The articles below cover some of the recent news regarding school security and classroom barricade devices.
- Today Show: “An exclusive look at new security measures to keep schools safe”
- NBC News Reports on Uvalde School’s Classroom Security
- QQ: Fires vs. Active Shooters in Schools
- Layered Security – Classroom door codes and guidelines
- PASS: More on Classroom Barricade Devices
- Choosing Doors for Safer Classrooms and School Facilities
- Decoded: Two Releasing Operations for Egress
- NFPA 101 – TIA 1436 (with links to testimony and other info)
- Fire Risk in Schools – NFPA Report
- Former Chardon Superintendent Leery of Door Barricades, AIA-Ohio
- What happened in Ohio?
- Why We Don’t Have to Destroy the Fire Code to Save Lockdown, Lt. Joseph Hendry
- “Buyer Beware” – Paul Timm, RETA Security
- “Ohio school safety policy should be barricaded from politics” – Ken Trump
- WW: Shattered security – Surviving Red Lake teacher calls for change
- The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio schools can’t use barricades to keep gunmen out
- Ohio decision will have nationwide impact
- WW: Meanwhile, in Arkansas…
- WW: School Security in the News
- Cook County pushing schools to become safer — with help of Homeland Security
- WWYD? School Sign-In
- Schools liable for lack of security?
- School Shootings – A closer look at the statistics
- Rehearsing for death: A pre-K teacher on the trouble with lockdown drills
- School Security in the News
- School Guard Glass
- Life Safety vs. School Security
- Lawsuit Filed Over Lax School Security
- WW: Peas and Corn
- FF: Security Mesh
- Security Screens for K-12 Entries
Each school shooting results in lessons regarding how to best secure schools. The links below lead to reports of past incidents.