1. ARROYO VISTA, MARENGO, & MONTEREY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
S O U T H P A S A D E N A U N I F I E D S C H O O L D I S T R I C T
S A F E T Y D R I L L S
Teachers - This presentation is for all students at Arroyo Vista, Marengo, and Monterey Hills Elementary Schools.
ARROYO VISTA, MARENGO, & MONTEREY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
E L E M E N T A R Y G R A D E S T K - 3

2. Goals Why do we have safety drills?
What are the different types of safety drills?
Why is it important to listen?
How will you react during an emergency?
What if there is a fire?
What if there is an earthquake?
What if there is a soft lockout/hard lockdown?
What if I am not with my teacher?
Today we’re going to talk about why we have safety drills for fire, earthquake and lockdowns. We will discuss Why is it important to listen, How will you react during an emergency, What to do if there is a fire, What to do if there is an earthquake, What to do if there is a hard lockdown or soft lockout and What to do if you are not with your teacher.

3. Why do we have safety drills ? Safety Drills
Your principals, teachers, and school staff want to make sure your school is:
SAFE
HEALTHY
and READY if an emergency situation were to occur
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4. What types of safety drills do we practice?
Earthquake Drills – Great Shake Out
Fire Drills
Soft Lockout
Hard Lockdown
What type of Safety Drills do we practice at school?
We practice earthquakes drills, like the Great Shake Out in October.
We practice Fire drills.
We also practice soft lockout and hard lockdown drills.

5. How Will I React? You may feel….. Nervous Fast heart rate Scared
Zoned out
Unable to focus
How will I react? During a drill you may feel many different things. You may feel nervous, you may feel your heart beating fast, you may feel scared, zoned out, or unable to focus. All these feelings are okay.

6. How Can I Calm Down? Breathe slowly Count to 10
Close eyes for a moment
Can you think of other ways?
How can I calm down? There are many ways to calm yourself down. You can breath slowly, count to 10, or close your eyes for a moment. Can you think of other ways to calm down? (Teacher takes suggestions from class)

7. Why Is It Important To Listen To Directions?
You know what to DO
You know where to GO
You understand the INSTRUCTIONS
You stay SAFE
Why is it important to listen to directions? We should always listen to the adult in charge so we know what to do, we know where to go, and we understand the instructions so we can stay safe.

8. IS DO DON’T Panic Training Necessary The more you discuss and train…..
The more calm you will be
The more likely your body will respond automatically
The more likely you will be safe
We practice these drills throughout the school year. The more we practice, the more calm we will be, the more likely we will automatically know what to do, and the more likely we will be safe. We do not want to panic or run without instructions. We also do not want to pretend like nothing is happening. It is important to stay calm and focused and to listen to directions carefully.
Run without instructions
Stay Calm
& Focused
Listen carefully
Pretend like nothing
is happening

9. What If There’s A Fire? The fire alarm will ring
Listen to your teacher
Stay calm
Follow your teacher
Leave your belongings behind
If there is a fire, the fire alarm will ring. Listen to your teacher. Your teacher will give you instructions on what to do next. Stay calm. Follow your teacher. Your teacher will take you to a safe place . Leave your belongings behind.

10. What If There’s An Earthquake?
Take cover under your desk or away from buildings (depends on where you are)
Listen to your teacher
Stay calm
Follow your teacher
Leave your belongings behind
If you are in inside a building, take cover under a desk. If you are outside, move away from buildings.
Say: Remember to drop, cover and hold on! Listen to your teacher. Your teacher will give you instructions on what to do next. Stay Calm. Follow your teacher. Your teacher will take you to a safe place. Leave your belongings behind.

11. What If There’s a Soft Lockout?
Potential threat or police activity on or off school grounds
You will hear an announcement over the loud speaker or from a school adult
Listen to the school adult
Stay calm and continue learning
Depending on the situation, you may move about the campus
If you are outside during a soft lockout, walk to your classroom
What if there’s a soft lockout? A soft lockout is a potential threat or police activity on or off school grounds. You will hear an announcement over the loud speaker or from a school adult. Please listen to the school adult. Stay calm and continue learning. In a soft lockout, depending on the situation, you may move about the campus. If you are outside during a soft lockout, walk directly to you classroom.

12. What If There’s a Hard Lockdown?
Life threatening situation/event on or off school grounds
You will hear an announcement over the loud speaker or from a school adult
Listen to the school adult
Stay calm
Blinds will be closed and lights will be turned off
Hide and stay quiet
What if there’s a hard lockdown? A hard lockdown is a life threatening situation/event on or off school grounds. You will hear an announcement over the loud speaker or from a school adult. Please listen to the school adult. Remember to stay calm. The blinds will be closed and light will be turned off. Hide and stay quiet.

13. What If I’m Not With My Teacher?
Stay calm
Follow a school adult’s or police officer’s instructions
Remain in a safe place until a school adult or police officer comes (i.e, bathroom, MPR, auditorium)
What if I am not with my teacher? Stay calm. Follow a school adult’s or police officer’s instructions, If you are alone, remain in a safe place until a school adult or police officer comes. If you are in the bathroom, stay in the bathroom. If you are outside without an adult, go to the nearest safe place.

14. Let’s Review What are the common steps in an emergency?
Let’s review some of what we’ve learned today.
There are 4 types of Safety Drills: Earthquake, Fire, Soft Lockout, and Hard Lockdown. During a drill and during a real emergency, you should always stop, look, and listen.
And always do your best to stay calm.

15. Questions?
Students - if you have any questions, please ask your teacher.
Teachers – if you are unsure how to answer a question, please forward the question to you school administrators.
Thank You!
Students – if you have any questions, please ask your teacher.
Teachers - if you are unsure how to answer a question, please forward the question to your school administrators.
Thank you!