So as to further strengthen the awareness of all the teachers and students on earthquake prevention and disaster reduction as well as cultivate students’ basic abilities of self-protection and self-rescue, on the morning of 19th September, Anqing Foreign Language School’s Primary Department held the earthquake and safety evacuation drill.
Specifically, the drill comprised two sessions: urgent danger prevention and emergency evacuation. Before the drill, the Primary Department has meticulously arranged the implementation plan and deployed the drill content and process in details. The requirements of the drill were emphasized through multiple channels and responsibility was assigned to the person as well. Also, the division of labor was clear.
At 8.30 A.M. the teachers in charge of each post arrived. At 8.35 A.M. Team Counselor Rao Dan sent out the warning signals through the radio station and the drill officially began. Each class teacher immediately stopped teaching, told students ‘The earthquake came.’ and quickly opened the front and back doors of the classroom. Then, students from the first floor were promptly evacuated to the safe area. Meanwhile, students on the second and third floors avoided the earthquake indoors, swiftly laying hands on the head and trying to curl up under their desks. Afterwards, the radio station and playground sent out the evacuation signals synchronously. Therefore, under the guidance of the teachers, students from indoors followed the evacuation routes and were evacuated to the safety zone in an orderly and swift manner.
To conclude, this drill is helpful for the teachers and students to get familiar with the ways, routes and safe areas for the earthquake evacuation, which will protect the life safety, teaching and living order of teachers and students to the greatest extent.