How to see if your student’s school is up to date on safety drills

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - If you’re concerned about your child’s safety at school, there is a resource for you to find out what kinds of drills are being done on campus.

The Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Fire Safety makes it easy for you to see when your child’s school is doing fire drills.

“When you go to our online reporting system, you can get down to the nitty-gritty of each individual school in Georgia, all 3,529 of them, at least of the public schools that we have,” said Press Secretary for The Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Fire Safety, Bryce Rawson.

The Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Fire Safety requires all public and private schools to have a fire safety drill at least once a month, with the option to substitute for an intruder drill (in lieu of the fire drill), which is required by Georgia state law.

“An intruder alert drill is done. It can be substituted in the months of September, November and February,” said Rawson.

In order to see where your student’s school stands in of safety drills, all you have to do is visit The Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Fire Safety public portal, choose your county, choose your child’s school and choose the school year.

“Parents can have that peace of mind when they send their kids to school. They know that their kid is going to be well taken care of. They’re going to arrive home safe and sound. And if an emergency, you know, we hope it doesn’t happen. But if it does that these kids are going to be safe,” he said.

Each year, schools follow a schedule for fire safety drills:

Copyright 2024 WRDW/WAGT. All rights reserved.