Once in the field, Bradt uses the techniques of epidemiological assessment — review of primary source documents, site visits, transect walks, key informant interviews, focus groups, limited surveys, and sometimes ongoing disease surveillance — to rapidly
evaluate emergency preparedness plans, response activities, and recovery programs.
During the two - year project, Safe Havens
evaluated the district's current
emergency plans and policies relating to safety, security and
emergency preparedness, conducted safety, security and
emergency preparedness assessments at district schools, trained an internal team to conduct future annual assessments, trained the district's
plan development team and community public safety agency partner representatives on four phase school crisis
planning, helped the team develop new integrated
plan components including: