Disaster planning in an age of mass violence. How schools are preparing for the threat of emergency situations

Disaster planning in an age of mass violence. How schools are preparing for the threat of emergency situations. Scott Lowry - StrataSite founder and president. Retired Findlay PD Lieutenant. Instructor of Dept of Homeland Security classes on Crisis Management for Schools Matt Cooper - Findlay School Board President and Battalion Chief of the Findlay Fire Department, where he has served the community for 16 years. Cooper is also involved in Fire Department Operations for Tactical Emergency Medical Services with the Findlay Police Department. Matt has been instrumental in the selection and deployment of StrataSite for his community. StrataSite is a Toledo company meant to remove roadblocks toward the “outside” emergency response plan creation, sharing and adoption between all responding agencies during an emergency. The program serves hundreds of schools in Ohio and Michigan. Dr. Lisa Pescara-Kovach, Ph.D. - UT | Center for Education in Mass Violence and Suicide Dr. Pescara-Kovach teaches graduate-level courses in school violence, prevention through postvention of mass violence, domestic terrorism, and suicide.