can be easily remembered: Step One – Protect yourself; Step Two – Pro- tect others; Step Tree – Protect your place; and Step Four – Notify public safety. Te order of these steps can be modified to fit the situation when appropriate. Protecting yourself first may seem counter-intuitive for school bus drivers, but is critical for the survival of passen- gers. All public safety disciplines train their practitioners this way. Protecting others means doing what
you can to make those around you safe. Tese steps could vary greatly depend- ing on the situation, and may be as
The Window of Life is a concept based on the way public safety officials are
taught to handle life- and-death situations, but can be applied by anyone.
simple as raising an alarm. Protecting your space means considering the safety
of all bus occupants and those near the bus. Notifying Public Safety is the last step, and again,
may seem counter-intuitive. People naturally want to do this first, and in some instances, they should. However, immediate life-saving actions like ordering an emergency evacuation often needs to be taken first.
Taking a holistic approach Active shooter situations are dynamic events,
especially in the confines of a school bus. Driver preparation for this category of crisis should not focus solely on active shooter-type situations, but should encompass a holistic approach — preparing drivers for the range of incidents they could encounter.
Michael Dorn is executive director of Safe Havens International and a former school police chief. Stephen Satterly is director of school safety and transportation at Community School Corp. of Southern Hancock County in Indiana. Having extensive expertise in active shooter preparedness, both Dorn and Satterly served on the authoring team for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security IS360 Active Shooter Training Program as part of the 2013 White House School Safety Initiative. Tey also serve on the authoring team for the most heavily researched book on the topic to date: "Staying Alive – How to Act Fast and Survive Deadly Encounters," which will be released by Barron’s in bookstores this April. Tey welcome questions and feedback at www.
safehavensinternational.org.
COVER IMAGE FROM THE BOOK "STAYING ALIVE: HOW TO ACT FAST AND SURVIVE DEADLY ENCOUNTERS" - BARRON’S PUBLISHING 2014
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