Each school building shall prepare a building level school safety plan on an annual basis. This plan shall address crisis intervention, emergency response and emergency management at the building level. Each plan shall be developed by a building level school safety team to be appointed by the building principal and to include representatives of teachers, parents, local emergency service providers and such others as the principal deems appropriate. Such plans shall include policies and procedures to be followed in the event that evacuation of the building is necessary due to a serious violent incident.

Serious Violent Incident

A serious violent incident is an incident of violent criminal conduct that is or appears to be life threatening and warrants the evaluation of students and staff because of an imminent threat to their safety of health, including but not limited to, the use or threatened use of a firearm, explosive, bomb, incendiary device, chemical, or biological weapon, knife or other dangerous instrument capable of causing death or serious injury; riot; hostage-taking or kidnapping.

School Building Response Teams

Each school building shall have an emergency response team appointed by the building principal, subject to the review and approval of the superintendent. Each team shall be comprised of school personnel, law enforcement officials and representatives of emergency services providers for that school building and such others as the principal may deem necessary and appropriate.

Provision of Building Information to Emergency Service Providers

It is imperative that emergency service providers and those others responding to a school crisis have immediate access to floor plans, blue prints and other maps and information about school premises. Accordingly, the Superintendent will ensure all updated copies are forwarded to Emergency Service Providers and others responding to school crisis.

In addition, copies will be maintained by the appropriate staff.

Internal & External Communications

Appropriate methods will be used accordingly to facilitate internal and external communications in the event of an emergency. The districts Emergency notification system will be used for parental notification.

In addition, a summary of responsibilities in the event of a crisis or emergency shall be made available to faculty, staff and substitutes.

Pertinent information about emergency or crisis management plans shall also be regularly reviewed at faculty meetings.

Chain of Command

Each building level plan shall contain information concerning the chain of command to be observed at an emergency. This chain of command shall be consistent with the National Incident Management System/ Incident Command System.