TxSSC Staff Attends Homeland Security Training
The Texas School Safety Center staff recently completed Homeland Security training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), located in Anniston, Alabama. The CDP is operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the only federally-chartered Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training facility in the Nation.
The Texas School Safety Center, housed at Texas State University - San Marcos was created in 1999 and serves as a central location for school safety information, and provides schools with research, training, and technical assistance on the issues of school safety. TxSSC now has several trainers certified to provide training on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Management System (ICS) and can now provide this training to school districts throughout the state. TxSSC trainers spent a lot of time providing workshops and presentations to not only educators and administrators, but to school based law enforcement as well. The CDP training was the most extensive hands-on training the staff has ever taken part in and gave them a better understanding on what it means to be a first responder in extreme situations.
