Techincally, at the time of this post, the school locks for classrooms were not required to be lockable from inside the classroom, but that is all changing on July, 1, 2011. And quite frankly that’s a good thing when looking at intruders on campus, but it’s a bad thing with you think about child molesters [...]
Let’s face it, if you are 40 or older you already know that you are not getting any younger and neither is your heart. The likelihood of suffering cardiac arrest will increase as you age. With the increase in technology and decreasing prices, AED’s are being installed in more and more places and it is [...]
New CPR guidelines change up the steps | freep.com | Detroit Free Press.
CA Ed Code Section 47610 exempts generally charter schools. Read the CA Attorney General’s Opinion 96-1206 47610. A charter school shall comply with this part and all of the provisions set forth in its charter, but is otherwise exempt from the laws governing school districts, except all of the following: (a) As specified in Section [...]
In California, Yes, it does in an optional way. AB127 of 2006 gave Community Colleges the option to comply with Building Codes or the Field Act.
Next time you are selecting a safety video for training, remember how we got our reputation as being kind of boring….
It’s on youtube.com but the USCSB did not allow for the embedding of the vid, so you have to click the link to go to youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=USCSB#p/u/0/zWkcuR0adeI
Here’s a resource that you may find useful if you have large venues (stadiums, arenas, etc…) for public, private and higher education entities. The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security at the University of Southern Mississippi. They also have an on-line training program called “Sports Venue Safety & Security Training“ for ushers, ticket [...]
Occupant load posting requirements (Max. Load = ) are located in the following places in California. Title 19, Section 3.30 Title 24, Part 9, 1004.1.1 and 1004.3 posting
Space is limited in California, so it is also a premium. And schools are always looking for ways to add space. One of those methods is adding lockers to hallways, corridors and other passageways. We often get the question – can we just install lockers in the hallways for our students? Well, the answer is [...]
From our friends at TheKlaxon.com Safe rooms may help those living in tornado-prone areas.
In California, any distance 50 feet or less requires a gate in the fence with a single action egress device. This question comes up when a school site wants to enclose a portion of their property (attaching the fence to a building) and want to know about egress provisions. This is governed by Title 24, [...]
High Visibility Safety Apparel adn Headwear is referred to in Title 8, but calls for the incorporateion of ANSI standard (American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) 107-2004, High Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear. The ANSI standard has 3 classes of this type of clothing. Unless Title 8 calls for the use of this [...]
We hear it all the time, we don’t have security guards so we don’t need to provide training. We’ll the Education Code doesn’t care that you don’t have employee’s with the title of “security guard”, what they care about is that you have someone acting in a security capacity, regardless of title, 20 hours or [...]
The Certificate of Occupancy is governed under Title 24, Part 2, Appendix Chapter 1 Section 110.1. It’s a hard one to find if you don’t know where to look.
This is a hotly debated topic. My personal opinon (not a legal one) on the matter is that a school district should not even consider accepting these. When we looked deeper into the DNR issue, it was clear in the court cases that the only individuals that could honor these were paramedics under the direct [...]
Yes, you should to prevent tipping over during an earthquake. This could be covered under the Title 8 (Cal-OSHA) general duty clause – which covers everything. But we found something a little better and more relevant to the issue. While the book is older and very difficult to find, it gives a nice measurement for [...]
Look in Title 19 Section 3.25 under “open flame device”. The code requires that if you wish to light candles in schools, that you first obtain a permit from the local fire agency.