The Emergency Plan is highly detailed and involves intense preparation on the part of schools. It's success could not be gauged unless an emergency happened, or a full-scale simulation was staged. This would be the only way to check if the plan worked before a crisis occurred, and since this plan is so complex, simulations would have to be made for each type of crisis it details, as the response to each would be different. The plan addresses most major crisis that could occur today, but no one can predict what type of crisis will occur or when, so a general plan that covers the basics is needed, and this plan is far too complex for that. A lawyer would have to assess the plan to see if there were any legal issues involved because the proposal is so complex and covers so many different situations and so many different roles for people who are not professionally trained to undertake such roles.
The plan may be feasible in large schools, but the number of staff needed to carry out the roles detailed in this handbook is well beyond the capabilities of small schools, and is unrealistic in some of its requirements. It virtually requires every staff member to be a qualified emergency response professional. For instance, teachers are told to stay with their class and remain with them until relieved of this obligation, take a roll call, yet are also required to render first aid, be knowledgeable of special medical requirements of students, restore order, assist staff and students as needed, have access to student medical information, and have access to emergency phone numbers for parents - all at the same time. One teacher cannot perform all these duties at once, particularly if students are panicking. There is supposed to be an emergency response team and a crisis management team recruited from among teachers and staff. These are roles which require particular training, knowledge and expertise, and most school staff simply wil...