Crisis and Emergency Management

Crisis and Emergency Management

Crisis and Emergency Management is the detection, prevention and management of critical events and emergencies.  By working together, schools and community partners can focus on crisis and emergency preparedness, including efforts to build a positive, prevention-based, school culture.  The Center for Safe Schools provides resources, information and best practices on how schools can create plans around the intentional prevention of critical incidents and emergencies while also focusing on how to effectively prepare, respond and recover in the event they do occur.

Key components of Crisis and Emergency Management include:

  • Risk assessments
  • Planning and policy development
  • Training, drills and exercises
  • Community-based collaborations (law enforcement, emergency responders, etc.)
  • Safety and security technology

Resources

Protecting America’s Schools: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence
United States Secret Service
Department of Homeland Security

Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The Role of Districts in Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools
Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS)

Children and Disasters Resources
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Primer to Design Safe School Projects in Case of Terrorist Attacks and School Shootings
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2017
National Center for Education Statistics