-- E.T.A. Hoffmann, 19th c. Author“It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.”
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History
First there was Columbine. School administrators were frightened. Everyone was concerned with the possibility of one or more shooters approaching their school. It was a real threat and soon became a rather frequent occurrence across the country.
Then there was 9-11, and as is frequently heard, “The world was changed forever.” The latest fear is the pandemic bird flu.
As a result many large districts and even smaller ones now have a Safety Administrator on staff. School administrators became familiar with School Resource Officers (SROs), bomb-detection dogs, and hand-held metal detectors.
Today nearly every one of the 15,000+ school districts in the U.S. has some sort of a safety plan in place. Some are good; most are not.
Background
In 1995, well before Columbine and 9-11, J. Berra Engineering developed the Crisis Management Plan for Schools®. It was considered to be a forerunner of many emergency plans that were put together by Johnny-come-lately start-up companies. In fact, many so-called safety experts patterned their plan after the Crisis Management Plan for Schools®.
We are a registered professional engineering company specializing in Crisis Management and Emergency Preparedness since 1980.
J. Berra Engineering specializes in the sophisticated and professional development or improvement of Crisis Management and Emergency Response Plans, all in a visual, color graphic presentation. We've combined our engineering background, cutting-edge safety expertise, and various regulatory compliance standards with our computer graphics capability.
Our Crisis Management Plan for Schools® is a step-by-step, color-coded response plan geared to each responder, in order to provide the most expeditious response possible to any emergency. Its visualization presentation is easy to comprehend and wonderfully succinct when one is faced with the panic of a crisis situation.
Because our patented visual format is totally user-friendly and efficient during the stress of a crisis, and because our Plan is a powerful tool for outlining complex strategies, we believe that it instills confidence in one’s ability to respond to an emergency incident. For these reasons we believe that it is the most reliable and effective plan for all school administrators and staff.
The goal of every school emergency plan is to prepare for, respond to, and recover from any crisis affecting students, staff, or facilities.
The safety expertise behind this manual and the graphic format in which it is presented are designed to afford peace of mind to the Superintendent, Principals, and to all School Administrators and Staff, who are always concerned with the safety and well-being of their students and colleagues.