Ames Community School District Ames, Iowa 50010

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CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY PLAN (EBC) The District will maintain procedures to reduce the risk to students during a crisis or emergency. The Superintendent, or his/her designee, will develop and implement a crisis management and emergency plan that may include, but is not limited to, responding to a fire, tornado, bomb, threat of violence, epidemic, terrorist act, or an interruption of utilities. The plan will include critical incident debriefing to evaluate District actions for future implementation. The crisis management and emergency plan will be on file in each building. Staff will be trained in the plan’s implementation. Students and parents will be instructed about the plan’s details to the extent deemed prudent. The District will coordinate the crisis management and emergency plan with the appropriate community organizations, local emergency service providers (e.g., fire department, ambulance service, hospital), and law enforcement agencies (e.g., police department, sheriff’s office). Adopted July 17, 2000

Last Revision February 11, 2013

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Last Reviewed February 11, 2013

Ames Community School District Ames, Iowa 50010

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CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY PLAN A school communication network will be established that links classrooms and playground supervisors, parking lot attendants, etc., with the school office or security staff as well as with local law enforcement and the fire department. All school staff will be informed and regularly updated on the emergency plan through inservice training. Access to school grounds will be limited and monitored during the school day. Visitors must sign in at the office and wear an identification pass. Vendor access will be monitored or controlled as deemed prudent. Students will be taught to report suspicious individuals or unusual activities on school grounds. Last Revision February 11, 2013

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