Lightning Policy
Rand Park High School is committed to the safety of its learners and staff, as well as to any visitor to our campus. This policy endeavours to provide accurate information regarding lightning danger to enable you to take shelter.
SYSTEM
- Rand Park High School has installed two sirens that are connected to the Blitz-Detect lightning detection system.
- The units are located in the School Pavilion and the Swimming Pool area and the detection system is operational between 06h00 and 19h30 from Monday to Sunday.
- The system warns of grounded lightning activity within a 12km radius of the School.
- To alert people to lightning danger, the alarm sounds an air horn siren for 30 seconds. The RED strobe light (located on the School Pavilion and the Swimming Pool deck) will illuminate.
- The system uses algorithms to determine when it is safe to resume activity.
- The ‘all-clear’ is signalled by two short air horn siren blasts once the lightning danger has passed, following which the strobe light will switch off. This signals that it is safe to resume activity.
- The system is automated. In the event of system failure, the Campus Manager has been trained to access the manual triggering button to sound the alarm, activate the strobe light and sound the all-clear siren.
- The siren is tested routinely on a weekly basis by the Campus Manager to ensure that it is in good working order. In the event of a system failure, staff, coaches, learners and parents/visitors to the campus must apply common sense and seek shelter if lightning and thunder is present in the vicinity.
