Professional Articles
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Thinking Tactically in a Tactical Situation
The use of distraction tactics, followed by close-quarters combat (using physical force to overwhelm and/or restrain…
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How to Create an Effective Tornado Protocol for Your Campus
Schools should conduct hazard analyses, space calculations, and site assessments so that everyone on campus can…
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Earthquake Preparedness 101
Earthquakes are cataclysmic events that rapidly overwhelm a school’s emergency response capabilities. School safety leaders need…
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Shelter in the Storm: Where do We Go?
Springtime in the U.S. heralds the arrival of the major tornado season. It also heralds the…
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Knowledge Made Possible by Enhanced Communications Equals Power
When a bus incident report comes in, we try to collect as much information as possible.…
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A Primer: Natural Disaster and Preparation
An EF-5 tornado is one of the most devastating natural disasters a school can face, but…
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14 Severe Weather Survival Tips
Vulnerability assessments, using safe rooms, following the two-wall rule, and planning for students with special needs…
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Fight, Flight, or Lockdown
Active response training trains students and staff to respond to active shooters, and has been developed and…
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Tornado Survival Guide for Schools
After an EF4 tornado hit a school in Henryville, IN, the author provides research-based ideas to…
Stephen C. Satterly, II - Author 