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The state of North Carolina launched a Critical Incident Response Kit (CIRK) project to help all schools in the state prepare for emergencies. For the project, the state provided every public school and over 700 private and charter schools with a videotape and a booklet explaining how to assemble a kit that includes such items as: architectural blueprints of the school; procedures for turning on and off fire alarms, utilities, sprinkler systems, and cable television; keys to the school in a separately locked container; evacuation plans; and emergency contact information. Funding for the kits was supported by the Governor’s Crime Commission; Lowe’s Corporation donated the containers. Also included in the kit is a video, “A Critical Incident: What To Do in the First 20 Minutes,” which shows teachers, school administrators, and law enforcement responding appropriately to a dramatization of a school shooting incident. To support implementation of the kit, schools received specialized CIRK training. For more information, please visit http://www.ncdjjdp.org/cpsv/cirk/cirk.htm. Montgomery County Produces Crisis Preparedness Videos Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools, a district directly affected by both the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and the sniper shootings of 2002, produced two videos to help schools prepare for crises. The two videos, one for use in middle and high schools, and one for use in elementary schools, address two levels of emergencies: code blue and code red. Code blue indicates a lower level alert, and shows what school personnel should do when a crisis exists at or near your school facility. Code red signifies the highest level of alert, and demonstrates procedures to follow when imminent danger exists to staff and students. Excerpts from the videos and ordering information
are available online at: www.mcps.k12.md.us/info/emergency/
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