REMS TA Center Introduces New Tools for School Emergency Planning

The REMS TA Center has created new, interactive tools that can assist schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education (IHEs) in assessing their knowledge of emergency management, and in creating and evaluating emergency operations plans (EOPs):

• EOP ASSESS: This tool guides users through a series of questions to assess understanding of elements critical to creating and maintaining a high-quality EOP
• EOP ASSIST: This tool, offered as a web-accessible software application, directs users through a six-step planning  process that will result in the output of an EOP, developed according to the federal guidelines.
• EOP EVALUATE: This tool can help schools and IHEs evaluate an established EOP to determine whether there are areas where it can be adjusted and improved.