In the event of a school-based incident, school administrators, rural law enforcement officers and other emergency responders must be prepared to act quickly and precisely to take control of the situation.
The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC) is providing these and others responsible for school security in Auburn, with crisis management training on how to effectively respond to an emergency involving a school building or an entire school system.
RDPC will be delivering a free Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-certified course, AWR Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents: Partnering Rural Law Enforcement and the Local School Systems, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jan. 27 at Muckleshoot Tribal School that will give participants a foundation of knowledge and skills to progressively establish a school-based emergency response plan and crisis management team through information sharing and training.
The eight-hour, instructor-led course was developed by the Ohio-based University of Findlay, an academic partner for RDPC, specifically for school administrators and emergency responders. This awareness level course provides an opportunity for rural law enforcement and school personnel to develop a partnership with regard to school safety through effective collaborative planning, preparedness, communication, and coordination of resources.
Other targeted audience members include emergency management, emergency medical services, fire services, governmental administrative, law enforcement, public safety communications, and public works.
All training delivered by RDPC is certified by DHS and is offered tuition-free for a broad scope of stakeholders in qualifying jurisdictions, including the traditional emergency response disciplines, and other emergency response functions as defined by the National Response Framework, as well as critical infrastructure owners and operators.
To register, contact John Byars at 523-931-6709 or john.byars@muckleshoottribalschool.org.
For further information, visit www.ruraltraining.org.
