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Plans and Preparedness Section
Training Links
Other Links
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U.S. Department of Education Information (Emergency Planning) |
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U.S. Department of Education Information (Campus Public Safety) |
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National School Safety Center |
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Bomb Threat Response: An
Interactive Planning Tool for Schools
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Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) and The Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) collaborated to develop a tool
(CD) for schools and law enforcement. |
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"Managing Threats: Safety Lessons Learned from School Shootings"
UrbanED, the University of Southern California School of Education
magazine, published this article, by Marleen Wong, Ph.D., on school
shootings in spring 2007. |
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“Campus Public Safety: Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism Protective
Measures"
Office for Domestic
Preparedness, U.S. Department of Homeland Security produced this guide
with resources for the more than 4,000 Title IV institutions of
post-secondary education. The guide provides affirmative steps listed
below to prevent, deter or effectively respond to a terrorist attack
involving weapons of mass destruction. |
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Building a
Disaster-Resistant University
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help minimize injury, damage, monetary loss and disruption of services,
post-secondary institutions should put in place a comprehensive set of
pre-disaster planning and mitigation actions. Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) presents this alongside lessons learned by six
universities and colleges that have been working to become more
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Associations Relevant for Higher Education Emergency Management
Threat Assessment in Schools
The U.S.
Department of Education and the U.S. Secret Service established the Safe School
Initiative, a study of 37 school shootings and other school-based attacks that
took place between 1974 and 1999. Through this initiative, the two agencies
produced guidance and tools for schools putting forth a process for identifying,
assessing and managing students who may pose a threat of targeted violence. This
process, known as threat assessment, was first pioneered by the U.S. Secret
Service and has been modified based upon findings from this study. These guides
are intended for collaborative use by school personnel, law enforcement
officials and others with protective responsibilities in our nation's schools.
Most recently, the initiative has produced an interactive CD-ROM presenting two
hypothetical school scenarios to be used for further developing the assessments
team’s skills.
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