A school Emergency Operations Plan must address all potential significant hazards, be they natural, technological, or humanmade. Your planning team members can help you conduct this assessment.

This lesson presents information on hazard assessment. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the types of hazards that must be considered when developing an Emergency Operations Plan.
• Explain the distinction between structural and nonstructural hazards.
• Explain how to conduct a "walkaround" assessment to identify potential hazards.

	This lesson should take approximately 25 minutes to complete.
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