​Mom..Dad, what should I do if someone at school starts shooting? How would you answer? 
Unfortunately, this question may be asked and you will need to rise to the occasion and have an answer. The day has passed that you can brush it off and respond, “not to worry.” We are living in it now.

We suggest the following basic responses to your children by helping them understand three encompassing scenarios:

1. See but CANNOT Hear 
2. See AND Hear
3. Hear but CANNOT See.

Above all, your child needs to understand that if at any time they feel unsafe or in danger, they need to do all in their power to get safe and out of danger. In discussing this, it is important for your child to understand the difference between cover and concealment. Cover protects you from harm. Concealment hides you from harm. Below, are the three scenarios and ways in which you can help your child know how to respond appropriately.

Scenario 1 – See but CANNOT Hear
If you can see a weapon but CANNOT hear anything (it is not being used), do 
the following: 
Leave the area immediately and get somewhere where big, heavy stuff (cover) is between you and the person with the weapon. 
Your kids need to know if there is something that can potentially harm them, they need to get somewhere safe. This step creates distance and cover between them and a potential threat. 
Report it immediately to a teacher or responsible adult.As soon as possible, while leaving the area, kids need to know the importance of reporting to the first adult they see. 
Get as safe as possible. Continually get as far away from the danger as possible and keep as much big, heavy stuff between you and the person with the weapon. Being truly safe is a continual process. 
As things change, so does the level of safety. Teaching this correctly allows for kids to have the mindset of always getting to a safer and more secure position, keeping a few steps ahead of potential danger at all times. 
If you can’t leave, stay quiet and hide. If you are not able to go anywhere or do so safely, secure and barricade your location as much as possible.
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We strive for simplicity. We have spent countless hours testing and developing, and testing and testing and more testing to create the simplest user interface for school security.

"...Recognize that under stress you’re not going to be at your best, and you should put systems in place."
- Dan Levitan 
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In this post you can read an interesting article below to see how the brain reacts under stress, this will help you understand why we go to great lengths to give our end-users (teachers and first responders) the easiest and simplest way to communicate in an emergency.
​As you can see in the image, in three simple steps you can send out a custom alert to teachers, administration and law enforcement. In a matter of seconds, DIR-S relays the locations of users, critical information about the alert and access to electronic emergency plans. Simplicity plays a key role in our company - Get safe. Stay safe. 

At a TED talk in September, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin told a story of how a few years ago he broke into his own house.

After having driven home around midnight in winter, Levitin found that he didn’t have his keys.
“In fact, I could see them through the window, lying on the dining room table where I had left them,” he said. “I ran around and tried all the other doors and windows, but they were locked tight. I couldn’t go back to my friend’s house for the night because I had an early flight to Europe the next morning, and I needed to get my passport and my suitcase.

“I found a large rock and broke through the basement window. I figured that in the morning, on the way to the airport, I could call my contractor and ask him to fix it. Now, I know a little bit about how the brain performs under stress. It releases cortisol that raises your heart rate, it modulates adrenaline levels and it clouds your thinking. So the next morning, when I woke up on too little sleep, worrying about the hole in the window, a mental note that I had to call my contractor, the freezing temperatures, and the meetings I had upcoming in Europe, my thinking was cloudy.”

Needless to say it wasn’t until he got to the airport that he realised he didn’t have his passport. So he raced home in the snow, got his passport, raced back to the airport, and made it just in time – due to his late arrival however, his pre-booked seat had already been given away to someone else.

“Well, I had a lot of time to think during those eight hours and no sleep,” he said. “And I started wondering whether there were things I could do that would prevent bad things from happening. Or at least if bad things happen, will minimise the likelihood of it being a total catastrophe. But my thoughts didn’t crystallise until about a month later. I was having dinner with my colleague, Nobel Prize winner Danny Kahneman, and I told him about having broken my window. Kahneman shared with me that he’d been practicing something called prospective hindsight.

