SAFETY & SECURITY DEPARTMENT

1. SAFETY & SECURITY DEPARTMENT Ferguson-Florissant School District Dan Biermann – Director Terry O’Neil – Executive Director

2. SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS • Each school in the district has their own individual Emergency/ Safety plan that is specific to that particular school. • These plans are to be updated each school year in case of staff/personnel changes. • Each individual school is unique and have many difference; different layout, rally points, re-unification points, etc. in the event of an emergency. • These plans should be reviewed on a regular basis by school administration in order to have a general understanding of steps to take in case of each type of emergency that may arise, because there is not always time to grab the emergency binder and reference it to guide you through each step to be taken during an emertgency event.

3. THE EMERGENCY PLAN BINDER • The purpose of these plans are to layout procedures to help protect students and staff should an emergency or disaster take place. • The plan addresses all types of hazards or disasters that may arise and layouts the procedures that should take place before, during and after the occurrence. • We are continually assessing and making improvements as needed, to these Emergencies plans for the district.

4. SECTIONS OF THE EMERGENCY PLAN BASICPLAN: • Outlines the logistics of the school and the collaboration between school administrators and staff and Police, Fire, EMS and school security to maximize the safety of students and staff and minimize loss of life and damage to property in the event of an emergency or disaster. • The Principal or building Administrator is ultimately responsible for the emergency management activities undertaken at each school. • This plan is based on the concept that all individuals and groups involved in this plan are trained in their respective area of responsibility and in the interaction with the groups involved in the emergency management.

5. BASIC PLAN CONTINUED … The plan outlines all types of hazards and emergencies that may develop in the district or at a school and how to effectively deal with the situation by using the following phases: • PRE-EMERGENCY MITIGATION Reduce or prevent hazards before they happen. • INCREASE READINESS PREPARATION Conduct training &drills; Earthquake, fire, tornado, Active Shooter ( 4 Fire, 4 Tornado, 2 earthquake and 2 shelter in place) (Soon to be 1 Active shooter also). • RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT Identify the problem, assess damage and activate emergency response resource's. • RECOVERY Bringing school operation back to normal. (Short term, long Term)

6. CRISIS LEVELS • Level I– Situation managed internally by building administrators • Level II - Situation managed internally by the building administrators with help from support staff or the Superintendent. • Level III– Situation managed by building administrators, support staff and Police, Fire, EMS. • LeveIIV-Situation managed & controlled by Police, Fire, EMS or other emergency agencies.

7. EMERGENCY ACTION CHECKLIST This section outlines the NOTIFICATIONS to be made in response to different types of emergencies. ( Police, EMS, Fire, Administration Office) Coordinate with the above agencies and remain accessible to them. Media- Coordinate All Contact with Media Through: Kevin Hampton, Executive Director of Communications

8. IMMMEDIATE RESPONSE ACTION • DuckandCover– Earthquake • Shelter in Place - Keeps students/staff indoors out of the outside environment. • Lock Down (Lock-In) - Prevents a perceived threat outside of the building from entering into the building. (Determined by Law Enforcement) • Evacuations – Principal determines it is unsafe to remain in the building causing evacuation to an area off-site.

9. ALL CLEAR Emergency is over Assume normal activity in the building.

10. COMMAND POST, INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, INCIDENT COMMAND TEAM Refer to Annex A in the Emergency Plan Pages A1-20

11. CIVIL UNREST Protect students and staff from danger of an outside threat. • Can be planned, unplanned, violent or peaceful. • Planned or announced demonstrations at or near school can still impact and interrupt normal school operation. • Unannounced civil unrest during the school day at or near school will interrupt normal school operation and could also cause problems for students making their way home after school on foot or on a bus. • Violent protests- Aggressive and destructive protestors will likely involve use of force by Law Enforcement, (Riot Gear, Chemical Agents, Gunfire)

12. ASSUMPTIONS • Parents will respond to school to retrieve children and may be difficult to restrain. • Police will order School Lock-Down • Staff that live nearby will be fearful that they will be unable to get to their homes.

13. ASSIGNMENTS • Roll Call - Organize student/staff roll call at the beginning of the event. • Rapid Accountability Report - Prepare for a rapid accountability report on the status of the people on the roll call list. • Properly Manage Lock-Down or Shelter in Place. • Report All Clear - when it is appropriate.

14. ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING

15. ACTIVE SHOOTER Sandy Hook Promise • Tomorrow’s Shooting

16. ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING • Our entire Security Staff attended the 4E Active Shooter training April 2018. • Training was presented by 4E certified Police Officers of the Florissant Police Department specifically for our security staff. • As of today 7 District Administrators and Key Building Personnel have attended the “Train the trainer, 4E Active shooter training” presented Tier One Tactical Solutions. • This training will allow those individuals to return to their respective buildings & assist district security and local law enforcement with the Active Shooter 4E training for staff and students to prepare them for an Active shooter drill and an actual incident. • This would assist our security staff in training staff and students’ district wide thus providing a more relatable learning experience at each building.

17. THE 4E PROGRAM • Educate: Student & Staff learn and practice the terminology and skills taught in the 4E program. They also learn to keep their school safe by observing and reporting when they see something suspicious. • Evade: Locking doors, turning off lights, covering windows and using items to barricade doors. • Escape: Instructs students and staff to exit the building when they believe that it is safe to do so, by the quickest path/exit. • Engage: Used when staff or students lives are in imminent danger and no other option is viable. ( Last Resort).

18. ACTIVE SHOOTER Sandy Hook Promise • EVAN

19. THE 4E PROGRAM CONTINUED • The 4E training system is now being used by the vast majority of local Law Enforcement agencies and local school districts and nationwide. • The 4E training is structured for two types of training. They are for K-6th grade and 7th-12th grade. • This Training is also recommended by the US Department of Education and the Department of Homeland Security.

20. ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL • The first All School Active Shooter Training and Drill will be held on August 29th, 2018 at the McCluer South Berkeley High School campus. • Presented by 4E certified Officers of the Florissant Police Department with assistance from District Security Officers, officers from local municipalities that serve the district, EMS and Fire. • The entire school will be sealed off and no one will be able to enter the building during the training. • Kevin Hampton will coordinate notification of media for the event.

21. ADDITIONAL SECURITY ACTIONS • Security Officers are being more attentive to people entering the buildings. • All students need to clearly display a school ID when entering the buildings or be escorted to the office for identification. • All staff must have a visible district ID badge on at all times. • All visitors need to present a valid ID to security, (even if they are know to them) and be issued a visitors tag.

22. SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SYSTEM • Bond Funded Project • District-wide camera system installed in all schools and district location • Higher Quality and Higher Quantity of Cameras • School Administrator Access to Camera System including video playback

23. DOOR ENTRY SYSTEMS • Bond Funded Project • Updating the door entry systems at our Elementary and Middle Schools • Every main entry will have an audio/visual system to for staff to control the main entrance with a door release to allow entry. • The system will have a card reader included for staff to entry without a key. • These card readers give the district more control over building entry and documentation of building entry

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