Crisis Preparedness

Crisis Preparedness - Transcript

CRISIS PREPAREDNESS
Bill Bond, Resident Practitioner for
Safe and Orderly Schools,
NASSP

CRISIS PREPAREDNESS
There are no “experts”
Prepare a district level plan
Individualize plan for your
school
Principal must be involved in
development

CONTROL of CRISIS
Someone call “911”
Demonstrate control
Remain composed
Police, Custodian or
Maintenance man?

VICTIMS
 Focus on protecting lives and assisting injured
 Assign a first aid team
 Provide CPR trained staff
 Develop a crisis kit: painter’s mask, gloves,
flashlight, schematic drawing of the campus
buildings, list of enrolled students and contact
numbers, old cell phones (charged), first aid kit
 Store blankets
 Student ID’s
 Send teacher to hospital with injured

LOCKDOWN
 Lock all classroom and outside doors
Assign someone to stay at the main
entrance
Make sure all students are in classroom
Don’t use code names
Utilize intercom
Check hallways and restrooms
Principal calls all clear

PARENTS
 Be prepared for parents who will come to school
very emotional
 Provide communication to parents
 Place trusted staff member outside
 Assign parents to serve on Crisis Team
 Send parents to unification area
 Don’t block entrance to school
 Prepare a parent only meeting

TEACHERS
Account for students
Reassure students
Report missing or extra students
Secure doors and close windows
Remain calm
Provide evacuation instructions or all clear
Walk students to unification area
Participate in debriefing before being
dismissed

COUNSELORS
Pre-approved local crisis counselors
Assign a gatekeeper
Provide counseling for teachers
Provide counseling for parents
Know when it is time to move on
Establish memorials

MEDIA
 Take control of the situation
 Establish a school PR person
 Identify a district supervisor who sets ground
rules for media, organizes, “The principal will
be giving a statement shortly.”
 Setup a media area – media must stay in
room or leave campus
 Acquire a media sign in sheet, record driver’s
license and name tags (call media by name)

MEDIA
School spokesperson have a mission and
stay with mission
Remember to “Feed the Piranha”
Keep media away from students
Be Truthful
Know media’s rights
Address the local media first

STUDENTS
 Want to be under care of an adult
 Need open and honest communication
 Adults must be available for students
 Read students needs
 Provide counseling by teachers and peers
 Dismiss to parents in an orderly fashion
 Provide sign out for students
 Upon returning the next day, meet and greet
students

OFFICE STAFF
Serves as frontline for communication
Protects the principal’s time
Determines to whom you talk
Should have a written statement to read
for phone calls
Must notify injured students parents
Should have sign out sheets ready

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
Serves as a liaison with police and
emergency workers
Provides student roster and parents
names and phone numbers
Should have yearbooks available
Must not disturb evidence
Should document the details of the crisis
and actions taken

BUILDING LAYOUT
Know where to turn off:
1. AC
2. Alarms
3. Gas cut-off
4. Water cut-off
5. Sprinklers
6. Power main panels
Have a list of hazardous materials

SAFETY COMMITTEE
Should have lLarge involvement
(including students)
Establish goals
Review existing plan
Know the local emergency resources
(district and community)

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Walk through in the summer
Have SWAT team practice in building at
night
 Invite police for lunch or coffee (free)
Control intersections (traffic control)
Keep school driveways open
Crowd control