Disaster Response For Schools and Business

In a large scale disaster, Emergency Services willorganized search effort to safely remove
be delayed or unavailable. The employee at yourun-trapped and trapped victims without causing
site, the teacher at school or the civilian at homeharm to themselves or the victim.
will become a "spontaneous responder". WhenTriage and Disaster First Aid techniques will allow
people are confronted with the realities of athe rescuers to manage an overwhelming number
disaster such as an earthquake, they will beof injured victims by evaluating and prioritizing
forced to make many decisions very quickly.their treatment as the professionals do in mass
Disaster Survival Skills will give them thecasualty incidents.
knowledge and the skills to make the rightEveryone should learn to use a fire extinguisher.
decisions.All fires start small. With extinguishers already in
The Emergency Response Teams in businessesplace, a trained person could be a real solution to
and teachers at schools and even moms at homean otherwise serious problem. The failure to
should receive training in the areas of Light Urbancontrol utilities quickly following a disaster could
Search & Rescue, Triage, Disaster First Aidhave a tragic effect on the outcome of your
and Fire/Utility Control. The early intervention ofemergency.
trained persons will not only save lives but reduceThe key to your success will be having both the
property losses in both large and small scaleskills and the tools necessary to handle and
emergencies.manage the chaos that awaits you. You will be
Light Urban Search & Rescue training willthe backbone of the initial rescue effort and begin
enable the spontaneous responder to perform anthe process of recovery.