Safe Schools Will Be Promoted Using 3D Television

SchoolSAFE Communications chose School Safety Partners to produce the 3D campaign.

It will feature stereoscopic scenes and 3D animation.

The 3D content will be used to honor teachers and staff who offer “safe learning space” for the students, according to a statement from SchoolSAFE.

In addition, the campaign will explain how schools need to plan for various kinds of incidents and emergencies.

These include: active shooter, animals, blast, bomb threat, bus accident, chemical spill, earthquake, fire, flood, food contamination, gas odor, intruder, lightning, noncustodial parent, pandemic, power outage, sports injury, substance abuse, suicide threat, tornado, violent student, and winter storm, the statement said.

In addition, SchoolSAFE will use 3D video scenes to train staff on how to respond to crises. Staff will experience stress and will be trained to take action to keep schools safe. Those being trained will likely communicate with first responders. There will be two-way, radio interaction during school emergencies.

The video will be shot in Los Angeles.

National Safe Schools Week will be held Oct. 16-22, 2011.

The SchoolSAFE Network is focused on school safety including – prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, the statement said.

“The network provides a unique technology that allows instant communications between all radio-equipped school staff and any first responders who may be called in to a school crisis,” according to SchoolSAFE statement. “SchoolSAFE currently maintains a statewide interoperable communications network for schools in Colorado, and is implementing a communications management system for a national network.”

The SchoolSAFE Network infrastructure in Colorado was funded from grants provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the Department of Homeland Security, the Army, as well as local public safety agencies.

In related news, TMCnet reported last year that SchoolSAFE Communications offers schools services to improve safety programs and concurrently lower costs. The program is called "School Safety 360.”