensure that every person from their department gets out of the building in the event of an evacuation.

3. Communicate Evacuation Routes

Once you have talked with the local fire officials, create written evacuation routes and post-evacuation
maps throughout the building. Also, provide each employee with a copy of the evacuation route
before conducting the first drill. Make sure employees understand their routes as well as alternative
routes in case exits are blocked.

4. Change Up Fire Drill Scenarios

In the case of an actual emergency, some exits may be blocked off due to fire or another danger.
Everyone won't necessarily be able to follow their closest evacuation route. To truly prepare
employees for potential emergencies, post signs saying "Exit Blocked" at various exits during each
drill, forcing employees to take alternate routes. This process can help to ensure that employees know
their evacuation route and alternate routes in the case of a real emergency.

5. Conduct Fire Drills Regularly

When you first begin implementing fire drills, you may want to conduct them bi-weekly or monthly.
However, once employees seem to have the hang of the process, it's best to wait longer in between
each fire drill. If you conduct them too often, employees may become nonchalant about the
evacuation process and may not take a real evacuation event seriously. After employees know the
drill, aim for quarterly fire drills.

Unexpected emergencies happen regularly at work and in public places. When you have established a
fire drill procedure and worked through it with your employees, you can rest assured knowing that if
the unthinkable happened at your workplace, your employees would be prepared.

Video: Earthquake and Fire Drill (with BFP Philippines)

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT0SgTM-otw)

B. EARTHQUAKE DRILL
https://www.shakeout.org/dropcoverholdon/
DROP, COVER, AND HOLD ON!
Federal, state, and local emergency management experts and other official preparedness
organizations all agree that "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" is the appropriate action to reduce injury

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 and death during earthquakes. The ShakeOut is our opportunity to practice how to protect
ourselves during earthquakes. This page explains what to do-- and what not to do.

PROTECT YOURSELF. SPREAD THE WORD.

Your past experience in earthquakes may give you a false sense of safety; you didn't do
anything, or you ran outside, yet you survived with no injuries. Or perhaps you got under your
desk and others thought you overreacted. However, you likely have never experienced the kind
of strong earthquake shaking that is possible in much larger earthquakes: sudden and intense
back and forth motions of several feet per second will cause the floor or the ground to jerk
sideways out from under you, and every unsecured object around you could topple, fall, or
become airborne, potentially causing serious injury. This is why you must learn to immediately
protect yourself after the first jolt... don't wait to see if the earthquake shaking will be strong!
In MOST situations, you will reduce your chance of injury if you:

DROP where you are, onto your hands and knees. This position protects you
from being knocked down and also allows you to stay low and crawl to shelter
if nearby.

COVER your head and neck with one arm and hand
 If a sturdy table or desk is nearby, crawl underneath it for shelter
 If no shelter is nearby, crawl next to an interior wall (away
from windows)
 Stay on your knees; bend over to protect vital organs

HOLD ON until shaking stops

 Under shelter: hold on to it with one hand; be ready to move with your
shelter if it shifts
 No shelter: hold on to your head and neck with both arms and hands.

Why Drop, Cover, and Hold On? Our special report explains why official rescue teams,
emergency preparedness experts, and others recommend "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" as the
best way, in most situations, to protect yourself during earthquake shaking.

Wherever you are, protect yourself! It is important to think about what you will do to protect
yourself wherever you are. What if you are driving, in a theater, in bed, at the beach, etc.? Step
5 of the Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety describes what to do in various situations, no matter
where you are when you feel earthquake shaking.

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 Persons with Disabilities: See EarthquakeCountry.org/disability for recommendations for
people who use wheelchairs, walkers, or are unable to drop to the ground and get up again
without assistance.

The main point is to not try to move but to immediately protect yourself as best as possible where
you are. Earthquakes occur without any warning and may be so violent that you cannot run or crawl;
you therefore will most likely be knocked to the ground where you happen to be. You will never know
if the initial jolt will turn out to be the start of the big one. You should Drop, Cover, and Hold
On immediately!
In addition, studies of injuries and deaths caused by earthquakes in the U.S. over the last several
decades indicate that you are much more likely to be injured by falling or flying objects (TVs,
lamps, glass, bookcases, etc.) than to die in a collapsed building. Drop, Cover, and Hold
On offers the best overall level of protection in most situations.
As with anything, practice makes perfect. To be ready to protect yourself immediately when the
ground begins to shake, practice Drop, Cover, and Hold On as children do in school at least once
each year.

What NOT to do:

DO NOT get in a doorway! An early earthquake photo is a collapsed adobe home with the
door frame as the only standing part. From this came our belief that a doorway is the safest
place to be during an earthquake. In modern houses and buildings, doorways are no safer, and
they do not protect you from flying or falling objects. Get under a table instead!

DO NOT run outside! Trying to run in an earthquake is dangerous, as the ground is moving
and you can easily fall or be injured by debris or glass. Running outside is especially dangerous,
as glass, bricks, or other building components may be falling. You are much safer to stay inside
and get under a table.

DO NOT believe the so-called "triangle of life"! In recent years, an e-mail has circulated
which recommends potentially life threatening actions, and the source has been discredited by
leading experts.

CommiT and ConqUer

Video Clip Viewing 1: 10 Ways to Survive an Earthquake, According to experts
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWSu4l1RxLg

Video Clip Viewing 2 : Earthquake and Fire Drill (with BFP Philippines)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT0SgTM-otw

Reflective Question : What is the implication of this quote to you as a CWTS student who
is an advocate for disaster preparedness, “It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark”?

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