CHAPTER 92
HB 556 – FINAL VERSION
2007 SESSION
04/05
HOUSE BILL 556
AN ACT relative to school emergency response plans.
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Hammond, Graf 11; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. Hamm, Merr 4
This bill requires public and nonpublic schools to develop and implement a site-specific emergency response plan which is based on and conforms to the Incident Command System and the National Incident Management System.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0967
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to school emergency response plans.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
92:1 New Subdivision; Emergency Response Plans. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 63 the following new subdivision:
Emergency Response Plans
189:64 Emergency Response Plans.
I. Within 2 years of the effective date of this section, every public and nonpublic school shall develop a site-specific school emergency response plan which is based on and conforms to the Incident Command System and the National Incident Management System. The plan shall provide that at least 2 of the currently required number of fire evacuation drills shall be emergency response drills. The plan shall address hazards including but not limited to acts of violence, threats, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, structural fire, wildfire, internal and external hazardous materials releases, medical emergencies, and any other hazard deemed necessary by school officials and local emergency authorities. The first emergency response drill shall be conducted within one year of the completion of the plan.
II. The plan shall be coordinated with local emergency authorities and with the emergency operations plan in the municipality in which the school is located. A school shall review its plan at least annually, and shall update the plan, as necessary. The director of homeland security and emergency management, department of safety shall assist school districts in conducting training for and providing support to school districts in the development, implementation, and review of an emergency response plan, as may be needed.
92:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
Approved: June 11, 2007
Effective: July 1, 2007