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Bombs and Bomb Threat Management in Schools
Length of Seminar: 2
Days
Instructor: Gerald
Sheehan
Course Overview:
To help prepare your school for the serious issues associated with receiving
a bomb threat or a potential bombing incident. It demonstrates how school
administrators should interact with public safety personnel to protect against
the potential liability issues.
Planning: This session
provides the attendee with the planning tools necessary to write a
comprehensive school emergency operations plan along with a site specific
Bomb Threat Management Plan. (A site-specific bomb threat model will
be provided to each student.)
Threat Assessment: Strategies
critical to evaluating a threat that is received by Phone, Written,
Electronic Mail and Face-to-Face Confrontations.
Crisis Management System (CMS): This
system has been developed for the Private Sector, such as School Districts,
Companies and Corporations from the Incident Command System that is
used Nationally by Public Safety Personnel during Critical Incidents.
This system identifies the components and resources necessary for personnel
to Manage, Mitigate and Recover from a crisis situation.
Liability Issues: The
participants will learn what documentation is needed to protect their
administrations and school districts from unwarranted civil action
and the United States Supreme Court decisions regarding these actions.
Search Techniques: Participants
learn the proper methods of searching during a bomb threat incident.
Evacuation Procedures: This
session illustrates the proper methods for evacuation during a bomb
threat.
Improvised Explosive Recognition: The
participants will be introduced to the common forms of explosive devices
and how they are commonly delivered or placed. This session also identifies
what characteristics to look for in a potential letter or parcel bomb.
Media: This session deals
with the critical elements of public relations during emergency situations.
Assisting Agencies: This
is an introduction to the various Federal, State and Local agencies
capable of assisting school districts during a bomb threat situation. |
