ARANSAS PASS ISD has adopted The “I Love U Guys” Foundation’s Standard Response Protocol (SRP). Students and staff will be training, practicing, and drilling the protocol.
COMMON LANGUAGE
The Standard Response Protocol (SRP) is based on an all hazards approach as opposed to individual scenarios. Like the Incident Command System (ICS), SRP utilizes clear common language while allowing for flexibility in protocol. The premise is simple - there are five specific actions that can be performed during an incident. When communicating these, the action is labeled with a “Term of Art” and is then followed by a “Directive.” Execution of the action is performed by active participants, including students, staff, teachers and first responders. The SRP is based on the following actions: Hold, Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate, and Shelter.
HOLD “In Your Classroom or Area”
The action is for the purpose of keeping halls and/or common areas clear until an incident is resolved.
SECURE “Get Inside. Lock outside doors”
The action associated with Lockout is to bring participants into the building, and secures the buildings outside perimeter by locking appropriate windows, doors or other access points.
LOCKDOWN “Locks, Lights, Out of Sight”
The action associated with Lockdown is to secure individual classroom doors, move away from inside corridor line of sight and maintain silence until first responders release the room.
EVACUATE “To a location”
(Where Location is announced.) The action associated with Evacuate is to move students and staff from one location to another.
SHELTER “State Hazard and Safety Strategy”
(Where Type is dictated by weather and other hazards which can be present in the region, and Method is an appropriate shelter method for those weather and other hazards.) The action associated with Shelter is dependent on the stated Type and Method.