Drill and Emergency Evacuation Areas for Dressel

With drill practices happening this week and coming weeks at Dressel, we wanted to share with you the locations of where your students will go.

Fire Drills or real event: Lower level students will exit and go to the upper blacktop area in the back of the school behind the playground.  Upper level students will exit the front and go to the concrete stairs in the front corner of the parent lot.  From there, dependent upon the scenario, they may either follow the sidewalk to the adjacent cul-de-sac or join the group in the back of the building.

Earthquake Drill or real event:  We shelter in our classroom under furniture, prop our door open for egress if the building shifts, and then at the completion of the tremor, we exit the building to our evacuation location for fire.

Intruder Drill or real event:  We have a location to access for each room, however for obvious reasons we do not share this information via electronic means.

Tornado Drill or real event:  Lower level students have an enclosed interior room across the hall which they will access.  Upper level students will go into the closets and bathrooms.  In the event of a tornado watch our procedure is to clear the evacuation areas for quick access if needed.