- Emergency Preparedness Plan Assessment
Emergency Preparedness Plan Assessment
The 2025 Emergency Preparedness School Safety Plan Assessment is the basis on which Indiana Office of School Safety specialists will evaluate and guide schools based on their safety plans.
- I Love U Guys Foundation
I Love U Guys Foundation
The “I Love U Guys” Foundation’s programs for crisis response and post-crisis reunification are used in more than 50,000 schools, districts, departments, agencies, organizations and communities around the world. They are created through the research-based best practices of school administrators, psychologists, public space safety experts, families and first responders.
- Safe and Sound Schools
Safe and Sound Schools
Safe and Sound Schools' mission is to support school crisis prevention, response, and recovery, and to protect every school and every student, every day. They offer programs like "Staying Safe", which is an options-based emergency response framework that equips staff and students with safety skills.
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- Integrated Public Safety Commission Checklist
Integrated Public Safety Commission Checklist
The Indiana Integrated Public Safety Commission IPSC) has provided guidelines for Indiana schools to evaluate the status of their communication capabilities in the event of an emergency. When tragedy strikes, Indiana schools require efficient and effective communication methods and resources. This tool will help schools to work with local first responders, dispatchers and emergency management officials to plan and exercise crisis communications plans to best prepare for all hazards impacting students and educators.
- Integrated Public Safety Commission: Emergency Communications Plans
Integrated Public Safety Commission: Emergency Communications Plan
The Integrated Public Safety Commission created a guidance document to help school safety personnel consider the planning, technology and PACE elements of an emergency communication plan (PACE stands for Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency communication forms).
- SchoolSafety.gov: Actionable Recommendations, Resources
SchoolSafety.gov: Actionable Recommendations, Resources
SchoolSafety.gov was created by the federal government to serve as a clearinghouse for school safety strategies and to act as a federal resources hub.
- Department of Education Readiness and Emergency Management
Department of Education Readiness and Emergency Management
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Healthy Students has administered the REMS TA Center to serve two critical functions to support a safe and supportive learning environment for children, faculty, staff, and others. It builds the preparedness capacity (including prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery efforts) of schools, school districts and institutions of higher education (IHEs), and their community partners at the local, state and federal levels. It also serves as the primary source of information dissemination for schools, school districts and IHEs for emergencies via the REMS TA Center website.
- National Weather Service - Hazardous Weather Preparedness
Indiana Department of Homeland Security