Simulacro Regional

Julio 5th, 2010

El Miércoles 30 de Junio nuestros alumnos participaron del simulacro regional de Sismo y Tsunami, aunque el colegio se encuentra en zona segura, realizamos la evacuación interna, demostrando compromiso y espíritu de colaboración para este tipo de eventos.

Atentamente

Claudia Fernández T.

Patricio Saavedra O.

Colegio Seguro

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Simulacro de Evacuación

Junio 14th, 2010



Estimados Apoderados:

La unidad Colegio Seguro continuando con el proceso de preparación de nuestros alumnos para enfrentar una catástrofe, realiza periódicamente simulacros de evacuación en diferentes horarios, el día Jueves 10 se desarrolló el último ensayo para todo el colegio cumpliendo con lo planificado para el primer semestre.

Claudia Fernández T.

Patricio Saavedra o.

Colegio Seguro

colegioseguro@lirima.cl

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Nueva Información Colegio Seguro

Junio 3rd, 2010

Estimados Apoderados, se encuentra disponible el Plan de Emergencia con las últimas. modificaciones.

También encontrara disponible un tríptico instructivo de  Recomendaciones para Padres.

Plan de Emergencia 2.0 Modificado

Triptico Colegio Seguro

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Claudia Fernández T.

Patricio Saavedra O.

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Orientaciones en caso de Sismo

Abril 27th, 2010

Estimados Apoderados:
El equipo Colegio Seguro siempre con la idea de retroalimentar información de utilidad para la comunidad transmite  en este caso links con importante material entregado por el CEPAD de nuestro Colegio.

Adjuntamos presentaciones:

BOTIQUIN PRIMEROS AUXILIOS.

TSUNAMI-Guía de comportamiento frente a posibles terremotos y tsunamis.

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Claudia Fernández T.

Patricio Saavedra O.

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Simulacro de Evacuación

Abril 23rd, 2010

Estimada Comunidad Lirima:

Dentro de lo planificado en la Unidad Colegio Seguro se consideran simulacros de evacuación periodicos, ayer Jueves alrededor de las 12:10 horas se entregó la señal de alarma para que todos nuestros alumnos evacuaran a las respectivas zonas de seguridad.
Es importante que nuestra comunidad tenga claridad en la forma en que deberíamos enfrentar una situación de emergencia.

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Claudia Fernandez – Patricio Saavedra

Equipo Colegio Seguro

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Plan de Emergencia Colegio Lirima

Abril 12th, 2010

Lo señalado en este documento, fue revisado y validado por el experto de la Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS), designado a nuestro establecimiento.

Plan Emergencia Colegio Lirima

Claudia Fernández T.

Colegio Seguro.

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American Red Cross response to “Triangle of Life” by Doug Copp

Abril 12th, 2010

Sent from

Rocky Lopes, PhD
Manager, Community Disaster Education
American Red Cross National Headquarters

Recently it has been brought to my attention that an email from Doug Copp, titled “Triangle of Life,” is making its rounds again on the Internet. “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” is CORRECT, accurate, and APPROPRIATE for use in the United States for Earthquake safety. Mr. Copp’s assertions in his message that everyone is always crushed if they get under something is incorrect.


Recently, the American Red Cross became aware of a challenge to the earthquake safety advice “Drop, Cover, and Hold On.” This is according to information from Mr. Doug Copp, the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of American Rescue Team International (a private company not affiliated with the U.S. Government or other agency.) He says that going underneath objects during an earthquake [as in children being told to get under their desks at school] is very dangerous, and fatal should the building collapse in a strong earthquake. He also states that “everyone who gets under a doorway when a building collapses is killed.” He further states that “if you are in bed when an earthquake happens, to roll out of bed next to it,” and he also says that “If an earthquake happens while you are watching television and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.” These recommendations are inaccurate for application in the United States and inconsistent with information developed through earthquake research. Mr. Copp based his statements on observations of damage to buildings after an earthquake in Turkey. It is like “apples and oranges” to compare building construction standards, techniques, engineering principles, and construction materials between Turkey and the United States.

We at the American Red Cross have studied the research on the topic of earthquake safety for many years. We have benefited from extensive research done by the California Office of Emergency Services, California Seismic Safety Commission, professional and academic research organizations, and emergency management agencies, who have also studied the recommendation to “drop, cover, and hold on!” during the shaking of an earthquake. Personally, I have also benefited from those who preceded me in doing earthquake education in California since the Field Act was passed in 1933.

What the claims made by Mr. Copp of ARTI, Inc., does not seem to distinguish is that the recommendation to “drop, cover, and hold on!” is a U.S.-based recommendation based on U.S. Building Codes and construction standards. Much research in the United States has confirmed that “Drop, Cover, and Hold On!” has saved lives in the United States. Engineering researchers have demonstrated that very few buildings collapse or “pancake” in the U.S. as they might do in other countries. Using a web site to show one picture of one U.S. building that had a partial collapse after a major quake in an area with thousands of buildings that did not collapse during the same quake is inappropriate and misleading.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which collects data on injuries and deaths from all reportable causes in the U.S., as well as data from three University-based studies performed after the Loma Prieta (September, 1989) and Northridge (January, 1994) earthquakes in California, the following data are indicated: Loma Prieta: 63 deaths, approximately 3,700 people were injured. Most injuries happened as a result of the collapse of the Cypress Street section of I-880 in Oakland. Northridge: 57 deaths, 1,500 serious injuries. Most injuries were from falls caused by people trying to get out of their homes, or serious cuts and broken bones when people ran, barefooted, over broken glass (the earthquake happened in the early morning on a federal holiday when many people were still in bed.) There were millions of people in each of these earthquake-affected areas, and of those millions, many of them reported to have “dropped, covered, and held on” during the shaking of the earthquake.

