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Your resource page for information you need to make Alaska schools safer. Browse this page at leisure or click on the bookmarks below for specific topic:

Emergency Planning	Potential Emergencies
Planning Help	Planning Resources
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Emergency Planning

Schools play an important role in emergency management. Charged with the education and care of children, school staff must know how to respond during a school emergency.

School emergency operations plan (EOP) can meet this need. By describing how staff, students and parents should respond during emergencies, the EOP can save lives, property and speed up recovery from potential emergencies and disasters.

Why have a school emergency response plan?

Some reasons:

+ Bad things can happen
+ Schools are responsible for student and staff safety
+ Planning prevents injuries and saves lives
+ Response to emergencies is improved
+ Parents/communities become more confident
+ Maintain self-reliance until professional response arrives

Potential Emergencies

Schools can face many natural and man-made emergencies. Some examples:

Natural Hazards:
- Earthquake
- Fire
- Flood
- Snow storms
- High winds

Man-made hazards:
- Chemical spill: in or around school
- Intruder in school
- Medical: cafeteria food contamination
- Mass casualty: school bus accident
- Utility interruptions

Schools can also be impacted by off-campus emergencies. Two what-if scenarios:

1. Can a chemical spill on a street adjacent to your school affect you?

2. What would happen if a person robs a bank and takes cover in your school?

By up front planning for emergencies and practicing the plan, school administrators can ensure that faculty, staff and students can take the actions necessary to minimize injury, property damage and promptly return schools to normal operations.

Planning Help

Alaska Division of Emergency Services (ADES) is eager to assist state school districts to develop their emergency operations plan. Specifically, ADES can provide EOP writing training in your jurisdiction.

To schedule a class, please contact Ted Smith, 428-7041, or email him here: mailto:ted_smith@ak-prepared.com

If you have questions about FEMA resident courses, please visit the Emergency Mgmt web page and follow the page links to FEMA website.

To go to the Emergency Mgmt web page, just click the link on the navigation bar in the left column above.

Planning Resources

FEMA has developed a Multi-hazard Emergency Planning Course for Schools. You can use the following links to access the course materials (unit slides and text). These materials are an excellent primer on how to develop an all hazard plan for your school.

PowerPoint Slides	Student Manual Text
Unit 1 Course Overview	Unit 1 Course Overview
Unit 2 What is Emergency Management?	Unit 2 What is Emergency Management?
Unit 3 Emergency Operations Planning	Unit 3 Emergency Operations Planning
Unit 4 Training and Testing the Plan	Unit 4 Training and Testing the Plan
Unit 4A Planning for a Terrorist Incident	Unit 4A Planning for a Terrorist Incident
Unit 5 Final Exercise	Unit 5 Final Exercise
Unit 6 Course Summary	Unit 6 Course Summary
If you need viewers, Click below:
PPView97.exe	Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
Wd97vwr32.exe	Microsoft Word Viewer

To advance the slides, please use the page up or page down keys. You can also use your left or right arrow key to move between slides.

If you have a slow internet connection, you may first wish to download the materials to your computer for use later.

Feedback

DHS&EM is committed to making your website useful and easy to navigate. Please email your suggestions to Ted Smith below:
mailto:ted_smith@ak-prepared.com

P.O. Box 5750, Fort Richardson, AK 99505-5750
Phone: (907)428-7000 Fax: (907)428-7009
dhs&em_emergency_mgmt@ak-prepared.com