“It’s something that he had gotten from the psychologist Gary Klein, who had written about it a few years before, called the pre-mortem. Now, you all know what the postmortem is. Whenever there’s a disaster, a team of experts come in and they try to figure out what went wrong. Well, in the pre-mortem, Kahneman claimed you look ahead and you try to figure out all the things that could go wrong, and then you try to figure out what you can do to minimise the damage.

“There are some things we can do in the form of a pre-mortem. Some of them are obvious, so i’ll talk about the not so obvious ones. Remember, when you’re under stress, the brain releases cortisol. Cortisol is toxic, and it causes cloudy thinking. Part of the practice of the pre-mortem is to recognise that under stress you’re not going to be at your best, and you should put systems in place...

To read the entire article click here:
https://realbusiness.co.uk/hr-and-management/2015/12/30/how-to-stay-calm-when-you-know-youll-be-stressed/

MISSION
​The "I Love U Guys" Foundation was created to restore and protect the joy of youth through educational programs and positive actions in collaboration with families, schools, communities, organizations and government entities.

KIDS AND SCHOOLS
​After extensive research, The "I Love U Guys" Foundation developed the Standard Response Protocol (SRP), a classroom response to any critical incident.
In 2012 the Foundation introduced the Standard Reunification Method (SRM), a practice that helps schools reunite students and parents with greater accountability and less uncertainty.

How it Works
Any school, district, department, agency or organization can use the materials FREE of charge. All we ask is that the Foundation is notified - srp@iloveuguys.org

Download Now
http://iloveuguys.org/srp_the_paperback.html​

Sources: 
http://iloveuguys.org/how_it_works.html
​http://iloveuguys.org/response.html

​Incident report systems help notify emergency services and authorities of any emergencies occurring in specific locations. In this instance, the location we are focusing on are college campuses. An incident report system is similar to a mass notification system, as it is geared towards notifying people and coordinating emergency response efforts. Incident report systems are integral to the success of emergency response plans on college campuses. These systems allow campuses to effectively manage any real or perceived threats that they face, and it helps them actively guard against damage and loss of life.
 
These systems come in handy due to the unique nature of a college campus. College campuses tend to be much larger than most office buildings or apartment complexes, and they are usually more densely populated. This means that in the event of an emergency, you have to notify more people over a wider surface area. Incident report systems like the DIR-S are uniquely geared towards making this possible. They work in conjunction with emergency safety plans and physical security measures to reduce the dangers that students and teachers face. Here are some of the key benefits of implementing incident report systems on college campuses:

​One of the main benefits of an incident report system is that it helps college campuses spread the word of emergency incidents and threats in real time. College campuses feature many different people from all walks of life. Each of these people receives and processes information in a plethora of ways. This means that in the event of an emergency, real or perceived, everyone will react in a different way if they receive information at different times and from different sources. Incident report systems look to negate this possibility by reporting incidents in real time and in a uniform way that students, faculty, and staff are accustomed to. It is always best to have a standardized way of notifying your students and teachers of any impending threats.
 
As part of emergency response plans, incident report systems drastically increase the success of emergency response efforts. A reporting system like DIR-S helps keep everyone in the loop, which promotes safety. This means that teachers, students, and emergency workers will receive real time reports about the status of an emergency within their location. A feature like this comes in handy on large campuses where a threat might not be contained in one area. It allows information to be shared if an all clear is given, or if a threat is potentially going to escalate to another location. Time is of the essence in every emergency, and reporting incidents in real time allows for more efficient responses.  

As I pointed out, time is of the essence, and no one understands this more than emergency responders. In order to provide emergency relief services to the best of their abilities, responders rely on accurate and timely information. Incident report systems help them achieve this. Utilizing an incident reporting system puts the entire college campus layout in the palms of a safety responders hands.
 
