Do you know where your chemicals are?

Countdown to National Healthy Schools Day April 30

Resources for Schools

Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, Washington

Art Chemical Hazards
School Chemical List
Hazardous Chemicals in Schools
Proper Disposal of School Chemicals 

Rehab the Lab

 

Bring the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion to Your School.

2013 Healthy School Heroes

Heroes Linda Stroud and Janet Hurley

 Inspiring Nominees  Aimee Code and John Gann

Dallas schools consider update of emergency plan By Elizabeth Skrapits (Staff Writer),Published: October 13, 2011

Evacuation by bus to another site may not be practical if it's a large gas fire, like San Bruno or Edison NJ. The thermal flux (radiant heat) could be enough to panic children, even if there's been evacuation drills before. It sounds like very poor siting of the schools or pipelines was done here.....

More:   http://citizensvoice.com/news/dallas-schools-consider-update-of-emergency-plan-1.1217251#axzz1aeKDeuVT

...... Jacobs said she felt the school board had dropped the ball on the subject, and was glad she could make a valid point which its members understood.

"They just want to ignore the thing over there, and everybody's going to hold their breath for the next 50 years and hope there's not a problem," she said.

Lesson: Know how to turn off your gas

Ohio Gas Line Pressure Leads to Explosion, Fires

You Can Prevent Explosions in Your School

• Update your fire safety knowledge.
• Conduct a school safety walk-through. Find flammables and combustibles in labs and storerooms, shops, kitchens, art rooms, tech-voc classes.
• Review your school's Chemical Hygiene Plans.  
• Plan a program. Invite a fire fighter or other first responder to your school to discuss fire and chemical safety.
• Map school escape routes and meeting places and post them in classrooms and hallways.
• Conduct a fire drill.

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