Key Definitions

• Prevention: Actions to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring. Prevention involves actions to protect lives and property.
• Preparedness: A continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action in an effort to ensure effective coordination during incident response.

Resources

Click on a link below to access prevention and preparedness resources.

• Family
• School and Classroom
• Violence and Bullying
• Web Sites

Family Resources

• Family Emergency Plan Form
• Personal and Family Preparedness Checklist

School and Classroom Resources

• Administration Preparedness Checklist
• Classroom Preparedness Checklist
• Development and Enforcement of Policies Checklist
• Health Officer/School Nurse Checklist
• Internal Communication Checklist
• Maintenance and Security Safety Checklist
• Partnering With Law Enforcement Checklist
• Recommended Emergency Supplies for the Whole School Checklist
• Lessons Learned From School Crises and Emergencies

Violence and Bullying

• Involving Students in Prevention Checklist
• School Violence Prevention and Intervention Checklist
• The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States
• Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates. Available at the Secret Service Web site: www.secretservice.gov

Web Sites

• CERT: Community Emergency Response Team Information
  Available at the Citizen Corps Web site: www.citizencorps.gov/cert
• Lead and Manage My School: Emergency Planning Toolkit for Schools
  Available at the Department of Education Web site: www.ed.gov
• Masters of Disaster, Disaster Education: A Preparedness Curriculum for K–8 Teachers
  Available at the American Red Cross Web site: www.redcross.org
• Preparedness and prevention information, documents, and sample forms
  Available at the Ready.Gov Web site: www.ready.gov
  Available at the FEMA Web site: www.fema.gov
• 30 Tips for Emergency Preparedness
  Available at the Department of Homeland Security Web site: www.dhs.gov