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SECTION IX – EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

School Occupational Safety and Crisis Response Plan (School Safety Plan)

PURPOSE: To provide district staff with a reference document and to provide the administration with
detailed information to use in the event of an unforeseen crisis.

Policy Reference: EBBA – School Safety Plan
JGFG – Accidents / First Aid
Mississippi Department of Education ‐ Mississippi Public Schools Accountability
Standards (MPSAS)

The administration shall create a detailed School Safety Plan which will provide additional detailed
information available only to the School Emergency Response Team. The School Safety Plan has
sensitive information that should not be shared with the public.

The Team shall keep the Plan in a locked cabinet in their office. It will also be distributed by electronic
file that each member should keep at their home.

The administration shall create a quick reference guide for staff to follow in the event of a crises, including
but not limited to:
• Bomb Threats
• Fire
• Intruder with gun
• Weather
• Earthquakes
• Intruder/Fights
• Shooting
• Sexual Battery

The quick reference guide shall be distributed to each staff member.

The administration shall create and maintain a plan in the event of a pandemic. The plan shall include the
following areas:
• Planning and Coordination
• Continuity of Learning and Core Operations
• Infection Control Policies and Procedures
• Communications Planning

The administration shall create and maintain a Biosecurity Management Plan to keep the food products
safe. The Biosecurity Management Plan shall be kept confidential except for members of the crisis
management team.

Training on the School Safety Plan shall be conducted annually.

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