3 min read
Food Allergies in School and Designing 504 Plans
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: January 30, 2020
risk management (2)
2 min read
AED Maintenance for Schools
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: September 24, 2019
Automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs, are one of the most essential tools that school communities have to keep their people safe. As a brief...
2 min read
How Schools Should Handle Personally Identifiable Information
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: September 11, 2019
Privacy has always been a challenge and concern for schools, even before every single individual on campus began carrying powerful technology in...
2 min read
It Might Not Feel Like It, But...
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: June 11, 2019
It is absolutely normal to be concerned about things that are statistically unlikely to happen. Anyone watching me white-knuckle the armrest during...
2 min read
School in the City: Thinking About Safety for Urban Environments
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: April 3, 2019
I feel lucky to have grown up where I grew up. My high school, Charles D. Owen High (Go Warhorses!) is nestled in the Swannanoa Valley, surrounded by...
2 min read
Tabletop Drills, Crisis Management, and School Safety Plans
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: February 6, 2019
Hey. We're proud of you. Take a moment to appreciate the hard work you've done on the path to emergency preparation and school safety. (If you know...
2 min read
School Safety Best Practices (According to Michigan)
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: December 12, 2018
If this is the only school safety blog you belong to, (and hey, more power to you if it isn't!) you may have missed the state of Michigan's School...
5 min read
How to Safely Clean Up after a Fire
Cecile Garcia, Operations Manager: November 27, 2018
When your home, school, office, or other space is impacted by a fire, the desire to rebuild is strong. The first step of restoration, cleaning up,...
2 min read
Listening, Not Profiting
The Joffe Family: November 16, 2018
Over the past few years, a positive consensus seems to have developed. The core of that consensus is that we must find ways to protect our schools...
2 min read
Risk Management, Prioritization, and Poetry (?)
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: October 12, 2018
Just as you expect from your community safety blog post, today starts with a poem from the American author Mary Oliver (Hey, it's Friday, right?). We...