Emergency Preparedness: Assessment

Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Recovery Housing > Emergency Preparedness: Assessment
A recovery house should have policies in place that ensure that you are doing what you can to prevent emergencies and you are prepared should they happen.(Required)
Having smoke alarms only in hallways or outside sleeping rooms is sufficient to meet quality standards.(Required)
There must be an appropriate inside location for smoking in all recovery home.(Required)
Using no more than three extension cords is approved to meet quality standards.(Required)
You can add elements to the resident Code of Conduct that are specifically designed to help prevent emergencies or unsafe situations.(Required)
Safety needs to be everyone’s responsibility, but there also must be at least one person who has the specific responsibility of implementing safety checklists to ensure they get done.(Required)
Emergency preparedness is something a recovery housing organization needs to consider on an ongoing basis.(Required)

Course Syllabus

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1. Emergency Preparedness: Journal Exercise
2. Emergency Preparedness: Overview
3. Emergency Preparedness: Safety Checklists
4. Emergency Preparedness: Meeting Quality Standards
5. Emergency Preparedness: Smoke Alarms and Fire Extinguishers
6. Emergency Preparedness: Smoking
7. Emergency Preparedness: Electricity
8. Emergency Preparedness: Storage
9. Emergency Preparedness: Code of Conduct
10. Emergency Preparedness: Safety Point Person
11. Emergency Preparedness: Common Situations
12. Emergency Preparedness: Special Needs of Residents
13. Emergency Preparedness: Other Considerations
14. Emergency Preparedness: Inform Residents
15. Emergency Preparedness: Community Relationships
16. Emergency Preparedness: Assessment
17. Emergency Prevention/Planning: NEXT STEPS