TABLE TOP EXERCISE PRACTICE DRILLS

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1 TABLE TOP EXERCISE PRACTICE DRILLS SITUATION:_MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT SCHOOL I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis: Boardڤ member Maintenance/Safetyڤ Parentڤ Superintendent/Assistantڤ Securityڤ Officer/SRO Studentڤ Administrator/Principalڤ Schoolڤ psychologist Schoolڤ nurse Facultyڤ member Schoolڤ Counselor Schoolڤ secretary Otherڤ II. Step 2: read the following scenario and write down your answer individually to the following questions. A. Scenario School has been dismissed for the day and students are boarding buses for the ride home or being picked up by a parent. A 6-year-old student is struck by a car and suffers massive head trauma in front of everyone. Students, parents and staff are in shock. Some are frozen, some are screaming for help, others are crying. The bus drivers are not sure what to do about transporting students home. B. Given the role you identified above what would you do? C. What if? What do you do? The driver of the car that hit the student is a High School Junior who was picking up his younger brother. 1

2 Emergency services personnel arrive, provide medical care and later pronounce the girl dead. Media arrives wanting to film and interview students, staff and parents. Police want to talk to students, staff and parents about what happened in the parking lot. Someone asks you what the school plans to do to help students, staff and parents. III. Step 3: Debrief your responses in your team/group. IV. Step 4: After you have all shared, answer the following questions: A. Was the Crisis Response Manual procedure followed? Y/N B. What areas were forgotten? C. What questions do you have that need to be clarified in order to respond more effectively next time? D. What lessons were learned? E. What are the next steps? 2

3 TABLE TOP EXERCISE PRACTICE DRILL SITUATION: BOMB THREAT EVACUATION I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis: Boardڤ member Maintenance/Safetyڤ Parentڤ Superintendent/Assistantڤ Securityڤ Officer/SRO Studentڤ Administrator/Principalڤ Schoolڤ psychologist Schoolڤ nurse Facultyڤ member Schoolڤ Counselor Schoolڤ secretary Otherڤ II. Step 2: read the following scenario and write down your answer individually to the following questions. A. Scenario At 10:35 a.m., the school secretary receives a phone call reporting there is a bomb in the building. While on the line, the secretary notifies the Principal and then asks the caller questions and listens for relevant information about the bomb and the caller. The code for an evacuation is given. B. Given the role you identified above what would you do? C. What if? What do you do? A substitute teacher is unfamiliar with the evacuation code and procedures. Several students are walking in the hallway without a teacher and you see some backpacks in the commons area. 3

4 The SWAT Team arrives. Some students are afraid. It starts to rain and gets cold. Many students are unprepared. Parents who heard about the bomb threat come to check on their child. III. Step 3: Debrief your responses in your team/group. IV. Step 4: After you have all shared, answer the following questions: A. Was the Crisis Response Manual procedure followed? Y/N B. What areas were forgotten? C. What questions do you have that need to be clarified in order to respond more effectively next time? D. What lessons were learned? E. What are the next steps? 4

5 TABLE TOP EXERCISE PRACTICE DRILL SITUATION: INTRUDER LOCKDOWN I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis: Boardڤ member Maintenance/Safetyڤ Parentڤ Superintendent/Assistantڤ Securityڤ Officer/SRO Studentڤ Administrator/Principalڤ Schoolڤ psychologist Schoolڤ nurse Facultyڤ member Schoolڤ Counselor Schoolڤ secretary Otherڤ II. Step 2: read the following scenario and write down your answer individually to the following questions. A. Scenario A student runs into the office after seeing a stranger with a gun in the building. The code for a lockdown is given. B. Given the role you identified above what would you do? C. What if? What do you do? Some students grumble not another stupid drill and hesitate to participate. You see a stranger go around a corner in the hallway. 5

6 A gunshot is heard. Some students in nearby classes start crying and several leave the class. Students who go outside are terrified when weapons are pointed at them by members of the SWAT team. The media arrives. III. Step 3: Debrief your responses in your team/group. IV. Step 4: After you have all shared, answer the following questions: A. Was the Crisis Response Manual procedure followed? Y/N B. What areas were forgotten? C. What questions do you have that need to be clarified in order to respond more effectively next time? D. What lessons were learned? E. What are the next steps? 6

