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This information on protecting school occupants, buildings, and grounds is coordinated with the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools of the U.S. Department of Education.
 NCEF provides a free checklist that combines the nation's best school facility assessment measures into one online source for assessing the safety and security of school buildings and grounds. It includes over 400 measures covering school surroundings, school grounds, buildings and facilities, communications systems, building access control and surveillance, utility systems, mechanical systems, and emergency power. The checklist is updated frequently and may be used for planning and designing new facilities or assessing existing ones.  Mitigating Hazards in School Facilities. Guidance for making school safety and security assessments and for planning, funding, and implementing safety and security improvements. Includes 25 downloadable, subject-specific assessment guides. Low-Cost Security Measures for School Facilities. Fifty school safety and security measures that may be implemented at little or no cost and without the use of complex technology. School Security Technologies. Current information on access control, surveillance, weapons detection, communications, alarm, and emergency notification system technologies. Emergency Response Information for School Facilities. Information needed for managing school buildings, grounds, occupants, and rescue and recovery personnel during and after a crisis. Door Locking Options in Schools.. School door locking options and the limitations imposed on them by building and fire codes. Severe Weather Planning for Schools. Understanding, preparing for, and coping with weather emergencies, including severe thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes and storm surge, flooding, and extreme heat and cold. Six appendices contain detailed weather information. An Investigation of Best Practices for Evacuating and Sheltering Individuals with Special Needs and Disabilities. Response to the June 2007 General Accountability Office report GAO-07-609 concerning evacuating and sheltering students with special needs and disabilities.  Recent articles about safe and healthy school facilities from newspapers across the country: Michigan Schools Take Steps to Tighten Security Citizen Patriot, August 31, 2008 Security Boosted at Uniontown Schools Herald Standard, August 28, 2008 San Francisco to Check 12 Schools' Seismic Safety San Francisco Chronicle, August 24, 2008 Schools Still Built at Toxic Sites United Press International (UPI), August 23, 2008 Weather Alert Radios Being Sent to Schools Associated Press, August 20, 2008 Myrtle Beach Schools Take Steps for Safety Sun News, August 18, 2008  Upcoming conferences and workshops on school safety and security: ASIS International September 15, 2008 - September 18, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia Basic Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Seminar October 06, 2008 - October 10, 2008 Louisville, Kentucky 2008 Safe and Secure Schools: Superintendents Lead the Way October 08, 2008 - October 10, 2008 Chicago, Illinois  Key publications on safe school facilities: Ensuring Quality School Facilities and Security Technologies: Effective Strategies for Creating Safer Schools and Communities. Hamilton Fish Insitute on School and Community Violence, Washington, DC; Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Portland, OR, 2008 Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities. U.S. Department of Education, 2007 Educational Facilities Disaster and Crisis Management Guidebook. Florida Dept. of Education, Tallahassee, 2007 Safe and Healthy School Environments. Oxford University Press, New York, 2006 Security Design Considerations for Instructional Facilities. Texas State University, San Marcos, 2006 Security Planning and Design: A Guide for Architects and Building Design Professionals. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2005 Design Guide for Improving School Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds. Federal Emergency Management Administration, 2004 Jane's Safe Schools Planning Guide for All Hazards. Jane's Information Group, Alexandria, VA., 2004 Primer to Design Safe School Projects in Case of Terrorist Attacks. Federal Emergency Management Administration, 2003  Recent magazine and journal articles about safe school facilities: Delivering Security, Life-Safety and Convenience. Doors and Hardware, August 2008 Do You Know the Drill? District Administration, August 2008 The Evolution of Notification Systems. District Administration, August 2008 Lead Astray. Athletic Business, August 2008  NCEF lists of continuously updated links, books, and journal articles on safe school facilities topics: Access Control Systems in School Buildings Assessing Flood- and Wind-Damaged Schools Campus Safety and Security CPTED for Schools: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Disaster Preparedness for Schools Fire Safety in Schools Safety and Security Assessment of School Facilities Safety and Security Design for Schools School Preparedness for Natural Disasters School Preparedness for Terrorism State and Local School Emergency Planning Guides |
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National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities at the National Institute of Building Sciences 1090 Vermont Ave., NW Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005 · Toll free: 888-552-0624 · 202-289-7800 · www.ncef.org Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education |
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