Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)
Easier Safety Logging for Michigan Schools
Through one of its
newest product features, the
cloud-based NaviGate Prepared
school safety system is now helping schools
throughout Michigan easily and accurately
meet the state’s annual school safety drill
requirements of Public Act 12.
NaviGate Prepared offers 24/7, real-time
access from any web-authorized device to a
school’s imperative safety information —
effectively organizing safety information
for administrators while giving first
responders “eyes on” access to everything
they need in an emergency — from floor
plans to 360-degree images and more.
The technology’s new drill log function
was designed to aid school administrators
with the management and tracking of annual
safety and training drills. It organizes
and logs all pertinent information related
to drills to better manage drills and meet
state-mandated drill requirements.
For schools in Michigan, this technology
is helping ensure school administrators
are properly scheduling and conducting
drills as well as reporting them to the
state’s county Emergency Management
Agency’s (EMA) and publically posting all
completed drill logs for each school building
in a district to the school or district
website, as required by Public Act 12.
“The new drill log feature within our
NaviGate system delivers tremendous
value to our Regional Education Service
Agency, bringing great ease to what once
was an extremely tedious process for
reporting and posting our safety drills per
the mandates of Public Act 12,” says Doug
Montey, building and grounds supervisor
for Berrien RESA (Regional Education
Service Agency). “We firmly believe in the
NaviGate Prepared technology.”
Public Act 12 outlines minimum drill
requirements for various drill types, such
as fire drills, tornado drills and more, following
suit with many other U.S. state safety
drill mandates. However, slightly more
unique to this act is that it also requires
Michigan schools to post completed drill
logs on the school or district website within
30 days of a completed drill, maintaining
these logs for at least three years.
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This article originally appeared in the issue of .