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Wake County schools describe new plain-language emergency protocol and rollout of Rave panic app
Summary
Wake County Public Schools officials described adopting a plain-language Standard Response Protocol, expanding the opt-in Rave panic/communication app and coordinating emergency shelters with Wake County Emergency Management. The committee approved meeting minutes and voted to enter closed session to develop prevention plans under state statute.
Wake County Public Schools officials on Feb. 10 detailed plans to move from code-based alerts to a plain-language Standard Response Protocol (SRP) and outlined progress rolling out the Rave panic-alert and communication app across district properties.
Scott, a Wake County Public Schools official leading the briefing, said the SRP replaces coded terms such as "code red" and "code yellow" with action-focused language — for example, "secure," "hold," "lockdown," "evacuate" and "shelter" — so staff, students and outside responders know exactly what to do. "Plain language tells you a specific action word that you're gonna be easily understanding the action that goes behind it," Scott said, arguing the approach offers more flexibility for varied incidents than the older code-based system.
Scott described the Rave system now in use as a geofenced, staff-facing app that can send a panic alert to the county 911 center, the district command center and the individual who activated the alert; it also supports two-way text so staff can…
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