-- U.S. Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings“. . .it is crucial that school systems have a crisis response plan for crises—and that every single person who needs to know is aware of what the plan is.”
-- Chief of Police, an ISD, TX“School security is not just a police department responsibility; it is everyone’s responsibility. Every police officer, every faculty member, district employee, parent and student has a personal stake in school security.”
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The current 4th Edition of the Crisis Management Plan for Schools® includes the response procedures that are compliant with the NIMS-National Incident Management System and the ICS-Incident Command System as initiated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5.
Basis for NIMS Requirement
On February 28, 2003, the President of the United States issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5 (HSPD-5) called the “Management of Domestic Incidents”, which directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS). The NIMS system includes the ICS system.
NIMS provides a consistent management structure to enable Federal, state, local, and tribal governments, private-sectors, and nongovernmental organizations to work together to: “prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from, domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity, including acts of catastrophic terrorism”. NIMS is now the first-ever standardized approach to incident management and response. It ensures that all organizations work together during domestic incidents.
School Districts are included in the definition of “local government” by the 2002 Homeland Security Act.
Note: Applicants for federal grant monies intended for purchase of a district crisis plan are strongly encouraged to seek a crisis plan that is NIMS compliant.
Our Plan is not meant to be a stand-alone. The intention is for it to be used in conjunction with city, county, and state agency plans in order to be compliant with the NIMS mandate.