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575 School Safety: Crisis Planning
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Sequence of Crisis Management

Recent research shows experts employ four phases of crisis management, which include the following:

  1. Mitigation/prevention looks at how schools and districts can reduce or eliminate the risk to life and property.
  2. Preparedness focuses on the process of planning for the worst-case scenario.
Crisis management is a continual process.
  1. Response deals with the steps to take during a crisis.
  2. Recovery deals with how to restore the learning and teaching environment after a crisis.

It is important to remember that crisis management is a continual process. All the plans and procedures are constantly reviewed and revised if needed. Plans can always be updated based on research, experiences, and changing vulnerabilities.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-3. Which of the following stages in the crisis management sequence looks at how schools and districts can reduce or eliminate the the risk to life and property?