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Are you confident in the safety procedures at your child’s school or daycare?

Absolutely – they practice emergency drills often

Yes – they definitely have emergency procedures, although I’m not sure how often they practice them

Not really – I don’t feel their emergency procedures are quite good enough

Not at all – I don’t think they even have emergency procedures

I don’t really know enough about their emergency procedures to say

Not applicable – my child is not in school or daycare

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