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Sensitive Student Conditions: HIV
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: October 25, 2019
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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...
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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...
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Elevating School Emergency Procedures with Visitor Management Systems
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: September 4, 2019
From our perspective, the most important goal or element in effective school safety protocols is knowing exactly who is on campus at any given time....
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Recovery is A Ruff Process: Therapy Dogs and the Aftermath of Emergency on Campus
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: May 29, 2019
We’ve written before about how recovering from emergencies can be a long, complicated process. The hard work of rebuilding a campus and/or a...
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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...
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Prioritizing School Safety: Talking about Lockdown Drills
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: January 15, 2019
Lockdown drills are a necessary part of any good school safety plan. Knowing what to do in an emergency (and having practiced it enough to be able to...
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Dealing With Boredom in an Emergency
Bobby Decker, Operations Specialist: January 10, 2019
In our field of school safety and emergency preparedness, we often deal with people who are feeling high levels of stress, anxiety, and fear. While...
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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...
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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,...