Health & Safety Committee Meeting -Department of Recreation
June 12, 2008

AGENDA

1. Review of the minutes from the meeting of May 15, 2008 and follow-up on tabled items.
   
2. If possible, we would like to meet the new Commissioner and hear her views on department health and safety and the direction she wants to take the department
   
3. Monthly update on incidents of violence at Rec Centers since last meeting
   
4. Security Policies – Our committee members were very pleased with the policies you generated and did not have additions, except that it occurred to us that perhaps the conducting of monthly fire drills might be a good addition to the “Daily Operations” policy (even though it isn’t technically a daily activity.)
   
5. Pool Security – We would like to see an additional policy developed that lists a few specific security actions to be taken that would deal with the same kinds of hazards and threats you laid out in the overall Violent Security Policy when they occur in a pool area. These should be posted outside at the pool. Some suggestions we have include:
   
   

   Demonstration of a gun or knife – sound the alarm/blow the whistle; evacuate the pool and quickly usher everyone outside the fenced area; lock the gate and get staff inside Hearing gun shots – evacuate the pool and have everyone lie prone on the pool deck until the threat passes Gun wound, stabbing or a physical fight – Simultaneously, 1 PMA evacuates the pool and pool area; the second PMA contacts the Facility Supervisor, if s/he isn’t already on the pool deck; one lifeguard assists the injured person with first aid; the second lifeguard calls 911; if other lifeguards are present, they assist with the evacuation and clearing the way for ambulance access.

   
   
6. I will try to have an update on the City memorial for non-uniformed workers killed on the job