Mitigation and Prevention

District Objectives in Any Disaster

• Safety and welfare of students
• Safety and welfare of staff
• Protection of property and facilities
• Maintenance of essential services for as long as possible, shutting down least critical one first
• Restoration of services - critical ones first - in the shortest amount of time possible

Identify potential disasters for your particular area

• Natural disasters (List all potential disasters that could happen in your school areas such as floods, tornadoes, blizzards, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc)
• Violence, vandalism and school safety
• Man-made threats or terrorism
• Digital threats www.securedistrict.org
• Widespread medical emergencies and pandemics

Performing a Risk Assessment

• Analyze processes and functions deemed mission-critical.
• Identify types of potential disasters and impact of each on mission-critical items.
• Prioritize based on acceptable period of unavailability.
• Chart the workflow, considering hardware, software, people and other resource requirements for continued operations.

Consider Lack of Availability of Key Services and Operations

• What must be restored within 1 hour?
• What must be restored within 4 hours?
• What must be restored within 1 day?
• What must be restored within 3 days?
• What must be restored within 1 week?
• What could wait for 30 days or longer?

Imagine worst-case scenarios for all types of potential disasters.