September 18, 2023

Health and Safety

District Health and Safety Information and Resources

Committed to providing a healthy and safe working environment

Welcome to Health and Safety.

This page provides Health and Safety information and related links to Health and Safety.

School Board Policies #300 and #303 Health and Safety

Joint Health and Safety Committee Constitution

Communicable Disease Plan

District Joint Health and Safety Committee Representatives

Chair	Duane Little
Recorder	Tania Aguila
Trustees Representative	Gregory Lucas
Principals and Vice-Principals	Brenda Lepine
Trustees Representative	Gregory Lucas
Managers Representative	Colin Whyte
Student Incident	Lyall Ruhlen
GITA	Andrew McPhee
CUPE Representative	Amy Sandidge
Outer Islands Representative	Angela Gray

Joint Health and Safety Committees

GISS JHSC : Stacey Mitchell, Angela Thomas, Stephani Rose, Jude Shugar

SSE JHSC: Katherine Byers, Miia Vallencourt, Sue Ann Donaldson, Donna Kirkpatrick

Fulford JHSC: Marie Mullen, Ara Van Riel, Geoff Fast, Rebecca Nygard

Joint Health and Safety Committee Representatives

Pender	Margot Pendergast, Angie Gray, Bryce Woolcombe
Saturna	Darrin Lee, Allison Spear
Mayne	Kaz Lundgreen, Blair Smith
Galiano	Brenda Lepine , Michelle Fox, Cathryn Buttery
Plant Services	Duane Little, Tony Copeland, Lisa Coles
Phoenix Elem.	Dan Sparanese

Site Safety Representative Responsibilities

Site Inspection Forms (download Microsoft Excel file)

Injury Reporting Information and Forms

Forms

Joint Health and Safety Committee Minutes

Health and Safety Minutes Archive

Fire Safety Plans

The School District 64 Safety Fire Plan is a working document for SD 64 staff, students and parents.
Letter of recognition by the Saltspring Fire Department.

HVAC Systems Overview

When it comes to working to keep our schools as safe as possible, there are many layers of protocols and practices that are working together. One of the measures we have in place are our ventilation systems, that are being carefully kept in good working order, to maximize the amount of outside air entering our schools and classrooms.

Our Facilities team has been working exceptionally hard to make sure our schools are maximizing our systems at each site. Here are some things to know about ventilation in SD64 schools:

With proactive years of upgrading our HVAC systems, we are meeting or exceeding the recommended standards.
All filters are monitored and replaced on a regular schedule throughout the year.
Our Facilities team ensures that we continue to run our ventilation at full capacity, as we maximize the circulation of outside air at each school.

Below are completed overviews of the systems at each school:

Fernwood
Fulford
Galiano
GISS
Pender
Phoenix Elementary
Phoenix Place
Saturna
SEEC
SSE

Cleaning for Health

SD # 64 Building Service Worker: Green Cleaning Program

The Building Service Workers of SD # 64 have been implementing a Cleaning for Health program. The program is part of the Building Service Worker training program being provided by Servitech training. Servitech training is a consulting and training company that works with schools and businesses to develop effective green cleaning programs.

In 2 years School District 64 has made many changes. The following is a list of some of the changes:

Using green seal approved cleaning products
Applying green seal approved floor finishes
High particulate filtering systems on vacuums
Using vacuums when possible instead of dry mops
Eliminating High Speed buffing
Using Bio products on the commercial kitchen floor
Using Bio products to control odors
Using Auto Scrubbers to wash and restore floors
Using Microfiber as a cleaning tool

Future Goals to the Cleaning for Health Program

Biodegradable garbage bags
More microfiber cleaning systems
Standards that recognize cleaning for health and not appearance
Hydrogen Peroxide green seal sanitizing products

Earthquake Ready

Emergency Preparedness – Information for Parents (PDF)

British Columbia experiences over 1,200 earthquakes a year, 300 of which occur in the lower mainland and on Vancouver island. Almost all of these earthquakes are too small to be felt. However, a stronger earthquake could occur at any time. It may happen during the day or at night, on a weekend or a workday, in any season and in any weather condition.

British Columbia is vulnerable to two types of earthquakes: those occurring within the earth’s crustal plates and those occurring at the interface between crustal plates. Earthquakes that originate within a plate are seldom greater than magnitude 7.5 and typically shake for less than one minute. In contrast, earthquakes that originate between plates are usually larger than magnitude 8.0 and the shaking may last as long as 3 or 4 minutes.

British Columbia is vulnerable to the largest type of earthquake called a “subduction” quake, which occurs between two plates. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is located approximately 100 kilometers west of Vancouver Island and earthquakes here recur every 550 years on average. The range of recurrence, however, varies from 200 years to 900 years. The last subduction earthquake was in January 1700.

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Canada is a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Queen Charlotte Islands—and the largest earthquake likely to have occurred in Canada is the 1700 Cascadia Earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.0.

What’s the largest earthquake possible?

The largest earthquakes recorded on earth are subduction earthquakes– measuring magnitude 9.5 off the coast of Chile in 1960 and magnitude 9.2 in Alaska in 1964. Generally the size of an earthquake is controlled by the length of the faults on which they occur. The longer the fault—the stronger the potential earthquake. Currently, there are no known faults capable of generating a magnitude 10.0 or larger earthquake.

72 Hour List of Supplies for Emergencies