Mrs. Rabbit and her class of eager young learners are now available to help teachers in Texas and throughout the country share the Standard Response Protocol (SRP) for emergency events with students in pre-K through second grade. An animated video features the class learning in short, easily repeatable segments about each element of SRP and how to react when SRP is implemented.
“We noticed a gap in the SRP training, in that younger children might be less able to comprehend training used for older students and would enjoy and therefore pay attention more if they had an animated video geared to them,” Hays County Director of Emergency Services Kharley Smith said. Hays County collaborated with the Texas State University Institute for Government Innovation to produce the video following discussions with local stakeholders and the statewide Texas State School Safety Center.
The SRP provides a uniform response to any incident – natural or manmade – and ensures that law enforcement, first responders, school officials, teachers and students are all using a common vocabulary and following expected actions, no matter what the threat. The SRP includes four specific actions: Lockout, Lockdown, Evacuate, and Shelter.
