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PLANS FOR
CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS OR CHILD CARES
Schools
All
schools within the Emergency Planning Zone have emergency plans.
Early in an emergency, school children inside the Emergency Planning
Zone would be transferred to reception centers. We
recommend you do not pick up children at school, instead meet
them at reception centers. Children
who live inside the Emergency Planning Zone but go to school outside
the zone will be kept at their schools until their parents pick
them up. Parents should listen to their local Emergency Alert
System radio station to confirm this information at the time of
an emergency. The station will announce the proper reception center.
Child
Care Centers
Early
in an emergency, child care centers will be notified. Licensed
Child Care Centers will be notified by their town Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) and Registered Child Care Centers will be notified
by town EOC or EAS Message or news advisory. Parents will be notified
of this by telephone, if possible, and asked to pick up their
children. If not picked up, children will be transferred to a
reception center in a timely manner. Parents should listen to
their local Emergency Alert System radio station to confirm information
at the time of an emergency. The station will announce the proper
reception center.
In
the unlikely situation where a fast progressing emergency or bad
road conditions makes traveling hazardous, people in affected
towns (including schools and child care facilities) will be advised
to "Shelter-In-Place".
Parents
should listen to their local Emergency Alert System radio station to confirm
this information at the time of an emergency. |
