Emergency Management

Left of Bang: Identify Strategies and Policies to Improve Your Prevention Plans

Left of Bang: Identify Strategies and Policies to Improve Your Prevention Plans

Using FEMA’s Four Phases of Emergency Management, viewers will learn to identify the strategies, policies, procedures and training their schools can utilize during the prevention/mitigation and planning phases (left of bang) and then identify what they need to put in place for in the response and recovery phases.

Critical Incident Management: Planning Safe and Secure Events

Critical Incident Management: Planning Safe and Secure Events

College campuses host a wide range of large-scale events every year, including homecoming, athletic events, concerts, controversial speakers, festivals and more. Protecting those involved in these activities, as well as the campus’ property and reputation, require careful planning. This presentation will provide viewers with a comprehensive review of the assets needed to ensure their campus events will be safe and secure.

Be Better Prepared: Creating a Collaborative and Comprehensive Emergency Management Training Program

Be Better Prepared: Creating a Collaborative and Comprehensive Emergency Management Training Program

This presentation will provide an overview of how K-12 schools, school districts and institutions of higher education can train their respective campus communities to be better prepared for emergencies and disasters.

Manage the Media Like a Pro

Manage the Media Like a Pro

Emmy award-winning former TV news reporter, Julie Parker, will incorporate the essential functions for managing the media during times of chaos and calm. 

The 3 Pillars of Surviving a Crisis

The 3 Pillars of Surviving a Crisis

Lieutenant Joseph Pangaro breaks down the process of surviving a critical incident into three areas of concern.

Emergency Response: Dealing With Crisis

Emergency Response: Dealing With Crisis

Chief William Evans, former Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, talks about dealing with inner-city violence as well as the major challenges associated with The Boston Marathon bombings, Occupy Boston and numerous protests.

How to Create a Student-Based Threat Assessment Team

How to Create a Student-Based Threat Assessment Team

Preparing our students and staff to respond when violence erupts is critical to surviving a dangerous incident on campus, but wouldn’t it be better if we could prevent and attack in the first place?

Storm Ready: Getting Your School Ready for Violent Weather

Storm Ready: Getting Your School Ready for Violent Weather

Walk through a risk-based preparedness process that will let you know how prepared your school is for severe weather threats.

Before Weather Strikes: Creating Effective Weather Plans

Before Weather Strikes: Creating Effective Weather Plans

Dr. Kevin Kloesel leads a presentation that will provide you with the resources needed to create all-weather hazard plans for campus activities ranging from small donor functions to large athletic events.

Active Threat Response Techniques: Lockdowns and More

Active Threat Response Techniques: Lockdowns and More

Although we may respond in a similar manner, it’s important for schools to understand that each type of shooting/threat event requires a different prevention strategy. Lockdown should not be the only choice you give your staff, but your school must have an Active Threat Plan that includes Lockdown as an option for when the highest threat level arises: when the threat is inside the building.

In this session you’ll learn ways to enhance your school lockdowns and how to respond to both critical events and active threats.