IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS IN SELECTED TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE PROVICE OF BULACAN

Abstract

This study aims to determine the extent of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of safety and
emergency preparedness plans of selected technical-vocational institutions (TVIs) in the province of
Bulacan in the hope of benefiting them somehow. In addition, it may be used as basis for future
development of their facilities to enhance preparedness in case of safety issues such as fire, electrical
and machine breakdown and emergency preparedness particularly during earthquakes.
It is common knowledge that schools and government agencies have safety and preparedness plans,
and they have documents to prove it, but its actual implementation is something else. How come
students do not know what to do when they have an accident in school? How come some school
employees are clueless about where to go and what to do during dangerous incidents such as fires and
earthquakes? What are the roles of specific personnel in facilitating and conducting drills or evacuation
successfully? Such concerns have inspired the researcher to gain insights into these problems and find
possible solutions to be of some help to the TVIs in Bulacan.
The respondents of the study are members of both the administrative staff and faculty, support
personnel (technicians and utility workers) who have rendered service of one year or more in the school,
and college-level students who have been in the school for at least two years.