Education Facility Security Handbook

In the last decade, more than 300 violent deaths have occurred in or near school campuses. This handbook seeks to help anyone connected with the design, construction, or administration of schools protect our schools and those within them by providing easy-to-follow guidelines for building safer school environments.

School security is one of the most pressing public concerns today. Yet in most schools, there is little security expertise or detailed knowledge about how to implement and manage a security program. The Handbook for School Safety and Security rectifies this problem by providing the salient information school administrators and security professionals need to address the most important security issues schools face. Made up of contributions from leading experts in school security, The Handbook for School Safety and Security provides a wealth of practical information for securing any K-12 school. It discusses key approaches and best practices for school crime prevention, including such topics as crisis management and mass notification. It also covers the physical measure needed for protecting a school, including detailed discussions of access control, lighting, alarms, and locks. While there is no single fix for the myriad of security challenges facing today’s school security professionals, the best practices found in The Handbook for School Safety and Security will help increase the safety and security of any school. Brings together the collective experience of industry-leading subject matter specialists into one resource. Covers all the key areas needed for developing and implementing a school security program. Includes a list of 100 things to know when developing a school security program.

This handbook provides detailed security procedures to protect facilities against terrorism and violent crimes. It includes comprehensive security information for all major public, federal and private buildings, and infrastructures that millions of people frequent daily for work, school or just to visit such as transportation systems, utility companies, entertainment venues, office buildings and educational institutions.

A guide for facility managers of varying types of facilities including, apartment buildings/complexes, office buildings, retail stores, educational facilities (schools), restaurants, and countless others. It will look specifically at the physical similarities inherent in all buildings/facilities and delve into the operational/maintenance needs, access control, audit proceedures and emergency procedure requirements. It provides procedures and policy direction in facilities that are lacking such formalized doctrine and gives a starting point to run their facilities in a consistent manner with a focus on safety and security, as well as keeping control of liability risk.

Written by an international team of experts from law enforcement this is an essential tool for anyone responsible for facility management, from risk managers to security directors to emergency responders. A simple five-phase methodology covers each critical element of disaster management

This book outlines programs and procedures that can be applied to any school system to address hazard mitigation and prevention, emergency preparedness and response, and recovery and restoration of school functions to an effective learning environment.