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Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates

NOVEMBER 2 , 2018

Facilities: Proactively Mitigating

Damages, Prior to a Threat

Entering the Building

PRESENTS

TEAM INTRODUCTION

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Proactively Mitigating Damages,

Prior to a Threat Entering the Building

THE PANEL:

• Harry Bradley, Sr. Fire Protection Engineer,

Maryland State Fire Marshall’s Office

• Dino Pignataro, Deputy Director, Maryland

Center for Public School Safety

• Captain John Muhitch, Fire Marshall City of

Annapolis, Tactical Medical Team Coordinator

• Merril Plait, Director of Office of Facilities

Construction & Improvement – Baltimore Co. P.S.

• Jeffrey Straub, Principal, CPTED Certified,

Crabtree, Rohrbaugh Architects

I want the level of security in our

schools to provide a safe and

nurturing learning environment.

Our students and staff need to feel

safe knowing those security

provisions are in place but without

seeing and feeling them, just like

when you are visiting Disney

World. You know they are in place,

but it doesn’t take away from the

experience of learning.

What Are Safe Schools?

At early stages design stages engage:

• Administration & Staff

• Students & Parents

• Community

• State

• First Responders

Types of Threats:

• Bullying

• Fire/EMS

• Assailant

• etc.

Challenge - identifying security

elements

• Standardization isn’t possible

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School Superintendent

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• School Drivable Curbing

• School Ballards off Street

• School Fire Hydrant blocked

by gates

• School FDC Access

Perspective is Everything:

What Are Safe Schools?

• School Parking Ballards

• School first gate

• school second gate

• School portables fencing

Perspective is Everything:

What Are Safe Schools?

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Is it truly possible to design a SAFE school?

MARYLAND CENTER FOR SCHOOL SAFETY

• Legislatively created in 2013

• Housed at MD Coordination Analysis Center

• Resources Provided:

• Training, Comprehensive clearinghouse for School Safety Information

• Adopted a “Regional” approach similarto MIEMSS and MEMA

• Facilities:

• Safety & Security Glazing onWindows

• Dead Bolt Locking Systems

By Show of Hands:

1. Prior to this morning’s opening session,

how many of you knew that there was

an actual Center for MD Public School

Safety?

2. How many of you in facilities have

engaged the Center at one time or

another?

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• $10,600,000 for specificschool safety measures.

• School systems will receivea grant award based upon:

• Base amount plus a Perpupil allotment

• Ten areas defined by the MCSSSubcabinet

Maryland Safe to Learn Act 2018

You will receive inquiries from:• County Officials

• Sales representatives

• Parents / PTA

• Students

• School systems are teachingoptions based measures

• Run, Hide, Fight

• Avoid, Deny, Defend

• ALICE System

What this Legislation Means for Your LEA?

Beware of “Carpet Baggers” and

Don’t Circumvent the Code!

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Don’t Circumvent Code

Commercially available:

Commercially available:

Don’t Circumvent Code

For the 2nd half of the presentation, open Part II