We contend that “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” indeed SAVED lives, not killed people. Because the research continues to demonstrate that, in the U.S., “Drop, Cover, and Hold On!” works, the American Red Cross remains behind that recommendation. It is the simplest, reliable, and easiest method to teach people, including children.

The American Red Cross has not recommended use of a doorway for earthquake protection for more than a decade. The problem is that many doorways are not built into the structural integrity of a building, and may not offer protection. Also, simply put, doorways are not suitable for more than one person at a time.

The Red Cross, remaining consistent with the information published in “Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages,” (visit http://www.disastereducation.org/guide.html ) states that if you are in bed when an earthquake happens, remain there. Rolling out of bed may lead to being injured by debris on the floor next to the bed. If you have done a good job of earthquake mitigation (that is, removing pictures or mirrors that could fall on a bed; anchoring tall bedroom furniture to wall studs, and the like), then you are safer to stay in bed rather than roll out of it during the shaking of an earthquake.

Also, the Red Cross strongly advises not try to move (that is, escape) during the shaking of an earthquake. The more and the longer distance that someone tries to move, the more likely they are to become injured by falling or flying debris, or by tripping, falling, or getting cut by damaged floors, walls, and items in the path of escape. Identifying potential “void areas” and planning on using them for earthquake protection is more difficult to teach, and hard to remember for people who are not educated in earthquake engineering principles. The Red Cross is not saying that identifying potential voids is wrong or inappropriate. What we are saying is that “Drop, Cover, and Hold On!” is NOT wrong — in the United States. The American Red Cross, being a U.S.-based organization, does not extend its recommendations to apply in other countries. What works here may not work elsewhere, so there is no dispute that the “void identification method” or the “Triangle of Life” may indeed be the best thing to teach in other countries where the risk of building collapse, even in moderate earthquakes, is great.

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Triangulo de la vida

Abril 12th, 2010

Cuestionamientos a la Teoría del “Triángulo de Vida”

El Triángulo de Vida es una teoría supuestamente desarrollada por Doug Copp, un autoproclamado “experto” en rescate y supervivencia durante terremotos y colapso de edificios. Básicamente señala que durante un terremoto hay que acostarse o mantenerse agazapado adyacente a un mueble dado que cuando colapsan los edificios sus restos aplastan los muebles pero siempre dejan un espacio o vacío triangular libre en su costado que no se ve afectado y que permitiría la supervivencia de personas.

¿Cuál es la realidad?

La realidad es que la opinión de las principales entidades y organizaciones mundiales relacionadas con emergencias y de profesionales estructurales es que esta teoría no debiera ser recomendada.

La teoría del triángulo de vida no es actualmente aceptada por ningún organismo serio, ni por investigadores en el tema de colapsos estructurales. La teoría supone que de ocurrir un colapso del edificio, que es poco probable en edificaciones sólidas, los muebles resistirían el golpe de elementos constructivos mayores lo suficiente como para formar el vacío triangular. Eso no está comprobado y probabilísticamente hablando, el vacío triangular es la excepción y no la regla. Adicionalmente. Esta teoría no considera que existen colapsos de edificios denominados de tipo “panqueque” en donde los pisos superiores aplastan a los inferiores, para las cuales la protección recomendada es inútil.

En países como el nuestro, en viviendas y edificios de construcción sólida (hormigón, albañilerías) y de construcción ligera (madera) los principales efectos de un terremoto es la caída de muebles y artefactos, el desprendimiento de revestimientos, la rotura de cristales y el desplome de cielos, estructuras de techumbre y cubiertas pesadas tales como tejas sólidas. Frente a este escenario si una persona sigue las instrucciones del Triángulo de Vida durante un terremoto quedaría muy expuesto a ser golpeado o aplastado por objetos que caen.

Por otra parte, la teoría del Triángulo de la Vida ha sido cuestionada por la Cruz Roja Americana, entre otros organismos de reconocimiento internacional. La FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency de USA, una de las principales entidades de preparación y respuesta a emergencias a nivel mundial, entrega en su sitio web www.fema.org una gran cantidad de información y recomendaciones para enfrentar terremotos que no tienen ninguna relación ni mención a la Teoría del Triangulo de Vida.

¿Entonces… qué hacer durante un terremoto?

Las enseñanzas de toda la vida siguen siendo totalmente válidas… Empiece por mantener la calma. Aléjese de ventanales, estanterías y objetos que puedan caer. Busque refugio en una zona interior segura, como el dintel de una puerta o bajo una viga para protegerse de la posible caída de trozos de cielo, revestimientos o techumbre. Si puede, asegúrese de abrir la puerta de salida que en algunos casos puede ser afectada por deformaciones o desprendimiento de su marco que dificultarán su apertura.

Prepárese para este tipo de catástrofe. Recuerde lo importante que es mantener a mano una linterna, pilas y una radio. No es recomendable prender velas.

Pasado el terremoto, corte el agua, el gas y la energía eléctrica para evitar incendios. Saque a la gente del edificio, hacia un punto de reunión seguro y verifique que estén todos presentes.

Siguiendo estas indicaciones va a estar en la posición más segura posible durante y después del terremoto, lo que la teoría del Triángulo de Vida no permite alcanzar.

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