BUSD Conducts Disaster Exercise Tuesday Morning

The BUSD is currently Conducting a Disaster Exercise, activating the District Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and one school site, Cragmont Elementary School. All of the other schools participation will be simulated. Any announcements or activity that you hear or observe is just a drill. There will be hourly reports from the EOC on this blog. If this was a real emergency than you would also get regular reports on the Emergency Broadcast Network from the City of Berkeley, including an update from the BUSD.

 

This is a SIMULATED EXERCISE of the BUSD Emergency Operations Center.
This is Exercise Message No. 2
“A major earthquake (magnitude 6.7 Richter) struck the Hayward Fault at 8:15 a.m.
There is damage throughout the Bay Area, especially within a 4.5 mile radius of the epicenter. The BUSD EOC has been activated and is currently receiving damage reports from school sites. This blog will be updated every hour or as information is available. Students have been evacuated from the buildings and student pick up areas are being established. When you arrive at your child’s school site, please follow all instructions from staff. Students will be repeated as quickly as staff can get their site organized.”

 

This is a SIMULATED EXERCISE of the BUSD Emergency Operations Center.
This is Exercise Message No. 3
BUSD is in the process of assessing building damage and injuries at all school sites. Updates will occur on the hour. All schools are actuating their site emergency plans which in general involve moving students and staff to school grounds for reunification with families. While information is still being gathered and assessments made, families are being asked to wait to pick up students. The following is the most up to date information. Families should monitor the emergency broadcast system for updates on the hour.

The greatest damage has occurred in the south part of the district and 7 school sites reporting injuries. All injuries are being attended to on site at this time.

Berkeley High School is reporting light damage, and no student injuries. Students have been evacuated according to plan. Also evacuated to school yards without major injury are students and staff at LeConte, Rosa Parks, and Jefferson

Seven school sites are reporting injuries. District Staff is lending aid and support and injuries are being treated on site. Schools with injuries include: Washington, MalcomX, Oxford, Arts Magnet, Cragmont, Willard, John Muir, and the Adult School.

Additionally, search and rescue is being dispatched to John Muir. Students are trapped but no injuries are reported.

Oxford students have been evacuated to Live Oak Park due to a unstable hillside.

This is a SIMULATED EXERCISE of the BUSD Emergency Operations Center.
This is Exercise Message No. 4
All medical volunteers with credentials to report to
Longfellow MS to treat injuries. Please check in with station #5 Longfellow is located at 1500 Derby Street between Sacramento and California .

 

This is a SIMULATED EXERCISE of the BUSD Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
This is Exercise Message No. 5

6.7 earthquake on Hayward Fault. Severe damage within 10 mile radius of epicenter. South part of School District is within that zone.
All Schools designated “Green” are ready for parents to be reunified with students. For all other schools, parents are asked to wait until schools are cleared.
TEXT IN RED IS UPDATED INFORMATION
GREEN – Cleared For Reunification
LeConte – All accounted for, no major injuries, non- structural damage, Alta Bates using facility for triage Reunify on playground
Rosa Parks – All accounted for, no major injuries, Reunify on playground
Jefferson – All accounted for, minor injuries, Reunify on playground
Hopkins CDC Reunify at school site
King MS – Reunify on track
Berkeley HS – Reunify on football field
BTECH – Reunify at school site
Oxford – Reunify at LIVE OAK PARK
Yellow
Thousand Oaks – 20 injured, nurses dispatched to site
Emerson – 78 students injured, 28 seriously
King MS – 14 minor injuries, students assembling on the field
BTECH – 3 missing students
Franklin CDC – enroute to Adult School
King CDC – no report
Red
Malcolm X – Several missing and injured. Ambulance is in route. Other students assembling on yard
Oxford – evacuated to Live Oak Park. 3 serious injuries, 5 moderate. On-site nurse treating injured
Washington – 15 injured, 3 serious
BAM – minimum injuries, 34 missing Students being evacuated to West end of Ohlone Park (Sacramento & Hearst)
Cragmont – 4 injuries, 1 serious. all students accounted for – ENROUTE TO KING
John Muir – 70 students are trapped/missing – search and rescue in route. No reported injuries
Longfellow – 22 students seriously injured, other students evacuated to the field
Willard – injuries reported, students evacuated to the field
Adult School – 11 injured
King MS – 14 injured, 22 trapped due to roof collapse. All other students cleared for reunification on the field.
This is a SIMULATED EXERCISE of the BUSD Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

 

This is a SIMULATED EXERCISE of the BUSD Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Post #6

The following schools are cleared to reunify students with parents, all others are on hold to confirm reunification sites.

King Middle School – on school track
LeConte, Jefferson, Rosa Parks on the playground
Oxford – @ Live Oak Park
Hopkins CDC – on campus
BTECH – on campus
Berkeley High – on football field

This is a SIMULATED EXERCISE of the BUSD Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

 

This is a SIMULATED EXERCISE of the BUSD Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Post #7 

Mayor Tom Bates and his Chief of Staff visited the BUSD EOC for a briefing from Superintendent Huyett on the situation and the schools needs, and on the availability of school sites for city sheltering.

This is a SIMULATED EXERCISE of the BUSD Emergency Operations Center (EOC)