Create an Emergency Preparedness Plan. Examples are included in the Resource section of this module. You may include the complete NCDCDEE EPR template. If you are not submitting the template you must address all of the following scenarios:

A large fire starts in the kitchen and spreads to adjacent rooms

A strong earthquake causes damage to foundation and walls of site

There is an explosion in a nearby industrial complex and a strong smell of smoke in the air

A flood occurs in the community and the ECE site is not flooded, but is inaccessible

A snow blizzard causes impassable roads in the late afternoon

A car accident occurs involving a family in front of the program site

A two-year-old child chokes on a piece of a broken toy during indoor play

A toddler falls off the playground structure and is unconscious

A violent confrontation of teen gang members occurs on a street adjacent to the program site

The plan must include the following:

• written procedures for accounting for children and adults
• how children will be transported
• communication plan to include staff, families, and necessary first responder personnel
• how the program will meet the nutritional and health needs of the children
• relocation and reunification plan
• emergency telephone numbers
• evacuation diagrams
• date of last revision of the Plan
• needs of children who are non-mobile and with special needs