Fonshin’s Fire Drill
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This week, Fonshin school carried out a fire drill to raise awareness of fire safety protection. The purpose of our drill, by means of training and rehearsal:
- Escape from a building in an orderly and calm manner
- Escape routes are used in accordance with a predetermined and practised plan
- People will react rationally when confronted with a fire or other emergency at school or elsewhere
- Children protect their airways with cloth, keep down low and head towards the exit
- Those with responsibilities carry out their tasks to ensure the safety of all concerned
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It is the responsibility of the headteacher and governing body of the school to ensure that fire evacuation drills are carried out. Each fire route must be based upon a simple, efficient procedure which is specifically designed for the premises in which we operate
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Our fire evacuation drills are held once every term and include live methods for extinguishing fires.
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During the morning as class was in progress, the fire alarm bell began to ring. The children calmy stood up, formed an orderly line and received a small piece of cloth from the teacher to protect their airways upon leaving the classroom. The entire class headed outside to the playground where they convened with the entire school. A roll call was made to ensure all of our children and staff were present. As we gathered here, we watch a show with the guards extinguishing a small fire. We further held a short Q&A secession to ensure that no matter how old we are, we know what to do if we encounter such a situation in the future.
