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Bomb Threat Response: An Interactive Planning Tool For Schools (CD-ROM)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Department of Education, October 7, 2003
This interactive CD-ROM helps school administrators and state and local public safety officials better prepare for bomb threats against schools. It provides a flexible process that will work for any school and ensures that each school will create an effective plan tailored to its situation. The CD-ROM also is supported by a Web site, THREATPLAN.org.
Homeland Security: The Role of Schools in a Post 9-11 Environment
National School Safety Center, 2003
This online document emphasizes the need for schools to develop emergency procedures that include threat assessment protocol, campus access policies, disaster-specific response plans, staff training, notification procedures, student drills, and appropriate recordkeeping systems.
Letter From the Department of Education Regarding the Terrorist Attack in Beslan, Russia
U.S. Department of Education, October 2004
This letter shares information regarding some lessons learned from the Beslan school incident in an effort to better understand how it happened and apply lessons that might be used to protect U.S. schools.
Managing Schools Under the Threat of Terrorism: An Opportunity to Train, Practice, Drill
National School Safety Center, 2003
An outline for onsite training in how to manage a school under the threat of terrorism is summarized in this National School Safety Center document.
Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities
Department of Education, 2003
This guide offers schools, districts, and communities the critical concepts and components of good crisis planning, stimulates thinking about the crisis preparedness process, and provides examples of promising practices.
Teaching Guide on International Terrorism: Definitions, Causes and Responses
U.S. Institute of Peace
In an effort to assist teachers, this high school-level guide provides lesson plans, bibliographic sources, and factual material to help students explore the varying views and definitions of terrorism, some of terrorism's possible origins, and different ways in which terrorism may be addressed.
Oklahoma City—Seven Years Later: Lessons for Other Communities
National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, 2002
This pamphlet examines the lessons learned from the Oklahoma City bombing and offers advice for schools, clergy, first responders, city officials, volunteer organizations, and others.
Protecting America's Communities: An Introduction to Public Alert & Warning
Partnership for Public Warning, June 2004
This document reviews the development and evaluation of the public warning process.
Rural Communities and Emergency Preparedness
Office of Rural Health Policy, 2002
This paper addresses rural community emergency preparedness in the public health infrastructure and the ability of rural health providers to respond to emergency situations.
The State & Local Role in Domestic Defense
Progressive Policy Institute, 2002
This publication discusses the nation's law enforcement and emergency response systems and their ties to geographical jurisdictions or to specific functions, and the need to function cohesively in the event of a terrorist attack.
Threat Advisory System Response Guideline
ASIS International, October 2004
This guideline is designed to help organizations respond effectively to U.S. Department of Homeland Security advisories by assisting the private sector in preparing plans, procedures, and response strategies.
Threat Assessment Guide for Houses of Worship
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
This online booklet includes checklists to help houses of worship determine their vulnerability to fire and bombing incidents. It reviews how bombs may be used in a terrorist attack against houses of worship.

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