Every school needs to prepare for critical incidents to protect students, staff, faculty and facilities. Here’s a checklist for emergency preparedness:

A. Form emergency teams at each     school
B. Attend training in emergency     Planning
C. Conduct risk and hazard     assessments
D. Fully adopt the Incident     Command System (ICS)
E. Develop a plan based on ICS     principles
F. Provide supplies for an emergency
G. Practice using drills and exercises

Command School TTX is a leading nationally recognized developer and facilitator of emergency preparedness and response tabletop exercises. The tabletop exercise prepares school officials and staff to respond to critical incidents by providing the basic technical and conceptual skill practice necessary to take control, supervise and manage fast breaking critical incidents.

Command School TTX facilitators are incident-tested, cross-discipline professionals who will help develop the skills that are applicable to most critical incidents.

Our staff of facilitators/trainers includes an incident commander who was on site at the tragic incident at Columbine.

In any of the all-hazard incidents to the principles of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the National Incident Management

“Responders at all levels (will participate in or coordinate) ICS oriented exercises that involve responders from multi-disciplines and jurisdictions.”
-From NIMS Integration Center memo, February 17, 2005

System (NIMS) helps achieve a desired incident outcome.

Introduce the Command School tabletop exercise facilitation into your annual emergency preparedness calendar. Prepared learning is enhanced with unique hands-on features and a scale replica of a school campus. Your team will learn to respond to all-hazards ... before it
happens!

The tabletop exercise is a low cost, low stress training mechanism that incorporates NIMS and ICS procedures and principles. Command School is a recognized national leader in providing high quality facilitation with a unique simulator device that sets the stage for doing it right.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR TRAINING! “I just wanted to let you know
how much I enjoyed your workshop on Monday, April 18, at
Springfield High School. I found
the day very informative and
enriching. God bless your work
and you.”
Peg Green , Dean of Student
Affairs, Mt. St. Joseph Academy (PA)
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YOUR TEAM WILL LEARN:
  • Traditional supervisory role vs.     incident command characteristics.

  • Identifying specific actions for on-    scene commanders at critical     incidents.

  • Recognizing specific characteristics     of critical incidents.

  • Duties and responsibilities of     incident commanders.
  • Activating ICS.

  • To reveal planning weaknesses
  • To identify resource gaps.
  • To improve coordination
  • To clarify roles and      responsibilities.

  • To improve individual performance.
  • Build the confidence of school     administrators and staff.

  • Develop proficiency and     confidence in participants.

  • Test plans & systems in "live"     situations.

  • Foster cooperation among local     responders and school resources.

  • Increase general awareness of     skills and needs.
  • For more information, contact brian@commandschool.com

    Command School TTX, 1653 Lititz Pike - #405, Lancaster, PA 17601
    717.393.7277 • 866.577.8371 - toll free