Standard course length: two days

District crisis response team members will learn how to …

design, coordinate and evaluate school functional drills including 3-D fire drills, shelter in place drills, lockdown drills, reverse evacuation drills and severe weather sheltering drills that require directed as well as self directed actions by staff.

This training will also prepare attendees to plan, coordinate and evaluate both scripted and video tabletop exercises.

Attendees will be provided with a disk containing scripted tabletop exercises as well as exercise design and evaluation checklists. If desired by the school/school system, we will also provide attendees DVDs containing video tabletop exercise scenarios. 

Intended audiences:

• School administrators
• Law enforcement officers
• Emergency management personnel
• School crisis team members

Learn how to …

construct a locally tailored all hazards crisis plan based on the hazard and vulnerability assessment process.

Instruction includes development of functional protocols, development of incident specific protocols, incorporation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) into the written preparedness and response plans, how to develop role specific emergency plan components for key categories of staff such as administrators, teachers, custodial staff, food service personnel, school bus drivers and how to develop plans for after hours events.

Detailed information on off-site family reunification planning, bomb threat planning, and crisis communications planning will be included.  The training includes a section on the planning, coordination and evaluation of drills, tabletop exercises, functional exercises and an introduction to the appropriate use of full-scale exercises in a progressive exercise program tied to specific goals and objectives.

Intended audiences:

• School administrators
• Local law enforcement
• Fire service workers
• Emergency management and homeland security personnel
• Public safety personnel involved with school safety
• School board members and elected officials
• Parents
• Student assemblies

School Safety Comments, Booking Requests and General Contact Form

Use the below form to contact Safe Havens International with school safety comments, questions or booking requests. We strongly recommend that clients reserve dates with us as far in advance as possible. Our analysts are often booked out 3-4 months in advance for school safety training and school security assessments. We offer discounts for multiple days booked consecutively, and for booking multiple speakers or services.

Be as specific as possible and we can tailor a course or series of staff training courses to best fit your needs, or tell us which course outline you were interested in (for example if you need active shooter training for teachers or school safety training for bus drivers). While we do have a standard set of services that we provide, each project is customized, from a one-hour keynote presentation or staff training session to a multi-year assessment and plan development project. We have worked with clients ranging from small (for example independent and charter schools) to large (state agencies & major urban districts with hundreds of schools). With each project we provide not only our expertise but our attention to detail and willingness to listen and work together with you to come up with the right solution for you, whether it is an idea that will take you to the next step or a detailed assessment of your emergency preparedness.

We are happy to accommodate your specific needs, including multiple sessions for a large number of employees, training multiple districts at one time or whatever else you may need to gain maximum value from our services.

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