CARMEL, IND. - August
30, 2010 - Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that it has
created a new "safe school" micro-site within its website to show
support to schools during National Safe Schools Week, October 17-23. The new
site includes four sections: Safe School Activities, Safety and Security,
Facts about School Safety, and Resources.
"We felt that it
was very important to support this special week by creating a website full
of helpful information and ideas concerning school safety for principals,
security/safety directors and superintendents," emphasizes Beverly Vigue,
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies vice president, education markets. "Since
there is so much information that is valuable beyond National Safe Schools
Week, we plan to keep the site live until at least the end of this year. In
addition, we'll be emailing educators, informing them of the site."
The new "Safe School"
site is quite comprehensive. For instance, the Safe School Activities section
provides suggested activities for National Safe Schools Week broken down into
pages specifically for students and staff, the community at large and another
for emergency responder. Among the activities listed is how to start a "safe
home" program, providing a safe place for children to go when endangered
or needing assistance.
The Safety and Security
section is divided into pages on risk mitigation, prospective seminars and
security solutions. The Facts section lives up to its name by offering input
such as how 1.3 million high school students are threatened or injured with
weapons on school property at least once every year. Lastly, the Resources
section provides over two dozen links to other sites as diverse as the Federal
Grant Program to DARE.
Access to the site is available by going to www.securitytechnologies.ingersollrand.com, then clicking Industry/Education/Safe School Week. The site is already live.