Terrorism – School Safety and Security – Association For Learning Environments

Building Design: Technology

Building Design: Technology
• Video Surveillance
• Access Controls
• Gunfire Sensors (ShotSpotter)
• Bullet resistant glazing
• Glass breakage detection
• Mass notification systems
• Intercom systems
• Visitor management systems

Resource Links:
You Better Make These Schools Safe’: As School Starts, Violence Is Top of Mind
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/08/30/you-better-make-these-schools-safe-as.html

Preparedness & Response

Active shooter , Crisis Emergency Response Team , Crisis Exercises and Response , Emergency Responders , School Crisis Prevention , Terrorism , Threat assessment

Building Design: Classroom Security

Classroom door hardware

Always locked or lockable from inside the classroom
Consider barricade devices that are approved by the AHJ
Minimize glazing to prevent visibility, physical access to the lockset from the corridor side, gaining physical access to the space via glazed openings.
Consider protective glazing films or ballistic glazing at classroom entrances.
Provide shades to conceal glazed openings
Create shelter-in-place areas within the classroom
Strategically located opaque walls that allow students to hide outside the line of sight
Consider using ancillary classrooms spaces – toilet rooms, small group instruction rooms, storage rooms – as part of shelter in place strategy

Emergency Egress

Consider multiple points of egress to allow for escape within the building or to the exterior.

Resource Links:
Architects prioritize design as a school security solution
https://www.aia.org/articles/201346-architects-prioritize-design-as-a-school-se

Preparedness & Response

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

Technology: Communication Goal

Technology: Communication Goal
• Right Information to the
• Right People at the
• Right Time so they can make the
• Right Decisions and issue the
• Right Communications.

Resource Links:
School safety, Security and Emergency preparedness
https://www.nsba.org/services/school-board-leadership-services/school-safety-and-security

Preparedness & Response

Active shooter , Bullying Prevention , Crisis Emergency Response Team , Emergency Responders , Immediate Response Team , Reunification Policy , School Crisis Prevention , Terrorism , Threat assessment

Technology: Avoiding Risks

Technology: Avoiding Risks
• Overlapping and unconnected tools, data streams, interfaces, and teams can slow any organization’s response to a critical event when minutes count. Enabling fast communication among key participants can help bring about a more integrated response to emergencies.

Resource Links:
You Better Make These Schools Safe’: As School Starts, Violence Is Top of Mind
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/08/30/you-better-make-these-schools-safe-as.html

Preparedness & Response

Active shooter , Crisis Emergency Response Team , Emergency Responders , Immediate Response Team , School Crisis Prevention , Terrorism , Threat assessment

Policy: Student Policies

Policy: Student Policies
• School level-

Working to be inclusive of all others
Awareness of security breaches
Taking shelter in place
Classroom and school evacuations – cooperating with first responders

Resource Links:
School Safety & Crisis
http://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources/school-safety-and-crisis

Preparedness & Response

Active shooter , Crisis Emergency Response Team , Crisis Exercises and Response , Emergency Responders , Immediate Response Team , Reunification Policy , School Crisis Prevention , Terrorism , Threat assessment

School Safety Info.Org

School Safety Info.Org: is dedicated to school safety news, information and technology, and related print and electronic publications on school safety. This website is provided by the Justice Technology Information Center (JTIC), a program of the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, and U.S. Department of Justice.

Resource Link:

Find resources from organizations and nonprofits that offer school safety services arranged in key areas: Prepare, Respond and Recover here: https://www.schoolsafetyinfo.org/resources/resources-index.html

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