The state requires schools to hold four lockdown drills a school year, and eight fire or other "evacuation" drills. Students and parents do not have to be alerted before evacuation drills ...

On March 4, 1908, a fire erupted at Lakeview Elementary School in Collinwood, Ohio. Among the frightened students was 9-year-old Niles Thompson, who, in a desperate attempt to escape the flames, le… ...

MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University is hosting the Macomb School District as it conducts an off-site evacuation and a reunification drill for the Macomb Middle School students at Western Hall ...

9/11/24 Media Kit. 7/20/23 Our Services. 7/22/15 Key Issues. 3/12/25 News Releases. 11/3/23 Faculty Experts. 1/5/24 UB in the News. 9/11 ... With New York State’s Board of Regents recently adopting ...

All drills must be recorded, and students and staff must be notified before starting the lockdown drill. Districts are still required to conduct 13 drills per school year: 8 evacuation drills ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Parents in New York state will soon be notified at least a week in advance of evacuation, lockdown and other safety drills under new education amendments. The New York ...

Mock Drill: India is gearing up for a massive civil defence mock drill today, May 7 — the largest of its kind since the 1971 Bangladesh war. Directed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), this ...

Thousands of Pierce County students participated in a lahar, an evacuation drill, to prepare for the possible eruption of Mount Rainier. This drill took place in Puyallup at the Washington State ...

Hundreds of residents participated in Marin County’s largest evacuation drill, simulating a real-life emergency in Mill Valley. The exercise brought together local, county, and state agencies to ...

New York, home of the nation’s largest school district, is banning realistic active shooter drills, following years of activism by parents and lawmakers who say the drills traumatize children ...

This fall began a new procedure where approximately 6 million parents in New York State are notified at least one week before a school lockdown or evacuation drill. The drills must be age-appropriate ...