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Emergency Procedures

Every school and facility in our District must have an emergency operations plan (EOP) that utilizes the Incident Command System (ICS). This manual equips our buildings with an EOP template, ICS job descriptions, emergency procedures, emergency contact numbers, forms and checklists, and a guide to drills and drill procedures to complete an emergency operations plan.

The objective is to become more effective in mitigating, preventing, preparing, responding, and recovering from emergencies and disasters; and to be better partners with local emergency response efforts in saving lives, protecting school property, and preserving the environment.

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Emergency Preparedness Documentation

The emergency procedures section of all emergency preparedness manuals contains the procedures for the following emergencies and disasters:

  • Bomb or Suspicious Device
  • Civil Disturbance/Hostile Acts
  • Earthquake
  • Evacuation
  • Explosion
  • Field Trip Emergency
  • Fire or Fire Alarm
  • Hazardous Material Spill (Off-Site)
  • Hazardous Material Spill (On-Site)
  • Hostage
  • Lock Out
  • Lock Down
  • Medical Emergency
  • Multiple Casualty Incident
  • Parent/Student Reunification
  • Poisoning
  • Power Outage/Utility Disruption
  • School Bus Accident
  • Shelter in Place
  • Vehicle Accident (Other than School Bus)
  • Weather-Related Incident

We regularly partner with Shoreline Police, Shoreline Fire, Lake Forest Park Police, City of Shoreline and Northshore Emergency Management Coalition to conduct school safety and security site assessments that also help establish and maintain connections between these partners and school and district leadership. All schools and buildings have been visited once or more in the past two years, and we plan to visit all schools annually.

Our schools have secure perimeters where that is possible, most have secured vestibules, and all have cameras that monitor at least the main entrances. We have a vape detector trial running at one school to explore how to use this technology in our buildings. Every school and facility in our District has an emergency operations plan (EOP) that utilizes the Incident Command System (ICS).

For the 2024-25 school year, flipcharts have been replaced by easy-to-spot, colorful Emergency Procedures Posters throughout school classrooms, offices, and common spaces. These posters can be quickly referenced by teachers, staff, students, and visitors to our schools and district offices:

Image of a poster containing Shoreline School District emergency procedures

 

Emergency Drills at School

Each school in Shoreline School District conducts monthly safety drills in compliance with OSPI requirements.

Drills are taught and executed with age-appropriate information and materials. Lock down drills are typically performed twice each school year at all schools. Below you can see the student lock down drill videos shown in classrooms to students in grades kindergarten-5 and in grade 6-12 classrooms.