Emergency Response Information for School Facilities

Crisis planning includes making preparations for managing school buildings, grounds, occupants, and rescue and recovery personnel during and after a crisis. This article outlines the major necessities for constructing basis response information to be shared among school personnel and emergncy responders in the broad categories of building and site iformation, human resources information, and keys for building access. Of note to designers is information about neighborhood planns, campus maps, post-crisis staging information, and specific building information required by emergency responders.