Hour-Zero™ is an emergency preparedness program designed specifically for schools.

Hour-Zero™, a proven emergency response solution, deals with school districts’ worst nightmares, ranging from medical emergencies to violence to catastrophic acts of nature to horrific accidents to terrorism.

Hour-Zero™ features stakeholder presentations, risk hazard assessments, a detailed plan which includes specific processes for schools and district departments, training, testing, plan maintenance and an extensive library of templates to manage the crisis.

The Hour-Zero™ program works through all the phases of emergency management (mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery) to ensure your district has a complete emergency response program.

Hour-Zero™ works in unison with cooperating agencies to provide a standardized plan of action for each department and school, utilizing ICS, NIMS, industry best practices and government standards.

Hour-Zero™ ensures your plan is solid, your staff trained and your plan tested.

• Ensures individual school plans dovetail with and are supported by the district’s overall plan; as well as promoting community collaboration by coordinating with cooperating emergency response agencies.
• Addresses the development, rollout, stakeholder presentations, training, testing and annual maintenance/updates needed to implement the plan through out the school district.
• Was developed by experts with hands-on experience dealing with school crises.
• Employs the Incident Command System (ICS), in a way that is practical and functional for a school district.
• Includes 300+ communications templates to ensure accurate and timely information to all stakeholders under times of stress.
• Gives school and district staff the ability and confidence to deal with crisis situations.
• Acknowledges and respects the authority of each school and district administrator while providing a consistent response program throughout the district.
• Provides the COMPLETE emergency management solution for districts from assessments through to plan maintenance.