Emergency Procedures

TLRS rigorously follows the best safety practices and has plans in place to maintain order and collaboration in the unlikely event of an emergency, including fire, gas leak, bomb threat, loss of utilities, structural damage, loss of child and injury.

Emergency Plans

Notification - TLRS will attempt to contact all primary contacts by phone and/or email in the event of any emergency or injury.
Severe Weather - We will monitor severe weather using a NOAA weather radio.  In case of severe weather not requiring evacuation, we will protect the children by following the guidelines set forth by NOAA for general severe weather safety.   In any event of a weather emergency, severe thunderstorm or tornado the following rules should be exercised.  The Director will notify each class by coming door to door. Each classroom teacher should gather her/his students together and exit out the closest interior door. Sit the students against the interior wall in the hallway.  The teacher should bring hardbound books to accommodate the number of children in her classroom to be placed on the student’s heads.  In the event of a tornado, the students must sit with their knees bent, head between their legs, holding the book over their heads.
If the classroom is on the playground, the Director will notify the teachers to come into the building immediately and follow the above procedures. 
Building Damage - In case of building problems that do not require evacuation, we will continue to operate as normal while sectioning off any potentially hazardous areas.  If any damage affects climate control drastically or causes structural damage to the building, TLRS will follow procedures for notification and evacuation.
Emergency Medical Care - When urgent emergency medical care is needed, we will call 911 for assistance from an ambulance and medical unit.  We will leave it at their discretion where to take the child, but Northside-Cherokee Hospital is officially required to provide medical care to our students.
Evacuation - In the event of an emergency requiring evacuation, 911 authorities will be notified, (including but not limited to: severe weather, fire, gas leak, bomb threat and building damage).  TLRS and authorities will transport children to the adjacent vacant field until parents can pick-up..