Saint Paul's School of Ormoc Foundation, Inc.

Apitong St., Brgy. Punta, Ormoc City

(053) 255-4712 | getinfo@spsormoc.edu.ph

CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR EARTHQUAKES

FOR EARTHQUAKES
MOST LIKELY Scenario WORST CASE Scenario
Magnitude 6.5 or below earthquake Magnitude 6.5 or above earthquake
➢ Mild to moderate ground shaking ➢ Intense ground shaking
➢ Students follow evacuation protocols ➢ Damage to school buildings and structures: broken
➢ No injuries experienced windows, fallen shelves, projectors, ceiling fans,
collapsed ceilings, and exposed live electrical wires
➢ Some students will experience panic
Scenario ➢ Majority of students will experience panic and
➢ No structural damage hysteria
➢ Possible stampede at the stairwell
➢ Major injuries experienced such as fractures, head
wounds, lacerations, and bleeding
➢ Victims may be trapped under collapsed structures
➢ Fire may start
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➢ During ground ➢ Students, teachers, and Same with MOST LIKELY

shaking, students, non-teaching personnel Scenario
teachers, and non- are taught on the
teaching personnel proper way to perform
perform the “duck, the “duck, cover, and
cover, and hold” hold” procedure.
procedure inside
➢ The procedure is
classrooms or
Everyone regularly practiced in
wherever they are
class.
situated.

RESPONSIBLE PERSON:
Class advisers and direct
supervisors of school
personnel.
➢ After the ground ➢ Conduct regular Same with MOST LIKELY
shaking, initiate earthquake drills and Scenario
evacuation protocols. participate in the
quarterly Nationwide
Simultaneous
Evacaution ➢ Students get out of Earthquake Drill
Management their classroom in an
RESPONSIBLE PERSON:
orderly manner by
Capacity-Building Officer
falling in line and
following their class
guides and teacher’s
instructions. Everyone
is mindful of falling
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debris. Students with

injuries are assisted
appropriately.

➢ The designated
PEER members
bring out the
Emergency Bag per ➢ Assign/agree with
classroom during students who will
evacuation for use to bring the emergency
treat injuries. bag outside of the
classroom.
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON: Class
advisers

➢ Class guides and ➢ Monthly update (3rd

teachers bring the week of the
stuents to their month)/restock
designated area in the supplies inside
open space for safety. emergency bags.
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON: School
➢ Gather at designated Nurse/PEER Group
evacuation area or any
open space.
➢ Place permanent
evacuation route
➢ At the open space,
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class advisers signages visibly.

conduct head count
of their students RESPONSIBLE
ensuring that PERSON: Evacuation
everyone is safely Management Team
evacuated. Use the Leader
class list found inside
the emergency bag of
each class for the
head count. The
Evacuation
Management Team
Leader also has a
copy of the student
master list.

➢ Evacuation
Management Team
Leader conduct a ➢ Place a copy of the
head count of all class list inside the
school personnel. emergency bag.
RESPONSIBLE
➢ Class advisers relay
PERSON: Class
the results of the head
advisers
count immediately to
the Evacuation
Management Team
Leader for proper
action.
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NO STUDENT or
EMPLOYEE SHALL GO
INSIDE ANY BUILDING
UNLESS DECLARED
SAFE BY THE
STRUCTURAL SAFETY
OFFICER.
➢ School Nurse/PEER ➢ Train PEER Group on Same with MOST LIKELY
Group: Assess injuries Basic First Aid and Scenario +
and provide first aid as Emergency Skills and
needed. Psychological First
Aid/MHPSS ➢ School Nusre set-up
➢ Pre-identify area where
First Aid Post to
RESPONSIBLE the First Aid Post will
First Aid Services ➢ Guidance Counselor: receive and manage
PERSON: School be set-up and
Provide Psychological injuries.
Nurse & Capacity- disseminate widely
First Aid to
Building Officer info of location.
students/personnel in
RESPONSIBLE
panic,
PERSON: School
hyperventilitating and
Nurse
shock.
➢ Incident Commander ➢ Pre-identify area where Same with MOST LIKELY ➢
(IC) gathers the leaders the Incident Command Scenario
of the response teams Post will be set-up and
Incident Command to coordinate/assess orient team leaders of
Post the situation. the location. ➢ IC activates the
Incident Command
➢ Depending on the
Post as coordination
situation, the IC may
➢ Regularly hub for all team
or may not setup the
update/restock items
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physical ICP. inside the emergency leaders.

cabinet.
➢ Team leaders provide
report.
➢ After gathering all the RESPONSIBLE PERSON:
updates, the IC reports Incident Commander
to the Chair of the
SDMC (Responsible
Person - RO) the
situation.
➢ The RO may or may
not recommend
suspension of classes.
➢ If classes are not Same with MOST LIKELY ➢
suspended, the Scenario
teachers assigned to
coordinate the pick-up
of students stay at the
gate to accommodate
parents who will come
Child-Parent Pick-up
to school to pick-up
Post
their children. This can
be delegated to the
guards as well.
➢ If classess are
suspended, the Child-
Parent Pickup Point
Team sets up tables for
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the check-in/check-out ➢ Orient parents to pick-

system. up their child/ren at
Gate 2 after
earthquakes.

➢ RDNA Team conducts ➢ Develop a rapid visual Same with MOST LIKELY
rapid visual assessment assessment checklist. Scenario
of the safety of RESPONSIBLE
buildings after the PERSON: Structural
Structural Safety and earthquake and after Safety Officer ➢ Conducts full-scale
Rapid Damage and everyone has structural assessment
Needs Assessment evacuated. with licensed engineer.
(RDNA)
➢ Recommends which
buildings are safe or
unsafe based on visual
assessment.
➢ Comms and Info ➢ Establigh open Same with MOST LIKELY
Officer provide update communication line Scenario
of the situation to the with City DRRM
City DRRM Office Office and the School
Communication and
and School DRRM DRRM Coordinator of
Information
Coordinator of DepEd DepEd Ormoc.
Ormoc thru existing RESPONSIBLE
communication lines. PERSON: Comm and
Info Officer
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➢ Education Continuity
Officers set-up
temporary learning
Education Continuity
spaces for classes with
damaged classrooms.

➢ Oversees the whole Same with MOST LIKELY

Chair of the School response activities. Scenario
DRRM Committee or
the Responsible ➢ Makes important
Person decisions.