Category: Press

Swedish Radio: New school app: “Communication is key”

“Communication is key,” says Olof Oskarsson, head of the municipal primary school. An alarm app will be introduced in Uppsala municipality’s primary schools during the coming academic year. The app will communicate a possible danger to those present at the school.

TV4 Grimstaskolan maj 2023

TV4: Principal of Grimsta School talks about the school attack on May 4, 2023

Tobias Hansson, the principal of Grimstaskolan in Stockholm, Sweden shares critical learnings from a knife attack that occurred at the school in May 2023. This interview is a vital case study in school safety and crisis management. Summary: The incident occurred shortly after lunch when an outsider entered the school and acted threateningly. The school’s response involved quickly understanding the severity and sheltering (invacuation and lockdown) all students inside the building for safety. The situation was quickly assessed. The decision to shelter/invacuation, opposite to evacuation, was communicated to all employees by raising the alarm in Cosafe. Staff had trained for such scenarios, including active shooter drills led by the education administration in Stockholm (all public schools in Stockholm use Cosafe). The training involved facing different incidents and how to act in emergencies, including ongoing deadly violence, invacuation, lockdown and barricading in classrooms. Students were deliberately not involved in the training

SVT News: Principal of Fagrabäckskolan in Växjö: “We need better communication”

The stabbing at Fagrabäck school exposed a major need for more effective communication between school staff in cases of ongoing deadly violence. The school welcomes Växjö municipality’s new alarm app. – Now we use chat and SMS and there is a risk that we do not reach all staff in case of a crisis situation at the school. “I understand that the new alarm app will remedy this,” says Robert Eriksson, principal at Fagrabäckskolan in Växjö. Read more on SVT.se

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