Sample School Safety Plan Development Templates

Sample drill scenario:12. Sample Items from the Exercise PackageEmergency bus evacuation drillsAll staff and students should participate in at least one emergency bus evacuation drill each year.This is necessary as students who ordinarily do not ride the bus may need to ride a bus during afield trip or emergency evacuation. Students who regularly ride the bus should participate inadditional drills. Many school districts conduct additional drills for special needs buses sinceevacuation procedures are more complex.Sample tabletop exercise scenario:Rape of a teacher in her classroom after hoursIt is 7:40 P.M. and your crisis response team has been activated due to a reported sexual assaultof a teacher at your school. Upon arrival at the school, you meet with other team members in thecafeteria and are briefed on the incident by the principal and a detective. You are told that ateacher regained consciousness in her portable classroom building (or classroom if your schooldoes not have portable units) after being beaten unconscious with a fire extinguisher. Herclothing had been ripped off and a medical exam confirms that she has been raped. She is unableto recall what happened, but it appears that an intruder entered her room and attacked her withthe fire extinguisher before raping her. The teacher is in stable condition at the hospital and theincident is under investigation.Sample functional exercise scenario:Airplane crashAt 7:35 am a 707 aircraft takes off from the local Airport during a thunderstorm. As it isclimbing, it encounters a wind shear condition at an altitude of 250 feet. Within seconds, theplane slams into a commercial/residential area three quarters of a mile south of the airport andfive miles from an elementary school and a middle school. Upon impact, the plane is torn apartand leaking jet fuel ignites. Dozens of stores, warehouses, and single-family homes are destroyedover a three-block area. There are numerous injuries and fatalities among passengers and peopleon the ground. A fire has been reported at the elementary school. Fire/rescue units from the cityand from the Airport respond to the scene. They encounter a situation that will require their fullresources and capabilities. Additional fire/rescue and police units are requested to report to theelementary school, as well as the fire mobile command post. On- lookers and media personnelhave arrived and are standing too close to the hazardous area as well as interfering with incidentresponse operations. Parents are calling the school district offices and the schools.Questions1. Who is in charge at the school level?2. How will you coordinate the services of many agencies and jurisdictions that will respond?3. How will you deal with the parents?4. How will you deal with the media?5. How will you handle school buses that are en route?