Emergency Disaster Plan Training
Disaster training for Angels Nest residents and staff. What to do when the power fails, when there is a spill or a fire, when weather closes the roads, and who you call first. Staff complete it at onboarding and once a year after that.
- 1 video lesson
- About 14 minutes
- Required annually
- Completion tracked
- Certificate
- For residents and staff
This class is not open to the public.
Angels Nest built it for the residents in our programs and the staff who work with them. Tell us who you are and we will set up your login and record your completion.
A staff member answers within two business days.
What you walk away with
The plan is long. This is the part you have to be able to do from memory at two in the morning.
- The accountability roster and the four status codes
- Evacuation and shelter in place steps for your site
- Who you call first, and the order after that
- How to account for every young person in your care
- What gets written down afterward, and why it matters
- A tracked completion and a certificate for the annual requirement
What the training covers
One video, run straight through in about fourteen minutes. Section numbers match the written plan.
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Tracking youth: the accountability roster
Who is where, how you know, and how the roster gets updated under pressure.
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Activation and the four status codes
When the plan turns on, and what each status code obligates you to do.
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Chemical and HAZMAT spills
Recognising a release, distance, and when you evacuate versus seal the building.
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Weapons of mass destruction
The categories, the warning signs, and your role, which is not heroics.
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Acts of terrorism
Lockdown, communication discipline, and handling the hours afterward.
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Quarantine and communicable disease
Isolation, supplies, and keeping services running with a reduced team.
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Disaster planning for staff
Your own family plan, because you cannot report if you have not planned.
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Preservation of records
Which records must survive, in what form, and where the copies live.
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Continuity of services
Keeping placements, medication and meals going when the building is unusable.
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Reporting to DFPS
What is reportable, how fast, and the Statewide Intake number.
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Power, food and water
Minimum supplies on hand, generator rules, and when to move everyone.
What comes with it
- The videoThe full class, about fourteen minutes, narrated straight through.
- The written planSection numbers on screen match the Angels Nest SIL Disaster Emergency Plan.
- The numbersIncluding the DFPS Statewide Intake hotline, 1-800-252-5400.
- Your record and certificateCompletion is tracked on your account against the annual requirement, and your certificate is emailed to you when you finish.
Staff are required to complete it under section 3.6 of the Angels Nest SIL Disaster Emergency Plan, which calls for disaster training at onboarding and at least once a year. The plan is DFPS regulated and is owned by the Executive Director.
Who this is for
Residents of the Pivot Program, so everyone in the house knows what to do in an emergency. And every Angels Nest staff member and caregiver, including relief and overnight staff. Partner organizations placing youth with us are welcome to take it too.
Staff: if it has been more than a year since you last completed it, you are due.
Ready to take it?
Send us a request and we will set up your login and log your completion.
Last updated September 20, 2026