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School Safety and Crisis Planning
Each school in Washington is required by RCW 28A.320.125 to have a comprehensive safe school plan that addresses foreseeable emergencies and disasters. Although schools have been required to have emergency plans since 2002, Senate Bill 5097 required schools to develop updated plans meeting new standards by September 1, 2008. This same legislation also requires schools to conduct emergency drills, inventory hazardous materials, report annually on safety planning, and train principals in the incident command system.
Comprehensive safe school plans must address all four stages of the crisis planning cycle: prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. These four stages are explained below, and links are included to resources on our Web site.
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