Emergency Preparedness Plan

04/17/2003

"Every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' If you can do that, you'll be a success not only in business but in life as well."
–Mary Kay Ash

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has offered its Emergency Preparedness Plan to early care and education centers in the hope it may be a valuable resource and prevent the need for time-strapped programs from having to reinvent the wheel. It is adapted it for generic use in a Word version to facilitate further adaptation of the information for your specific situation. “Ready to Respond Emergency Preparedness Plan for Early Care and Education Centers" covers:

• Evacuation Procedures and Process
• Sheltering/Sheltering in Place
• Medical Emergencies
• Natural disaster; hurricane, tornado, severe storms*
• Utility disruption
• Fire/smoke emergencies
• Hazardous materials
• Bomb threat and Suspicious Articles
• Potentially Violent Situations and Random Acts of Violence
• Disgruntled Impaired Parents/Guardians, or Parent’s/Guardian’s Authorized Representatives
• Hostage Situations
• MissingChild

Bright Horizons is committed to making available resources to eaerly care and education centers and parents to support children and families. To access this plan, go to this address: http://www.brighthorizons.com/talktochildren/

For several additional resources on Emergency Preparedness, go the Exchange Article Archives at https://secure.ccie.com/catalog/cciecatalog.php?cPath=50 and type in the key word "emergency."

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