School Emergency Management

School Emergency Management Partners

The Maine School Safety Center (MSSC) will provide school emergency management training for all our stakeholders and constituents. Our training will consist of a basic, intermediate, and advanced training. Here are links to our partners:

  • Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools, Technical Assistance Center website REMS TA 
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency website FEMA
  • Maine Emergency Management Agency website MEMA
  • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA

Maine Requirements

Maine DOE Rules

  • Visit School Board approval of Comprehensive Health and Safety Emergency Managment Plan here section 16
  • Lockdown and Evacuation Drills: visit the Maine Gov website and select Ch. 125 section 5.17

MEMA requirements- visit website here, visit the document here. All School Administrators should have the following FEMA courses:

Emergency Operations Planning (EOP)

The MSSC will provide guidance, technical support, training, and facilitation to the school in order to assure every school in Maine possesses a comprehensive, high-quality school emergency operations plan. 

Organizations and resources included are for reference and information only, they are not an endorsement from the Maine Department of Education.

GUIDANCE
RESOURCES
REMS TA
 CISA
EXERCISES
HANDOUTS

Grant Opportunities