Ingersoll Rand Announces Fall K-12 Security Seminar, Webinars & Grant Resources
To better help schools, integrators and security consultants keep schoolchildren and K-12 staff safe, Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, Carmel, Ind., announced an autumn line-up of support, including a special security seminar, several webinars and aid in locating funding. Both the seminar and webinars will be done in consort with Paul Timm, PSP, president of Reta Security. Timm is a board-certified Physical Security Professional (PSP), member of the Illinois Terrorism Task Force and one of the nation’s leading experts in school and campus safety.
The seminar will be held September 17, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, and is a collaboration between private partners such as Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, Timm, the American Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities (ACEF), the Texas Education Agency and Educational Service Centers across Texas. This interactive seminar will present real solutions, many of which can be implemented at little or no cost. Among the topics will be “Interactive Security Assessment Basics,” “Visitor Management Procedures,” “Overcoming Yesterday’s Design Challenges,” “Lockdown Procedures (including Active Shooter Responses)” and “Emergency Preparedness Basics.”