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Lowell Wolff, Wolff Consulting, LLC 701-235-4466 WolffConsultingLLC@gmail.com

School Emergency Response: From 1 District to 16 Districts. Lowell Wolff, Wolff Consulting, LLC 701-235-4466 WolffConsultingLLC@gmail.com. Session Overview. 1) Cass Clay Unified School Response What is it? How did it happened? Why would you want one of your own? BREAK

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Lowell Wolff, Wolff Consulting, LLC 701-235-4466 WolffConsultingLLC@gmail.com

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  1. School Emergency Response: From 1 District to 16 Districts Lowell Wolff, Wolff Consulting, LLC 701-235-4466 WolffConsultingLLC@gmail.com

  2. Session Overview 1) Cass Clay Unified School Response • What is it? • How did it happened? • Why would you want one of your own? BREAK 2) Stuff that worked very well

  3. In the beginning… • January 1995 – Assistant Superintendent for Communication & Planning • Planning now includes Emergency Response • March 21, 1995 – School Shooting at Red Lake • Monthly meeting with the City of Fargo • Chief Magnus & Lt. Paul Laney • Summer 1995 • Develop the plan • Train with first responders • Develop the first training event – 120 staff members • Fast Forward Summer 2008 – training opened to 16 School Districts in two counties in two different States

  4. The beginnings – assessing Fargo • Four stages • Prevention/mitigation –anti-bullying programs, School Resource Officers, CPTED etc. • Preparedness – • plan • equip • train • Response – can your staff execute the plan? • Recovery – including reunification of students and parents, counseling etc.

  5. School Incident Command Structure School IC Staff and Students Liaison Security Aide Dispatch (First responders) and DO if applicable Building Maintenance Teacher Teams

  6. Develop the Response Plan • What are the situations you are most likely to experience? • Jointlydevelop protocols to those situations • Use NIMS concept of Incident Command structure • Incident Commander, Aide, Liaison, Security • Organize manual to anticipate “the next move” • Unify vocabulary + simplify see flip-charts • Plan for a transfer of command authority from building to first responder’s incident command

  7. Equip everyone • Building command kit • Building medical kit • Classroom “to go” kit • EOC (Emergency Operations Center) = District office now provides resources • An internal “911”

  8. Train everyone • District emergency manager trains with first responders • Annually train teams (and backups) from each building - August in FARGODOME • Building Emergency Response Team trains staff in their building • Make sure first responders know your unified response plan!

  9. Building the response capacity • The purpose is to build our collective capacity to respond to the unexpected • Don’t practice situations that will never happen • Use drills to train for the physical aspects • Use tabletops & scenarios to train the mind • As the response capacity builds, • decrease advance warning • increase distractions.

  10. 2005-2006: Improvement Cycle • Test and refine protocols… • Cameras, radios, • 984 lock sets, single point of entry • automated lockdown equipment, special needs evacuation chairs, • Test, evaluate and refine response protocols

  11. And then… Shift Happens • Lt. Laney becomes Cass County Sheriff Laney • Campaign addressed school safety & emergency response • Whether you live in Tower City, ND or Hawley, MN, when you need a • SWAT Team • Bomb squad • Hostage and rescue service • Regional HazMat Team • The same team shows up!

  12. Aha! • If law enforcement is training using the same techniques and contributing employees to regional specialty teams… • Does every school district need a different emergency response plan?

  13. Unified School Response • A meeting of lead law enforcement officials and school superintendents – February 2007 • Explained Fargo’s plan and its development • Adopt one plan (common vocabulary, response protocols etc.) • Adapt it to your buildings

  14. Considerations and Debate • Some schools had no plans • Some schools had well-developed plans • North Dakota required no drills or exercises • Minnesota required five lockdowns per year • Can we reconcile these differences? • Yes, through district policy

  15. Transition Time… • Agreed to try it – with some arm twisting! • Lots of equipment to buy <$3/student • Back-to-Basics training sessions • Demos to understand the reasoning behind the protocols • Red River Regional Bomb Squad • Red River SWAT Team • Fargo Fire Dept & Regional Hazmat

  16. Sharing of best practices and lessons learned from our collective experiences • Development of response protocols suggested by first responders • Regular training, response evaluations and revisions to response protocols • Examples of some benefits…

  17. Benefits to a regional plan • Development and use of common vocabulary • Classroom Emergency Response Tools flipchart • Provide annual training for Building Emergency Response Teams from all school districts • From Lt. Col. Dave Grossman to Dr. Bernie James • Training for regional pool of substitute teachers • Training for new teachers • Training for new members of a Building Emergency Response Team

  18. Mutual Aide agreements between districts • Joint purchasing such as Merigen Medical • MinnKota SRO/Juvenile Justice • Quarterly meetings • Google discussion group • Policy generation – security cameras to AED to sex offender policies • Formal emergency response evaluations

  19. Hosting of NASRO Training • Advanced SRO Training • Interview & Interrogation Techniques for the SRO • Active Shooter Training – week long, 1,000 rounds • Development of reunification plan and template for other districts • Threat assessment team • Development and/or team on loan • Internal “911” + first response relay

  20. CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) audits • All Fargo Public School Buildings • All Rural Cass Buildings • CPTED training for area architects • Unified response to incidents occurring on a bus • All law enforcement entities, school and metro buses • MyStuff database to register student property

  21. CASS COUNTY, ND • Central Cass Public School District • Fargo Catholic Schools Network • Fargo Public School District • Hope-Page Public School District • Kindred Public School District • Mapleton Elementary School • Maple Valley Public School District • Oak Grove & Grace Lutheran Schools • West Fargo Public School District CLAY COUNTY, MN • Barnesville Public School District • Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Public School District • Hawley Public School District • Moorhead Public School District • Park Christian School • Ulen-Hitterdal Public School District School District

  22. Leadership Transition:From to • Retirement – July 1, 2011 • What holes does this leave? • Superintendents, Chiefs, Sheriffs meet • Cass County Sheriff’s Office emerges as the lead agency

  23. Resources Sgt. Tara Morris, Cass County Sheriff’s Office morrist@casscounty.gov • www.casscountynd.gov/county/depts/sheriff • Click on logo Lowell Wolff, Wolff Consulting, LLC 701-235-4466 WolffConsultingLLC@gmail.com

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