| This program is designed to
provide emergency response personnel (law enforcement, fire, and EMS) with
the key information to make informed tactical decisions at school site
incidents such as school shootings, other campus violence, fires,
earthquakes and other man-made or natural disasters. The schools in this
program represent small unique communities within a larger community of a
city or town. Each school community presents its own tactical challenges
during a critical incident or crisis situation. It is imperative that we
plan, prepare, and train before a critical incident occurs in order to
respond effectively and safely. The process of gathering the information
for this program is part of that effort, and reinforces the importance of
school site safety to emergency response agencies, school districts, and
the larger community.
The information in this program can be accessed by any computer that has a standard Internet browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. A software program called Microsoft FrontPage was used to create the computer documents. The Safe Schools program functions similarly to a common Internet website for ease of navigation. We would like to acknowledge and thank Deputy Noah Brommeland of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office for his kind assistance in sharing the School Site Survey program he developed for his agency, and in offering ideas which have been incorporated into the Alameda County Safe Schools Information Management Program. A password is required to gain access to the Safe Schools Program |