General Safety Standards & Emergency Procedures

Green Bay Community Church strives to ensure an environment where members and visitors of all ages feel safe and secure.  Just as the employees in a place of business are on the frontlines of ensuring the safety of customers, the volunteers of the church serve on the frontlines of ensuring the safety of those to whom we minister.

General Guidelines
In general, as a volunteer, you should strive to:

  • Serve using good and common-sense safety practices.
  • Refrain from unsafe acts that might endanger yourself, the people you serve, or those who minister with you.
  • Use any safety devices provided for your protection; for example, use rubber gloves when changing diapers in the nursery.
  •  Report any unsafe situations or acts to your leader immediately.

In addition, please note the safety procedures in the following specific areas.

Fire Prevention

  • Turn off electrical equipment when not in use.
  • Notify your leader of any equipment that has cracked or exposed wiring, is causing a shock or emitting sparks, or appears to be a potential fire hazard.

Fire Emergency

  • Familiarize yourself with the locations of fire exits, alarms, and extinguishers in the areas of the church where you regularly serve.
  • If you see smoke or fire, pull the fire alarm to alert people in the building. If it’s a small fire, use a nearby fire extinguisher.
  • If evacuation is called for, use the closest unaffected exit.  Guide the group with whom you’re working to walk in single file and to proceed quickly and calmly.  Do not run.
  • If you and your group encounter smoke, stay low.
  • Move as far away from the building as possible for your safety, and make room for emergency vehicles.
  • Only if time permits before evacuation of the building, secure confidential information, turn out lights, shut off equipment, and close doors.

Power Failures

  • Remain where you are.  Emergency lights will activate within a minute.  By law, emergency lights are located in strategic areas of the church’s corridors and stairwells.
  • If you exit the building during a power failure, don’t re-enter until power is restored

First Aid
First-aid supplies are located in several areas of the church building.

  • West Kitchen – Upper cabinet near microwave
  • East Kitchen – Drawer near Cappuccino machine
  • Office – Drawer to the right of the sink in lunch area
  • Under the audio console in the gym
  • The church does not have a defibrillator at this time.

Volunteers should become familiar with these locations.