highland park sr high tabletop exercise 1-2014.pptx

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Highland Senior High School

Tabletop ExerciseJanuary 13, 2014

12:30pm2:00pm


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Purpose

The purpose of this tabletop exercise is to test the

communication and decision making process involved

during a specific emergency situation.

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Agenda

Exercise Schedule

Tabletop Exercise (TTX)

Debrief

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Why Schools Should

Conduct Emergency Exercises

The benefits are clear:

Greater consistency of response More efficient use of resources

Increased confidence in students, staff and parents

Stronger relationships with partners


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Why conduct

a tabletop exercise?

Provides opportunity for low-stress discussion of

coordination and policy within the school and/or

between the school and other agencies

Offers a good environment for problem solving

Provides an opportunity for key agencies and

stakeholders to become acquainted with one

another, their interrelated roles, and their

respective responsibilities

Promotes good preparation for a functional

exercise


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The After Action

ProcessImmediate debriefing

Participant comments

After Action Report (AAR) After action meeting (weeks later)

Improvement plan and implementation timeline

Training

Make sure lessons learned are not lessons lost.


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Tabletop ExerciseWeapon


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Tabletop Processes

A scenario and update statements will beused to generate discussion of probableresponse actions.

Participants will provide situational responsesbased on established procedures and plans.

The exercise will conclude with developmentof action steps needed to support futuremitigation and preparedness efforts.


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Ground Rules

This is a discussion of probable responses to a hypotheticalemergency and consequent cascading events.

The exercise will be an open dialogue. All ideas and input arewelcome.

Finger pointing is not acceptable. There will be no GOTCHA.

One person speaks at a time.

The scenario will be accepted as is. However, the facilitatormay make modifications at her discretion.

No hypothetical resources are available.

There should be no expectation of issue resolution.


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Date:

Time: 8:20AM

In between classes a visiting male 8thgrade student

overhears/sees two young men (student A and

student B) in the bathroom having a conversation.

The two students are handling something. Student A makes a veiled threat regarding a

student that has been bullying him and something

about lunch time.

The visiting student goes to class and returns to the

Middle School after class.


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Discussion Questions

Nothing is reported.

What are your initial concerns?


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Date:

Time: 9:30AM

What the 8thgrade student heard and witness earlier has

been bothering him. He reports what he heard to his math

teacher.

He tells his teacher he saw two male students in the

bathroom at the high school looking at a gun and the tall

kid (student A) said something about a kid picking on him

and hes gonna show him during lunch today.

The 8th

grade student didnt know who or what gradethese two boys are in. One was tall and white, one was

shorter and mexican.

The 8thgrade student is visibly sacred about this.


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High School

What is your internal process for staff whenthey receive information like this?

What are your next steps?

INJECT: Chapman is on vacation Contact the ECC?

Investigate?

Search lockers?

Lockdown?


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Date:

Time: 11:00AMINJECT

High School and Middle Schoolyour officesboth have gotten phone calls from a few

parents (3 calls to the Middle School) (2 callsto the High School) regarding a shooting atthe school?


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High School and Middle Schoolwhat do youdo with these inquiries?

How will they be handled?

Will you call for assistance? Who?

Contact District Communication?


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Date:

Time: 11:15AM

HPSH contacts Communications for assistance on a situation

at the school.

They have received a few phone calls at both the Middle andSr. High School about a shooter in the school

The school is continuing to investigate and are considering, or

have already locked down the school.

Communications should have received the initial SIT REP

explaining the situation.


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Communications

Knowing what you know from the SIT REP andthe recent phone call from the school? What

are your next steps?


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Hotwash

Did this exercise increase your awareness of

campus mitigation and preparedness needs?

How? Will this exercise provide input for continued

emergency operations planning? How?

What action steps should this group take

now?


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After Action Report (AAR)

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