Health, Safety and Emergencies
AHERA
The AHERA
2004 report will be reflected on this year's Annual Visual
Inspection report. Please note the AHERA question on this
form. Thank you.
AHERA Requirements
Reminder 10/23/06
EMERGENCIES
- Incident Command System for Schools 6/5/07
- 2007 Weather Hazards Awareness Week 4/5/07
- Pandemic Flu Action Kit for Schools: The New York State
Disaster Preparedness Commission is continuing its comprehensive
planning for a potential pandemic. Staff from the State Health
and Education Departments and a workgroup made up of county
health officials collaborated in the development of a Pandemic
Flu Action Kit for Schools in New York State. Click here
for the Pandemic
Flu Action Kit
for Schools in New York State. 2/16/07 - Reminder of Annual AHERA Notifications to Employees and Parents 2006-2007 11/06/06
- AHERA
Management Plan Self-Audit Checklist for Designated Persons
11/01/06 - Emergency Shelters in Schools 6/20/06
- Red Cross Sheltering Agreement 2/10/04
- Homeland
Security Guidance Document for Schools 5/14/03
- Education Law 408-b Guidance
- Bomb Threats are a Felony
- Crayons & Asbestos 6/12/00
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Releases Test Results on Crayons 6/13/00
- Planning a Field Trip
- Revised Posting Procedures-Emergency Evacuation Routes 12/30/02
- Schools as Emergency Shelters
- Schools Emergency Management Information and Drills
- Thunderstorm Safety and Outdoor Events
ENVIRONMENTAL / OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH ARTICLES:
News Flash! DOH
and DEC response to USA Today article on air quailty near
Schools (35KB)
1/13/09
(77KB), advisory (88KB)
from the New York State Health Department and CDC
advisory 8/19/08Green Cleaning
Letter
to Superintendents (50KB)
4/9/07
In accordance with the recently
enacted Education Law 409-i, the department is
responsible to report on the status of utilizing
environmentally sensitive cleaning and maintenance
(green) products in all public and nonpublic schools
by June 1, 2007. To accomplish this, we have developed
a survey designed to target the three main items
in the legislation- are green products available
in the same form, function, and utility as previously
used products. Please access the survey on our
website at www.forms.nysed.gov/emsc/facplan/greenclean/ and
complete no later that April 27, 2007.
Green
Cleaning Update 5/2/07
- Roof work and IAQ: fact
sheet (1,151KB) 5/27/08
- EPA Compliance Workshops 09/18/06
- National Incident Management System Compliance 5/11/06
- Environmentally
Sensitive Cleaning and Maintenance Products (80KB)
4/14/06
- Child Safety-Injury Prevention Website Links11/30/05
- Environmentally Sensitive Cleaning and Maintenance Products in Schools 10/17/05
- CCA-treated
Lumber Prohibition Nov. 2002
- Please
see the following CCA news from the EPA 5/12/05
- DEC
CCA link 5/12/05
- Mercury
in Schools - Dept. of Health Brochure 1/13/05
"Get the Lead Out" - Article by Steve Howe, PE 1/13/05 - Toilet/Urinal Deodorizer’s Containing Paradichlorobenzene 1/13/05
- Mercury Q&A for Schools
- Caulking
May Contain PCBs - Report
- Minimum Temperature in Schools
- CCA-treated Lumber Prohibition
- Annual AHERA Notification
- AHERA Definition of School Buildings That Must Be Inspected
- AHERA Surveillance Requirement
- AHERA Warning Labels
- Approved Laboratories for Testing Asbestos
- Association of Educational
Safety and Health Professionals
- Controlling Outdoor Sources of Indoor Air Pollution
- EPA
Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings
- EPA
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Kit
- Fluorescent Lamps Are Hazardous Waste
- Have All Your School Buildings Been Inspected for Asbestos?
- 2001 Asbestos Reinspection 6/13/00
- Lead and Indoor Rifle Ranges (10KB)
- Lead and Copper Rule
- NYSafety Resource
Center
- Project SAVE Webpage
- Public Information - What Are the Rights?
- Respirators
- Sanitary Law 9/12/00
- Tobacco
- Underground Fuel Storage Tanks
- Waste Disposal
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) AND NEIGHBOR NOTIFICATION
- State
DOH Emergency Pesticide Application Notification Exemption
Reporting Form 1/13/05
- School Pesticide Neighbor Notification Law Reminder
-
"Pest
Management Practices: A Survey of Public School districts
in New York State" (Publication)
- School Pesticide Neighbor Notification Definitions
-
Pesticide
Neighbor Notification for Schools Guidance Document (73KB)
- Commissioner's Regulation 155.24 - School Pesticide Neighbor Notification
- School Integrated Pest Management & Neighbor Notification 3/20/01
- Pesticide Neighbor Notification
Complaint Form (15KB)
- Initial Notification
Form (19KB)
- 48-hour Notification
Form (19KB)
- Followup Form (19KB)
- School Pesticide Neighbor Notification Clarification