School Safety

Risk and Security Assessment

The Foundation will create a working partnership with your staff and approach the assessment process as a team. Upon completing the assessment we will review all recommendations and opportunities with your administrative team prior to a final report. The areas that our team will review will include, but not be limited to:

Physical security systems and structural defense mechanisms (based on CPTED);
In School and after hours security review;
Local community issues impacting school(s);
Review of existing crisis plan, evacuation plan, lock-down plan, and student/parent re-unification plan;
Bus compound and transportation review;
Atmosphere assessment.

Crisis Mitigation and Response

The Foundation will review all current layers of defense and response systems in place. The Foundation will conduct an in-depth review of the current procedures in place, asses the environment for weaknesses and strengths. The Foundation will additionally:

Instruct your staff on the integration of the SDS system;
Conduct a School Safety and Security Assessment;
Issue an action item list and response options tailored to your needs;
Update lockdown methods and/or evacuation plans;
Conducted a training on the updated methods;
Conduct and coordinate a mock drill of the updated methods.

School Crisis Tabletop Exercise

The foundation will conduct and coordinate a tabletop exercise centered on a school crisis response. School Crisis Tabletop Exercises simulate an emergency situation for a school, its staff, as well as emergency responders in an informal, stress-free environment. These exercises allow the participants to work together as a cohesive group on a crisis situation in a relaxed, controlled and safe environment. Real life crisis situations will be provided to the groups to stimulate discussion on response options and allow the groups to explore and examine various responses and resolve problems based on current school crisis response methods.

The benefits of a school crisis tabletop exercise:

Testing the capabilities of the team;
Providing a gap analysis to identify deficiencies and problems in the current program;
Familiarizing participants with plans and procedures through low-stress activities;
Preparing the team to coordinate with local, state and federal agencies;
Enhancing collaboration between school districts and public information officers (PIOs);
Increasing the confidence of the team while strengthening its ability to respond effectively to an emergency.

Full Scale School Crisis Drill

The foundation will conduct and coordinate a full scale school crisis drill centered on a school crisis response that will evaluate the operational capability of emergency management systems in a highly stressful environment that simulates actual conditions. The full-scale exercise will test and evaluate most functions of the emergency response-operational plan, including the mobilization of emergency personnel, equipment and resources. To design and conduct a full-scale exercise, The Foundation will collaborate with local public safety agencies to choose a scenario that is most likely to occur in the community and thereby involve all community stakeholders. The Foundation will conduct a post-incident critique and develop an after-action report to identify issues for correction.

Full scale drills validate existing emergency plans, programs, policies, roles and responsibilities, as well as the training curriculum, by:

Testing the capabilities of the school crisis team;
Providing a gap analysis to identify deficiencies and problems in the current school crisis plan;
Testing the school staff and emergency responders as well as school safety plans and procedures under high stress circumstances;
Evaluating the school’s emergency coordination with local, state and federal agencies;
Increasing the confidence of the school crisis team while strengthening its ability to respond effectively to a school emergency

School Safety

Risk and Security Assessment

Crisis Mitigation and Response

School Crisis Tabletop Exercise

School Crisis Tabletop Exercise

The benefits of a school crisis tabletop exercise:

Full Scale School Crisis Drill

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