For the training videos, see: Staff Code Red and SST Code Red
Things to think about during a Code Red...
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Receive CatapultEMS Alert and/or intercom annoucement
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View Action & Incident Details in CatapultEMS summary page
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Take Action (e.g. Lockdown, Shelter-In-Place, Evacuate)
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Action Alerts (code red) are emergencies that interrupt your end the day of learning to take action (evacuate, lockdown, etc.) and account for your students.
When your school initiates an Action Alert, all staff receive a text message and email from CatapultEMS with a summary and a link to login to CatapultEMS. Your school may also announce the Action Alert over the PA system or via classroom call.
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Staff procedure
Complete the following tasks during an Action Alert
Read the alert details.
Take action (for example, lockdown, shelter-in-place, evacuate).
After completing the action, sign in to CatapultEMS.com to report
Your Location
Your Status
Your Students
When an Action Alert or Code Red is initiated, you will receive a text message and email from CatapultEMS containing summary information and a link to login to CatapultEMS.
Action Alerts (Code Red) are best used for emergency situations where you will end the day of learning and take action(evacuate, lockdown, etc.) and account for your students.
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When the Action Alert has been initiated, you will be walked through a wizard asking you to report your status, location, and account for any students you may have.
When accounting for students, please account for students that you can actually see.
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location
Your status
Students with you (only those you can actually see)
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Action Alert dashboard
After accounting for students, CatapultEMS displays a dashboard. From here, you can view the following:
Messages
Action Alert Details
Status
Location
Student list
Resources (maps, procedures)
You can update your status, location, and student list at any time.
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Messages
View and send messages to your Site Safety Team using the Messages button on the dashboard. A pulsing red light notifies you of new messages. To respond, type your message in the text box and choose Send.
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Resolved Action Alerts
When the Action Alert resolves, you receive an email and text message with resolution details.
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Site Safety Team procedure
Checklist
Did you use your intercom to direct staff to go to CatapultEMS?
Did you send a message to staff to create calm?
Have you looked at the Google Map to see if someone needs help?
Have all staff reported their Status?
Are all students accounted for (including absences)?
Is someone messaging staff to keep them aware of vital information?
If the Action Alert is over, did you resolve it?
Initiate Action Alert
Sign in to CatapultEMS.com
From the dashboard, choose the red Action Alert button.
Choose an action. For descriptions of each action choose Directive (on the right, labeled “2” below).
If you need to notify staff immediately, choose Send Alert Now (green button on bottom, labeled “3” below). When you send the alert, you get a 5 second countdown to cancel before the alert goes out. If you have a minute, choose Provide Detail instead, to better inform staff about the emergency.
If you choose to provide detail, complete the following, then choose Incident Action Alert:
Action
Period (if period scheduling exists)
Type of incident
Location of incident
Photo (if available)
Details
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Status and student accounting
After you initiate an Action Alert, CatapultEMS asks you to report status and account for any students, just like any other staff. For instructions, see
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Once you have initiated the Action Alert, you will be taken to your Action Alert Dashboard. From here, you can view the following:
Safety Team Chat
Staff Messages
Action Alert Detail
Your Staff and Student Status
Checklists
Your Staff LocationYour Student List
Resources (Maps, Procedures, Scripts)
Your Status, Location, and Student List can be updated at any time.
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You can view and send messages to your school administrators using the ‘Messages’ tab on the dashboard.
New messages will come in as a pulsing red light. To respond, please type your message in the chat bar and hit ‘Send’.
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When the Action Alert (Code Red) has been resolved, your dashboard will reset and you will receive another email and text message with resolution details.
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You can view staff status by selecting ‘Staff Status’ from the Dashboard.
From the Staff Status Screen, you can see all staff that have reported, their status and location, and all students they have accounted for. The chat button on the right-hand side will allow you to open two-way communication with a staff member.
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Student Accountability can be viewed by accessing the ‘Students’ button from the dashboard.
You can search for students across the ‘Unaccounted’, ‘Accounted’, and ‘Absent’ tabs using the search bar at the top as well as account and unaccount for students and mark them absent.
Selecting ‘View’ next to a student name will open their location and status, as well as list their emergency contacts.
NOTE: Only Safety Team Members can mark a student as absent.
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To view or send a message to a staff or Safety Team Member, select the ‘Staff Messages’ button from your Dashboard.
To view a submitted message, select the ‘Inbox’ tab at the top of the screen. Select the arrow next to the submitters name to view the message. From here, you can either broadcast the message to all staff members or reply to the person who sent the message.
To compose a new message, select the ‘Send Message’ tab.
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Select the ‘Staff Location’ button on your Dashboard to see a visual of all reported staff statuses.
To sort by specific status, select the status icons below the map that are not of importance. Clicking on these will toggle the status on and off on the map.
Clicking on a staff location point will show their location, role, status, and allow two-way communication.
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To resolve an Action Alert (Code Red), select the ‘Resolve Action’ button at the bottom of the dashboard.
Provide resolution details in the text box and select ‘Close Action Alert’.
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