By creating a learning environment where students and teachers feel safe, students increase their academic success and teachers can educate to the best of their ability. It is up to school leaders to make sure you are able to effectively prevent, prepare, respond and recover from any type of hazard or threat. View our presentation to learn how you can help ensure safe learning environments by creating a Multi-Hazards Plan. Reach out to us to learn more about how Rapid Responder will assist you in preventing, preparing, responding, and recovering from any hazard or threat.

1. School Safety
& Security
Create a Multi-Hazards Plan to Empower Your District to
Prevent, Prepare, Respond & Recover
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2. You bought some cameras…
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3. Installed a visitor control system…
ACCESS
GRANTED
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4. Maybe even hired additional
school resource officers?
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5. While those prevention methods
are important what happens
when your safety and security
efforts have been breached
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6. It is up to district and school leaders to make sure each school receives the support they need
to effectively prevent, prepare, respond and recover from hazards and threats.
Prepare
Prevent
Emergency
Management Cycle
Recover Respond
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7. So where do you start?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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8. Create a Crisis Response Team
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- Identify
- Meet
- Train
- Contact

9. Identify
Identify your team members and decide the role
and duties each person will perform during
emergencies. Have alternates in case someone
is injured or is not on site that day.
Incident Commander
Team Member
Information Officer
Facility Manager
Counselor
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10. Schedule Meetings
Schedule regular meetings to keep your team up to
date on procedures and plans. The cohesion created
from meetings will also increase the effectiveness of
your response.
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11. Training Exercises
Choose both “inconvenient” and “convenient” times to do
your training exercises. Team members should be
comfortable and confident for multiple scenarios during
various times of the school day.
Don’t forget to invite your first responders to your meetings
and training sessions so you will be able to jointly respond.
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12. Contact Information
Store Team Contact information for during & after hours
Name Function Contact
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13. Designate an Incident Command Manager
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14. Name Your Incident Commander & Alternate
The commander should use an Incident Command System to digitally store and share with other
team members and first responders during and after emergencies.
INCIDENT
COMMAND
SYSTEM
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15. Have a Communication Plan in Place
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16. Communicate
Communicating with your team members is very important but also
know how you will communicate with first responders, school
personnel, students, and their parents.
Create and train with:
- Family Reunification Plans
- Internal Communication Plans for During & After an
Incident
- After Incident Responses (Communicating with students,
teachers and the community)
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17. Protocols for Safe & Effective Evacuation
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18. Multi-Hazards Evacuation Procedures
Know how and when you will evacuate for multiple scenarios including:
Chemical Spills Fire Bomb Threats Natural Disasters Active Shooters
!
Set evacuation protocols in place, share them and practice evacuations and include your responders.
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19. More Information?
Would you like more information on how you can prevent, prepare, respond and
recover from any type of emergency?
Reach Out to Us!
Prepared Response
206.315.9851
info@preparedresponse.com
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