Conclusion (continued)

Managers of educational and institutional facilities should:

Have a communications plan for occupants of the facility, family members and others, and the media.
Become familiar with the resources that the municipality (including a possible Community Emergency Response Team or CERT) can provide.
Provide regular in-service training for employees that covers various emergency scenarios.
Conduct tabletops and other tests of evacuation and shelter-in-place plans.
Have a continuity of operations plan that includes plans for recovering from an incident that requires evacuation or shelter-in-place.