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District updates board on new digital mapping, police drills and emergency messaging
Summary
The district's director of safety and security told trustees about a digital mapping system shared with local EMS and police, recent police walkthroughs and tabletop and live drills to test incident command and communications.
Josh, the district's high school principal and director of safety and security, briefed the board on improvements to emergency response systems, including a grant-funded digital mapping platform used by local EMS and police.
"EMS police everybody in P county uses the system they have access to it they can get to it on their phones computers and it's very well organized," Josh said while describing the mapping tool and recent walkthroughs. He summarized a recent mock drill that simulated an explosion off campus to exercise incident command system roles and communications with emergency responders. Josh said the district is upgrading classroom message displays and testing BrightArrow mass communications to reach staff and families.
Trustees discussed offering a closed-session review or more detailed briefing for board members on response plans and asked staff to schedule an in-depth refresher for board members who have not participated in prior trainings.
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