Resources for Developing High-Quality Emergency Operations Plans (EOP)

State and Regional Resources

EOP Planning and Drafting Resources

Emergency Plans and Drills Guidance

These documents will provide the resources to develop, implement and maintain a High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plan.

Community Collaboration This guide will explain who should be included in emergency planning, how to involve community partners in drills and exercises, and considerations for Memorandums of Understanding or Agreement.

Access and Functional Needs This guide will break down key concepts related to access and functional needs planning, provide recommendations and considerations for various needs, and provide an explanation of a fillable plan that will help document and guide preparation, response and reunification of students with access and functional needs.

Incident Command System for Schools This guide breaks down key concepts related to ICS and provides an explanation of how to apply ICS fundamentals in a school setting.

Assessments and Their Utility for Schools This guide identifies and explains the necessary assessments for developing, implementing and maintaining a high-quality EOP.

Functional Annexes and Emergency Drills This guide explains required drills in Oregon, what functional annexes are, and how they are used to respond to any threat or hazard. The guide also explains the Standard Response Protocol with recommendations on how to implement the protocols for a well-prepared school.

Incident-Specific Plans This guide introduces the most common threats and hazards that exist for Oregon schools as well as some additional life, health and safety considerations that should have their own incident-specific plans. Each incident type is explained with planning considerations and additional resources for developing and implementing those plans.

EOP 101

This train-the-educator presentation was adapted with ODE formatting from the REMS presentation of the same name. The presentation here is designed to be presented in tandem with the workbook. The Risk-Assessment Tool can also be used as a supplemental resource.

EOP Train the Educator Presentation (ODE)

EOP Training Workbook

Risk Assessment Tool

Supporting and Supplemental Training Topics

These training presentations are supplemental to the EOP 101 training presentation. The topics in these presentations are crucial to consider when drafting any school or district EOP.

Planning for disabled-access and functional needs students

Writing Memorandums of Understanding or Agreement

Incident Command System (ICS) for Schools

FEMA Online Training Resources

Examples and Fillable Templates

These documents are shared as examples that can be used to complete an EOP and improve a school or district's emergency preparedness.

Personal Emergency Accommodation Plan (fillable)

Sample Memorandum of Understanding

Sample Communications Plan (Annex)

Emergency Communication Plan ORS 339.324 This document provides guidance on how to craft required communication to parents and guardians of students following an unscheduled response to an emergency.

School Site Safety Assessment (fillable)

School Site Safety Assessment Training Presentation

Table-Top Exercises

These are scenario-based exercises that can be used to assess and develop Emergency Operations Plans.

Wildfire TTX: This scenario will guide participants through responses to a wildfire.

Bus Accident: This scenario will guide participants through responses to a bus accident.

Sever Winter Storm: This scenario will guide participants through responses during a sever winter storm that causes a power outage.

Fire in Science Lab: This scenario will guide participants through responses to a fire in the science lab.

Emailed Bomb Threat: This scenario will guide participants through responses to an emailed bomb threat.

Stranger on Campus: This scenario will guide participants through responses to a stranger identified on school grounds.

Social Media Threat: This scenario will guide participants through responses to a social media threat.

National Resources

Guide for Developing a High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)

The link above will take you to a walk-through guide on the recommended process for creating a school emergency operations plan. The guide is on the REMS website (Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools). If you would like to get ahead of some upcoming training or would like a refresher on training already received, then you may find the walk-through guide is both useful and to-the-point.

You can also  download a PDF  of the process here.

Emergency Management Interactive Tools

The resources at the above link are helpful for all stages of the planning process. REMS has included some interactive tools that will help you assess your school environment, write your plan and even assess the strengths of your current plan.

I Love U Guys Foundation

The “I Love U Guys” Foundation serves the lives of students, administrators, public safety experts, families, and first responders through the development and training of school and community safety and family reunification programs. They have developed the Standard Response Protocol and the Standard Reunification Method that are referenced and integrated in many of the training materials and other documents shared by the School Safety and Emergency Management program.

Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium

The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium, led by The Center for Rural Development, is a DHS funded program providing training and resources to rural first responders.

FEMA Emergency Management Institute

To support the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA's goals by improving the competencies of the U.S. officials in Emergency Management at all levels of government to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the potential effects of all types of disasters and emergencies on the American people.

Safe and Supportive Schools

The U. S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) announced the launch of the Safe and Supportive Schools website, representing another step to provide the expertise and technical assistance needed to keep students safe.

FEMA for Kids

This site teaches kids how to be prepared for disasters and prevent disaster damage. You can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories and become a Disaster Action Kid.

Red Cross - Masters of Disaster

This site provides a wide range of disaster curriculum for elementary and middle school teachers. The curriculum is divided by grade level and then by disaster for easy reference.

PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum

Developed by the National Association of School Psychologists the PREPaRE training is designed to help schools committed improve and strengthen their school crisis management plans and emergency response. It provides training for school personnel in crisis preparation, prevention, intervention, response, and recovery procedures, with a special emphasis on the role of school-based mental health professionals.