Building Design: Strategic Building Separation

Building Design: Strategic Building Separation
• Where possible, separate regularly occupied student spaces from “public” spaces (lobbies, commons areas, activities areas) with cross corridor separations.

• Classrooms wings or pods
• Can be tied into the access control system for automatic lockdown
• Interface cross corridor fire separation w/ building access controls
• Provide separate entrance(s) for public spaces that need to be occupied separately from the remainder of the building.

Resource Links:
Guide for developing high-quality school emergency operations plans: at a glance
https://rems.ed.gov/K12GuideForDevelHQSchool.aspx

• Preparedness & Response

• Active shooter , Crisis Exercises and Response , School Crisis Prevention , Threat assessment , Trauma