1. Hancock County Public Safety and School Officials November 8, 2013 OHIO MARCS IN-SCHOOL RADIO Reduces Response Time and Protects Our Schools !

3. Background: December 14, 2012 Police Response Time At Sandy Hook? At the police station, dispatchers began to take calls from inside the school. Authorities say the first emergency call about the shooting came in at "approximately" 9:30 a.m. "Sandy Hook school. Caller is indicating she thinks someone is shooting in the building," a dispatcher told fire and medical personnel, according to 911 tapes. http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/us/sandy-hook- timeline/?hpt=hp_c2

4. How Dispatch Works A call comes into first responders from several sources  During Sandy Hook there was a “Brown Out”, calls flooded the system.  This prevented vital information from getting through ◦When an event happens the Dispatcher must triage what is happening

5. Dispatch Triage Triage usually works like this based on all things being equal: 1.Radio Traffic 2.Phone 3.Walk Ins It took approximately SEVEN MINUTES for the first police officer to be dispatched to Sandy Hook!!! What will ALWAYS take first precedent over all information is when an emergency alert comes over the system?

6. EMERGENCY ALERT

7. SOLUTION

8. OHIO MARCS in Schools ◦Simplified system allows for ease of use ◦Immediate communication with first responders ◦Prevents confusion over emergency needs ◦Reduces response time by immediately identifying incident as an emergency “In a crisis, seconds make the difference”

9. Considerations Radio Placement in the School

10. MARCS and First Responders

11. Be Prepared not Scared “Schools are not powerless… Preparation allows violence to be dealt with as soon as it occurs…” -Stephen R. Sroka, PhD, Lakewood, Ohio after the Chardon H.S. Shooting

12. Discussion ◦There are at least 88 solutions!!! Questions? ◦Darryl Anderson, Program Director Ohio MARCS 4200 Surface Road Suite 321 Columbus, OH 43228 darryl.anderson@das.ohio.gov (614)207-4453 24/7/52!!