Schools And Disaster Planning
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Disaster Research Center
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In order to understand the process of initiating schools'
involvement in disaster planning, we will first discuss the context
of disasters toward which planning must be oriented. Second, we
will examine certain dimensions of the educational system to be
considered. In particular, we wish to emphasize the school
(a) as a structure to be secured, (b) as a location of community
members to be protected and (c) as an important community resource
to be utilized in emergency operations. We will discuss the
problem of schools which have experienced significant disaster
damages. Finally, we will turn directly to the question of
implications of these considerations for planning.