Tag: school-safety

Due to frequent hurricanes, Martin County, Florida schools often double as storm shelters, making it challenging for radio frequencies to penetrate the heavy metal and concrete walls.

The school safety guide, released this month, is a toolkit for strengthening K-12 bystander reporting programs.

Thanks to a national bipartisan initiative, 11 states have passed common sense laws or initiatives to enable swift, effective emergency response in schools; other states set to follow their lead.

New website highlights innovative glass solutions that create secure, yet welcoming, learning environments.

Prioritizing the modernization of access solutions in educational facilities will help bolster the safety and security of occupants in these environments.

When it comes to school safety, a single security measure alone is often not effective for guarding against all safety threats.

Focusing on five critical areas of service, the Council for School Safety Leadership (CSSL) helps school governance teams prepare for and react to significant crises.

The majority of public schools have a written plan in place for a pandemic disease, as well as active shooter situations, natural disasters, and suicide threats or incidents.

After a gunman was able to gain access to Robb Elementary School, he opened fire and killed 19 children and two teachers.

The i-PRO Secure Campus program makes it easier for K-12 schools and school districts to discover, procure, and implement the security solutions they need to help protect students, staff, and visitors.

The SAFEBOLT barricade lock has increased its fire rating for up to three hours.

Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools (LAB) launched the “Back to School Facilities Tool Kit” through a partnership with Urban Projects Collaborative (UPC) and five leading design firms—Gensler, PBDW, PSF Projects, SITU, and WXY—to serve as a visual guide for schools preparing to reopen after COVID-19 closures.

In the wake of mass shootings in El Paso, Dayton, and Gilroy, the behavioral health-based report recommends a community wide response to violence.

SilverShield HR & Safety Resource Center helps to facilitate an important step in the process of securing organizations.

K-9 "Meadow"—named after Meadow Pollack, a victim in the Parkland, FL school shooting—is the first canine to graduate the K9 Academy as a school safety dog.

Through collaboration, Honeywell and NCS4 will work to enhance video and audio analytics technology capable of studying crowd behavior as well as identifying and locating guns, gunshots, and fights.

The Safe Zone Gunfire Detector will be displayed at ISC West Booth #4117 from April 10-12, 2019 in the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A new resource from NFPA highlights safe door locking requirements and guidelines for protecting schools from acts of targeted violence.

By knowing the location of a shooter and their capabilities, first responders can be properly prepared, and bystanders can get to safety

Ambit for Education delivers safety, emergency, and operations management using smart mobile devices to connect schools to people, wherever they are.