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Emergency Management Planning for Schools

Emergency Management Planning Updates Archive
2024
01/05/2024 View HTML Page  School Fire Reporting Law Memo
2023
11/14/2023 Download Word Document  School Behavioral Threat Assessments: An Introduction, a Train-the-Educator 4-hour Virtual Training, offered by REMS & DESE -Register for December 13 or 14, 2023
10/13/2023 Download PDF Document  Massachusetts Bomb Threat Response Guidance
09/13/2023 View External Link  Online Toolkit: Partnering to Safeguard K12 Organizations from Cybersecurity Threats
06/08/2023 View HTML Page  Medical Behavioral Health Emergency Response Model Plan now available (along with submission information)

Last Updated: January 5, 2024

 
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