7 TABLE TOP EXERCISE PRACTICE DRILL SITUATION: EARTHQUAKE I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis: Boardڤ member Maintenance/Safetyڤ Parentڤ Superintendent/Assistantڤ Securityڤ Officer/SRO Studentڤ Administrator/Principalڤ Schoolڤ psychologist Schoolڤ nurse Facultyڤ member Schoolڤ Counselor Schoolڤ secretary Otherڤ II. Step 2: read the following scenario and write down your answer individually to the following questions. A. Scenario It s 12:19 p.m. The lights flicker. You feel something. You sense something is happening. A loud noise startles you. Books and binders are falling off the shelves. Some ceiling panels come down. There s dust in the air. File cabinets open and tip over. Furniture is moving. You feel sick to your stomach. You hear screaming. B. Given the role you identified above what would you do? C. What if? What do you do? The switchboard is down. There is chaos and confusion. Some students are running out of the building without waiting for instructions. A teacher goes too and leaves his class behind. 7

8 There are injuries and fatalities. A concerned parent is looking for her child without going to the office first. The aftershocks hit. There is screaming and more terror. III. Step 3: Debrief your responses in your team/group. IV. Step 4: After you have all shared, answer the following questions: A. Was the Crisis Response Manual procedure followed? Y/N B. What areas were forgotten? C. What questions do you have that need to be clarified in order to respond more effectively next time? D. What lessons were learned? E. What are the next steps? 8

9 TABLE TOP EXERCISE PRACTICE DRILL SITUATION: MEDICAL DEATH I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis: Boardڤ member Maintenance/Safetyڤ Parentڤ Superintendent/Assistantڤ Securityڤ Officer/SRO Studentڤ Administrator/Principalڤ Schoolڤ psychologist Schoolڤ nurse Facultyڤ member Schoolڤ Counselor Schoolڤ secretary Otherڤ II. Step 2: read the following scenario and write down your answer individually to the following questions. A. Scenario A popular English and drama teacher was diagnosed with cancer last spring. She had been in and out of school while receiving treatment. Initially, it would be a miracle if she lived. She returned in the fall with the cancer in remission. Her students were happy and relieved. The school play is in two weeks. She was rushed to the hospital last night and died unexpectedly. B. Given the role you identified above what would you do? C. What if? What do you do? Students, faculty and staff are in shock. Reactions include crying, anger, trouble concentrating, irritability, sadness. 9

10 Parents are asking what to do to help their children. The drama group is wondering what is going to happen with the play. Students want to have a fund raiser to help her family. Some want to plant a tree. III. Step 3: Debrief your responses in your team/group. IV. Step 4: After you have all shared, answer the following questions: A. Was the Crisis Response Manual procedure followed? Y/N B. What areas were forgotten? C. What questions do you have that need to be clarified in order to respond more effectively next time? D. What lessons were learned? E. What are the next steps? 10

11 TABLE TOP EXERCISE PRACTICE DRILL SITUATION: MOTOR VEHICLE DEATH INVOLVING ALCOHOL I. Step 1: Indicate your role when responding to a crisis: Boardڤ member Maintenance/Safetyڤ Parentڤ Superintendent/Assistantڤ Securityڤ Officer/SRO Studentڤ Administrator/Principalڤ Schoolڤ psychologist Schoolڤ nurse Facultyڤ member Schoolڤ Counselor Schoolڤ secretary Otherڤ II. Step 2: read the following scenario and write down your answer individually to the following questions. A. Scenario Three high school students skipped classes to go drinking. Later, the driver lost control of his truck and crashed into a car driven by another student who was on her way to work. That student was killed instantly. The driver was treated and released and the other two students that were drinking are in serious condition. B. Given the role you identified above what would you do? D. What if? What do you do? Tension is high. Many students including some teachers are blaming the three students, especially the driver for the death. Parents are angry and demanding an explanation why the school has an open campus policy. They believe if it had been a closed campus, students would not have been allowed to leave and the incident would never have happened. The media wants to do a story. 11

12 Update on the two high school students that were in serious condition: one dies and the other is coming back to school. III. Step 3: Debrief your responses in your team/group. IV. Step 4: After you have all shared, answer the following questions: A. Was the Crisis Response Manual procedure followed? Y/N B. What areas were forgotten? C. What questions do you have that need to be clarified in order to respond more effectively next time? D. What lessons were learned? E. What are the next steps? 12