Action Planning Checklist

Ask the following questions:

·     Does my school have a core team with administrators, 2-3 senior school teachers, doctors, representative from the community leaders, senior learned citizens, parents and student representatives?

	·     Does my school have a disaster preparedness and response plan?
	·     Are students of my school trained on First Aid and Rescue and Evacuation?
	·     Mock drill to be carried out by the students and teachers every six months.
	·     Is the fire extinguisher in a working condition?
	·     Is the first aid kit ready? Check that the medicines have not crossed the expiry date.
	·     Check whether the toilets and the drinking water taps/tube wells are in a working condition.
	·     Awareness should be generated on different types of hazard like flood, cyclone, earthquake, drought and the preparedness measures to be taken to combat these disasters.
	·     Initiate the process of plantation in the school and giving the children some knowledge on the type of trees to be grown.