Hi,
I’ve just found a news report that should be required reading for anyone running or thinking of starting a home daycare about planning for emergencies.
Here’s an excerpt:
“It’s Monday right after lunch at DeWitt Day Care Center, and owner Jeanie Reidhar is enjoying a rare moment of quiet. The toddlers are taking their naps, and Reidhar is taking advantage of the time to finish up her paperwork. But what would happen if the quiet was suddenly shattered by a tornado warning or a fire?
Reidhar’s center has a basic emergency plan in place, but the state has only the most basic requirements for emergency plans for day care centers and does not include day care centers in state emergency action plans. This will change if HB2211 “The Emergency Preparedness for Child Care Facilities Act,†becomes law.”
You can read the whole thing here: Planning for daycare disaster
Talk soon,
Mary Nightingale
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