Crisis Teams
All districts and schools need a crisis team. Two key functions of this team is to:
- identify the types of crises that may occur in the district and schools, and
- define what crisis events would activate the plan.
All districts and schools need a crisis team.
The team may consider many factors such as the school's ability to handle a situation with internal resources and its experience in responding to past events.
Crisis teams need to look at several types of events and hazards, caused by both people and nature, such as:
- natural disasters (i.e., earthquake, tornado, hurricane, flood)
- severe weather
- fires
- chemical or hazardous material spills
- bus crashes
- school shootings
- bomb threats
- medical emergencies
- student or staff death
- acts of terror or war
- outbreak of disease or infections
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
1-2. Two of the key functions of the crisis team is to identify the types of crises that may occur in the district and schools and _____.
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