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Earthquake Drill Orientation

1) The document provides guidance for conducting an earthquake drill to ensure employee safety and test emergency response plans. 2) It outlines the specific actions employees should take during different phases of the drill, including seeking shelter, evacuating in an orderly fashion, and accounting for all employees afterward. 3) The drill scenario involves a simulated 8.2 magnitude earthquake occurring in Davao Oriental that is felt in Davao City, triggering the institution's emergency evacuation procedures and disaster response team activation.

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Earthquake Drill Orientation

1) The document provides guidance for conducting an earthquake drill to ensure employee safety and test emergency response plans. 2) It outlines the specific actions employees should take during different phases of the drill, including seeking shelter, evacuating in an orderly fashion, and accounting for all employees afterward. 3) The drill scenario involves a simulated 8.2 magnitude earthquake occurring in Davao Oriental that is felt in Davao City, triggering the institution's emergency evacuation procedures and disaster response team activation.

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EARTHQUAKE  

DRILL
ORIENTATION
A. General
 To ensure the safety of employees/occupants during and
after a damaging earthquake;

 To help the institution Disaster Action Team (DAT) to


design a specific response plan for earthquakes;

 To train employees/occupants on how to practice proper


action and responses during earthquakes;
And

 To test various elements of the response plan designed by


the institution Disaster Action Team (DAT).
B. Specific
 To be able to execute the earthquake drill in accordance
with the plan/drill scenario and mechanics;

 To be able to depict the proper actions and responses


required of drill participants such as;

 Seeking shelter and protecting selves

 Doing the “duck, cover and hold” and the “crouch and tuck head”
techniques

 Evacuating using buddy-buddy system and walking faster than


normal

 Head counting and checking of bodies for sustained injuries

 Reporting to the DAT Team Leader


 A 30-second earthquake
with a magnitude of 8.2
in the Richter Scale
struck Davao Oriental. It
is felt at Intensity VII in
Davao City
In reaction to the earthquake
occurrence, the institution must effect its
Emergency Evacuation Procedures and
activate its Disaster Action Team (DAT) to
ensure a safe and orderly evacuation in order
to prevent loss of lives and injuries to its
employees/occupants.
•45-second alarm

 Signals the occurrence of the “main quake”


(start of the drill)

All employees/occupants to seek shelter


and protect themselves where they are
situated

Employees/occupants to perform “duck,


cover and hold” under desk, tables and chairs
and remain in such position until the
“shaking” stops.
•20-second full period

 Evacuation of occupants from the building/s to the designated


evacuation/assembly areas using pre-determined routes

Establishment’s DAT to effect a fast but safe and orderly


evacuation:

Evacuation of employees/occupants must be buddy-buddy


system
Employees/occupants should not run or walk casually
They should walk faster than normal
Employees/occupants must utilize the shortest but safest route
to the evacuation/assembly area
•15-second alarm

 Signals the occurrence of an “aftershock”

Employees/occupants still in the process of evacuating ( in


corridors or outside the building but not yet in open spaces), to
crouch and tuck heads”
• The evacuation process must be completed

• Employees/occupants must assemble at the designated


evacuation areas by department/division/section

• At the evacuation/assembly areas, employees/occupants


must check themselves of any sustained injury and report any
knowledge of somebody missing to the DAT

• The DAT must check and ensure that all


employees/occupants are accounted
(The giving of the “ALL CLEAR SIGNAL” by the DAT Team Leader
signifies the termination of the Earthquake Drill)

• Employees/occupants shall return to the building/s only after


the “All Clear Signal” is given by the DAT Team Leader
An evaluation of the drill must be conducted to identify
problems encountered during the drill and how these can be
corrected in future earthquake drills.
Thank You!

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