Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 747 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE HOMES
Subchapter W - FIRE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PRACTICES
Division 2 - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Section 747.5003 - What must my emergency preparedness plan include?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 747.5003
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
Your emergency preparedness plan must include written procedures for:
(1) Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down of children, including:
(A) Your first responsibility in an emergency
evacuation or relocation is to move the children to a designated safe area or
alternate shelter known to all household members, caregivers, parents, and
volunteers;
(B) How children will
be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area or alternate shelter,
including specific procedures for evacuating or relocating children who are
under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility, or who otherwise may need
assistance in an emergency, such as children who have mental, visual, or
hearing impairments;
(C) An
emergency evacuation and relocation diagram as outlined in § 747.5007 of
Title 40 (relating to Must I have an emergency evacuation and relocation
diagram?);
(D) The caregivers'
responsibility in a sheltering/lock-down emergency for the orderly movement of
children to a designated location in your home where children should
gather;
(E) Name and address of the
alternate shelter away from your home you will use as needed; and
(F) How children in attendance at the time of
the emergency will be accounted for at the designated safe area or alternate
shelter;
(2) Communication, including:
(A) The emergency
telephone number that is on file with us; and
(B) How you will communicate with local
authorities (such as fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and
health department), parents, and us;
(3) How you will evacuate and relocate with the essential documentation including:
(A)
Parent and emergency contact telephone numbers for each child in
care;
(B) Authorization for
emergency care for each child in care; and
(C) The attendance record information for
children in care at the time of the emergency;
(4) How you will continue to care for the children until each child has been released; and
(5) How you will reunify the children with their parents as the evacuation, relocation, or sheltering/lock-down is lifted.
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