Federal Emergency Management Agency 428
- Presents tactics for building scientists and school administrators to perform risk management in relation to the safety of students, teachers, and staff for vulnerabilities to various terrorist threats by identifying the best and most cost-effective terrorism mitigation measures for each school´s unique security needs
- Discusses site, layout, building design guidance, and safety plans as well as measures that provide an acceptable level of protection.
- Clarifies explosive blast theory, and presents chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) measures that can minimize school vulnerabilities and reduce associated risk for terrorist tactics or technological hazards
- Describes safe rooms within schools that will resist CBR and blast threats, and is intended to provide school authorities with the basic workings of a system to protect the children
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 428, titled Primer to Design Safe School Projects in Case of Terrorist Attacks: Providing Protection to People and Buildings, in the Federal Emergency Management Agency´s Risk Management Series disseminates information on how to perform a risk assessment, design a safer building and layout, and create plans for school safety.
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