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Thirteen Things Every School Employee Must Know About Emergency Evacuations

By Tony Newsom, Police Officer, Founder of The Student Safety News Network…….

THERE ARE 13 THINGS THAT EVERY ADULT SCHOOL Employee MUST KNOW PRIOR TO THE OUT BREAK OF AN ON CAMPUS SHOOTING OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF CATASTROPHES:

1. It can happen anywhere and at anytime (day or night).
2. It is sometimes premeditated but also happens in the immediate heat of passion. Knowledge and the practice of Always attempting to resolve matters quickly will many times help to put out a fire before it has room to grow.
3. Many on-campus shootings occur as a cry and demand for RESPECT!
4. Shootings can happen by anyone, regardless of ethnicity or background.Chances of surviving any type of catastrophe are always significantly greater with planning, education and awareness.
5. Each school (K-College, private or public) should have a written, customized, proactive emergency evacuation plan in place.
6. Every school’s faculty member as well as all other school adult employees should be fully trained in their school's proactive emergency evacuation plan.
7. Every year, each school faculty member should participate in a minimum of 4 quarterly emergency evacuation drills.
8. If an emergency situation should arise on campus, every teacher should instruct their students (4 or more times per year) to look towards them or another school adult school official for directions and guidance. It is o.k. to advise them that a plan is in place, however do not give them ANY details about that plan. This information should remain extremely confidential and on a needs to know bases during the time of an emergency only. (If an unfortunate time arises and that plan needs to become executed, the plan must be modified to remain stealth).
9. A proactive emergency evacuation plan should include a minimum of 3 designated 911 callers who are generally always on campus at various times throughout the day.
10. A secondary staging location should be decided and discussed during your school’s staff, emergency evacuation training workshop. However, for safety reasons, this information will be kept strictly confidential from anyone outside of school staff. It is on needs to know bases only.
11. Every staff member should know every exit that would mostly be available as well as unavailable during an on-campus emergency crisis.
12. Your local law enforcement officials or an official law enforcement expert should be the only individuals that your school uses to help them to customize a "School Safety & Evacuation Plan."

Remember that planning adequate safety is not a one-time shot. After your school’s "School Safety & Evacuation Plan" is developed it must consistently be practiced.

To assure that every United States’ school has an adequate, customized safety plan in place, Tony Newsom has decided to provide his customizable "School Safety & Emergency Evacuation Plan" for free.

With simple step by step instructions, this Blueprint has already helped countless educators to customize an emergency evacuation plan for their school.

If you are a certified educator, you can email Tony Newsom, directly and request a free copy of his School Emergency Evacuation Blueprint. Email all request to: tony@ssnews.org

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