The Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (CSCSHC) will be conducting a Full Scale Exercise involving an active scenario on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. It will begin around 9am, and the activity part of the exercise will end by noon. The hot wash will last the rest of the day.
This exercise will be like a Final Exam for us. For several years now our school corporation has implemented many changes in the area of school safety. New protocols, numerous tabletop exercises, and too many meetings to count. We have worked with our local law enforcement and fire safety officials to make sure we are doing all we can to make our students and staff safe and secure.
Now it's time to put all that to the test.
The following agencies will be participating in this exercise: CSCSHC, the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, the New Palestine Police Department, the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department, the Hancock County Emergency Management Agency, the Hancock County Sheriff's Department, the Fortville Police Department, The Greenfield Police Department, and the Indiana State Police Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD)Team.
This exercise will require coordination between all the above agencies, as well as student, staff and parent volunteers, and will be a major undertaking. But it will be a major learning time for us, and those who will help us if that dark day ever happens.
Keep in mind, while this is about an active shooter scenario, the lessons we learn will aplly to nearly all situations in which we integrate our response with our First Responders.
Throughout all the meetings I have attended leading up to this exercise, I have been profoundly impressed with the professionalism and competence of the police and fire officers.
Our lives could not be in better hands.
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