Safety Reminder: Preparing Your School for Winter Break
With Winter Break fast approaching, it is imperative to prepare buildings for days of vacancy. Save money on utilities and potential maintenance by completing the following steps:
- Turn down building thermostats to 58 degrees Fahrenheit to save on heating bills, while preventing pipes from freezing.
- Turn off all lights and electronics.
- Remove all trash to avoid molds, insects and odors.
- Properly store all lunchroom food to prevent molding, insects and odors
- Clean out teachers’ lounge refrigerators (if applicable).
- Check security cameras to ensure they work.
- Charge AEDs and replace smoke detector batteries.
- Take this time to complete tasks that cannot be done while students are in school (run IT diagnostics on hardware, exterminate/fumigate, etc.).