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SAFETY MEASURES FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

PERIMETER

  • Construct High walls (10 feet minimum) with razor or electric protection
  • Construct Elevated guard pickets
  • Keep good visibility around perimeter
  • Use Jumbo (FIBC) bags filled with sand
  • Outer windows and doors should be secured with good quality key operated locks
  • To reduce the casualties occurring due to flying glasses, all glasses should be protected with Blast Protection / Fragment Retention films
  • Use physical barriers to prevent a hostile vehicle from driving into your premises
  • Place physical barriers to keep all but authorized vehicles at a safe distance
  • Make clear demarcation identifying the public and private areas of your premises
  • Establish vehicle access control point at a distance from the protected site
  • Construction should be a deterrence to scaling
  • Do not allow any vehicle to park close to the gate
  • Hawkers / Vendors should not be allowed near the premises

ENTRY & EXIT

  • Office / Institution’s Administration should have a control room at entry and exit points
  • Develop tampered proof ID badges for staff to wear at all times
  • Tampered proof entry passes should be developed for visitors entering into the premises
  • Design visitors’ badges that look different from staffs’ badges
  • Ensure that all visitors’ badges are collected when they leave
  • No one should be allowed to enter without proper identification / verification

GENERAL GUIDELINES

  • Install effective CCTV systems with backups at different locations
  • Respective Departmental heads/Class Teachers should maintain family’s Network for effective Communication
  • Any suspicious movement during or after office timings should be reported to the area police / CPLC
  • Stagger Timings for different levels of students to minimize congestion
  • Install Emergency Alarm Bell
  • Perform regular patrolling by Armed Guards even outside school premises
  • Assembly / Exit points should be identified for Emergency situations and be known to all staff and students
  • All Staff members and senior students should be given Civil Defense training on regular intervals (Fire Fighting, First Aid, Building Evacuation, Lockdown etc.)
  • Get Employees’ Verification from CPLC at the time of employment
  • Ensure that your staff is security conscious
  • Ensure that staff and students can identify and report suspicious activities
  • Ensure availability of Safety procedures for use in emergency situations

IN CASE OF TERRORIST ACT

  • Call 15 or CPLC emergency numbers 3566-2222/3568-3333 or relevant authorities and give them office/factory address
  • Building Map should be ready for the Security Personnel
  • Leave the bags and other belongings and rush to the emergency exit points
  • No running on stairs (avoid Stampede). Avoid use of elevators
  • Turn off all lights, fans, electrical appliances and equipment (Main Switch)

SUSPICIOUS BAG/PARCEL FOUND

  • Cordon off the suspected area and no one should be allowed inside the perimeter
  • Do NOT Touch the Suspected Bag
  • Call Bomb Disposal Squad
  • Move everyone away to a safe location. Evacuate buildings
  • Prevent others from approaching
  • Communicate safely to staff, students, visitors and the public
  • Use hand-held radios or mobile phones away from the immediate vicinity of a suspect item, remaining out of line of sight and behind hard cover
  • Ensure that whoever found the item or witnessed the incident remains on hand to brief the police

EMERGENCY NUMBERS

  • Display Emergency Contact Numbers at prominent places
  • Police Emergency 15
  • CPLC 3566-2222 / 3568-3333’ ‘111-222-345
  • Bomb Disposal Squad 15 or 99212667
  • Crime Control Cell Governor House ‘136’
  • Fire Brigade ‘16’
  • Edhi Ambulance ‘115’