Bushfire Information
Our school/preschool has detailed plans in place to keep your child safe in the event a bushfire threatens the school/preschool.
Each year, we undertake thorough pre-season bushfire preparations, including:
- managing vegetation to reduce bushfire fuel loads on and around the school/preschool
- updating our emergency management plan and bushfire response plan.
It’s important parents and caregivers understand how our school/preschool will act during fire danger season. The bushfire and your child’s school or preschool brochure explains:
- bushfire risk ratings and what they mean for the school
- what the school will do on Total Fire Ban days
- how the school will manage bushfire risk on school excursions and camps
- school closures
- how the school will respond if threatened by a bushfire
We ask parents and caregivers to familiarise themselves with the “bushfire and your child’s school or preschool brochure”
Catastrophic fire ban days
Our school/preschool is a High Bushfire Risk site. This means if the SACFS give advance notice of a forecast catastrophic fire danger day, our school will be directed to close.
On catastrophic fire danger days, no persons are permitted on the school grounds regardless of whether it’s a weekday or weekend.
If the SACFS elevates an existing fire danger rating to catastrophic on the day, our school will remain open unless otherwise directed. However, all after school activities including and sports will be cancelled.
How you can prepare for a bushfire emergency
To help us keep your child as safe as possible, we encourage parents and caregivers to prepare for the fire danger season by:
- making a bushfire survival plan with your family
- providing us with your up-to-date contact details
- advising the school if your family’s personal bushfire survival plan will impact school attendance
- talking to your child about what will happen if a bushfire emergency occurs
- liking the SACFS, SASES and SAPOL pages on Facebook
- reading the bushfire and your child’s school or preschool brochure.
Contact
Crescent Drive
Norton Summit SA 5136
Principal: Heidi Rohrig
Phone: 08 8390 1771
Fax: 08 8390 1063
Region: Adelaide Hills
Norton Summit Primary School
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