BVIS H&S Quiz for Inset Aug 2024

Air quality: at what AQI reading are all children told to stay inside the school, with windows closed?

• 100
• 150
• 200
• 300

Answer explanation

At 150, we will modify / reduce outdoor activities, especially for those most at risk.

Air quality: where is real-time AQI information shared centrally for staff to view?

Answer explanation

Screens showing real-time AQI are in the primary and secondary foyers. The information should also be available via the IT Portal.

Evacuation: to check that everyone in your Form is accounted for, the first thing you should do is…

• Take the register.

• Do a headcount.

• Ask the students if anyone is missing.

• Estimate the number of students in the line.

Answer explanation

A headcount should give you a idea, but make sure you do a register to check - students might be in the wrong place.

Evacuation: when should a Form Tutor hold up their register?

• As soon as they've taken it
• Only if all students are present
• When one or more students are present
• When all students are accounted for

Answer explanation

Form Tutors should hold up their registers to show that the register just taken matches the AM register.

Lightning: During a storm, how close does lightning have to be to evacuate children off the field/ outside play areas?

• <15km
• <10km
• <5km
• <2km

Lightning: who is responsible for pressing the 'lightning button' in the foyer if lightning is close enough to clear outside play areas?

• The facilities manager
• Any member of staff who sees it needs pressing

• The staff member on duty

• Any member of SLT

Answer explanation

In practice, it is likely to be the member of staff on duty, but if you see it needs pressing, don't wait to do so.

Lockdown: if students are travelling between classrooms when they hear the 'lockdown alert signal', where should they go?

Answer explanation

To the nearest lockable room (which could be a toilet cubicle)

Lockdown: what should you do if you hear the fire alarm during a lockdown?

• Evacuate the building, provided you can see a clear exit route.

• Ignore it unless you hear further instructions.
• Ignore it.
• Fire alarms are disabled during lockdowns, so this situation will not occur.

Answer explanation

An intruder may try to get students or staff out into the open by setting off the fire alarm, so wait for confirmation of the evacuation via the intercom.

Lockdown: which of these actions is not recommended upon hearing the 'lockdown' alert signal?

• Turn off the lights.
• Wait 30 seconds for any students to return from the toilet, then lock the door.

• Take the lockdown register.
• Turn off the projector.

Answer explanation

The lockdown register should be taken as soon as the 'lockdown over' (x3) message has gone out over the intercom.

Which of the following actions is not recommended in the event of a snake bite?

• Bandaging the wound

• Immobilizing the affected limb

• Photographing/ making a record of the snake's appearance

• Washing the wound

Answer explanation

Doctors sometimes use venom left on the skin to identify the snake, and determine the best anti-venom to use, so it's important not to clean the wound.