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Components of Comprehensive School and School District Emergency Management Plans
Title: Components of Comprehensive School and School District Emergency Management Plans
Date: 2007
Author: Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center
Institution: U.S. Dept. of Education
Bibliographic Entry: Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center. “Components of Comprehensive School and School District Emergency Management Plans.” Helpful Hints for School Emergency Management 2, no. 2 (2007): 1-6.
Electronic Link: http://www.ercm.org/views/documents/ComponentsOfComprensiveSchoolDistrictEmergencyMgmtPlans.pdf
Key Words: school safety, (multihazard) emergency management plans
Summary of Key Points, Issues, Conclusions:
To ensure safety, schools nationwide should have comprehensive, multihazard management plans focusing on four phases of emergency management: prevention-mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. To start developing and maintaining an emergency management plan, a district crisis response team should be assembled, including professionals with emergency management expertise, community partners, and school-based staff. District teams should work with school-based teams to develop district-wide and building-specific emergency management plans. School and school district teams should create partner agreements to define team members' and community partners' roles and responsibilities. Provided is a checklist, Components of School and School District Emergency Management Plans, which can assist schools and districts with developing their own plan.
Name of Researcher: Alison Stevens
Institution: Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University
Date Posted: February 21, 2007