It allows them to communicate with people that are in need and also pinpoint which locations might need the most help. This is crucial on a college campus, especially one that responders might not be familiar with. Rather than spreading emergency responders thin to try and see where help is required, they can maximise their efforts and resolve the emergency in a timely fashion.
 
With an incident report system in place, emergency responders response times will sky rocket. Streamlining the response process benefits emergency responders and members of a college campus as well. Emergency safety plans that do not take advantage of streamlined forms of communication are risking the safety and well being of their students, faculty, and staff. Utilizing a system that keeps emergency responders in the loop helps promote faster response times, which leads to dangerous situations being taken care of in a timely manner. 

Incident report systems increase the level of coordination between emergency responders and individuals on a college campus. Coordination might very well be the unsung hero in most emergency plans because, without it, even the best-laid plans can fall apart. The need for enhanced coordination and communication protocols is even more prevalent on a college campus. Students, faculty, and staff should have an easy way of knowing what to do when they are faced with an emergency situation.
 
For example, if students are holed up in a classroom seeking refuge during a school lockdown in an emergency situation, they should have access to information that tells them about the state of things in their surrounding area. Access to this information will influence the actions they take if they are given the all clear or if there is danger headed their way. Ideally, college campuses should have an adequate means of securing the doors to all classrooms and offices, so that students or teachers are not left to improvise physical security measures that might leave them vulnerable.
 
Also, in the event of an injury, properly coordinating and communicating with emergency responders and emergency medical technicians (EMT) can potentially help save someone's life. Communication and coordination actively help speed up the way campuses share information and this, in turn, helps emergency responders get where they are needed in an efficient manner. 

​Incident report systems help college campuses gain a better grasp on managing emergency situations that crop up. Management simply means that college campuses react in the appropriate way in the face of any impending threats. Having the ability to notify members of your college community of any dangers they face allows your emergency safety plans to kick in without a hitch.
 
If an evacuation is necessary, everyone will have the necessary information that shows them where to go. College officials will be able to communicate with emergency response teams and notify them of the assistance they need. An incident report system is able to collect data from multiple sources within the college campus to give officials and emergency responders a better view of the work that needs to be done. Once college campuses have the tools to manage an emergency situation, they are poised to react better. 

Staying safe in emergency situations that pop up on a college campus can be tricky. However,  with the help of incident report systems emergency responders are able to effectively reach all members of the college campus community and help them stay safe. 

Let us suggest 5 simple steps to help prepare you and your school for an emergency. 

1.  Free consultation with one of our security experts to discuss where you are at and where you need to go.

2. Conduct a Security Assessment of your school to identify any vulnerabilities.

3. Develop an Emergency Plan that fits your needs, so everyone is on the same page    and have a plan for success.

4. Teach your people correct principles for success in any emergency. 
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5.  Implement a communications plan to handle any situation.

Contact us for more information at support@tresitgroup.com or 435-258-7930

The sooner someone – anyone – effectively intervenes through an act of courage, the fewer funerals will result. In past incidents, active shooters have been thwarted by police officers, security guards and school teachers.
In October 2006, Principal John Klang of Weston High School in Cazenovia, Wis., died wrestling an armed 15 year-old student to the floor. Klang saved every life in the school – except his own.

Mom..Dad, what should I do if someone at school starts shooting? How would you answer?
Unfortunately, this question may be asked and you will need to rise to the occasion and have an answer. The day has passed that you can brush it off and respond, “not to worry.” We are living in it now.

We suggest the following basic responses to your children by helping them understand three encompassing scenarios:

1. See but CANNOT Hear 
2. See AND Hear
3. Hear but CANNOT See.

Above all, your child needs to understand that if at any time they feel unsafe or in danger, they need to do all in their power to get safe and out of danger. In discussing this, it is important for your child to understand the difference between cover and concealment. Cover protects you from harm. Concealment hides you from harm. Below, are the three scenarios and ways in which you can help your child know how to respond appropriately.