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El Dorado County Grand Jury
• 2008-2009
School Safety (National Incident Management System)
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⚠️ Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.
Findings 5 findings
F1
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Other than fire drills and drop drills, not all school sites practice with regularity (a minimum of annually) crisis management procedures that include evacuations. Some schools stated they do “round table” practices, as opposed to actually conducting a physical practice. Some sites stated they did not want to scare the students, so, therefore, do not have practices. One school stated that they do summer practices that do not include the children.
F2
Page 11
No evidence was found that schools include parents or the community in an educational component to inform them about the crisis plan adopted by the district and site.
F3
Page 11
Although considered a work in progress, the Office of Emergency Services has not actually walked the grounds of every school site. Therefore, OES does not have a digital image of the sites not visited, nor indication of possible unique or special needs in their BowMac computer system should a crisis occur. Also in progress is the development of live school-site images which can be viewed in law enforcement vehicles - to be used as events are unfolding and as units are rushing to the scene.
F4
Page 11
Not all schools have conducted, or been a part of, an integrated evacuation which includes OES and/or other response units.
F5
Page 11
Neither OES nor EDCOE keeps records of site visits by OES with regard to training for crisis management. 5
Recommendations 5
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R1Page 8In order to alleviate natural parental panic that arises when parents are separated from their children during perceived danger, it is recommended that OES and EDCOE collaborate on the creation of a video, presented by the Sheriff and the Superintendent of Schools. It is further recommended that the video be completed and ready to share with parents by the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year. The DVD and related printed material would outline generic safety plans as well as law enforcement codes designed to protect not only the victims, but also concerned and well-meaning parents/community members. It is also strongly recommended that the video be a mandated parent presentation in all schools, to be viewed as school sites see most efficient, i.e. Back to School Night, district web-sites, CDs included in Parent Handbooks, etc.
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R2Page 8As another educational effort designed to further alleviate parental panic both before and during an incident, the Grand Jury recommends that every Parent Handbook include a section on Emergency Crisis Management which informs parents of the school plan should an incident occur. This book would be on hand as a ready reference in time of need.
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R3Page 8The Grand Jury recommends that at least one full evacuation and practice of the REDI II emergency plan – a system which applies the Incident Commander concept providing for multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary coordination and cooperation, and which also allows school leaders the ability to network with emergency response teams – be conducted annually at each site. The practice should include all staff and students as well as OES and/or other emergency response units.
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R4Page 8The Grand Jury recommends that OES survey and photograph the physical grounds of every school site – to be included in their BowMac emergency database (software used by law enforcement). Also included in this information would be any unique and possibly problematic features which would require additional support or resources, i.e. ingress and egress.
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R5Page 8The Grand Jury recommends that both OES and EDCOE, as well as individual school sites and districts, keep emergency response records that include dates of training and practice - to be maintained and supervised by EDCOE.