The Irvine Unified School District participated in a joint tabletop exercise with members of the Emergency Preparedness Interagency Collaborative (EPIC). A joint partnership between public safety agencies and public and private education institutions in the Greater Irvine area, EPIC was founded by IUSD in 2014 and meets quarterly to discuss, plan and prepare for a variety of safety-related topics.
Hosted at Sage Hill School, the November 17, 2022 meeting was focused on violent intruder response and recovery. Attendees included expert representatives from:
- Irvine Unified School District
- Irvine Police Department
- Orange County Fire Authority
- California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
- City of Irvine
- Newport Beach Police Department
- Newport Beach Fire Department
- Fullerton Fire Department
- University of California, Irvine
- Irvine Valley College
- Concordia University
- Rancho Santiago Community College District
- Newport Mesa Unified School District
- Saddleback Valley Unified School District
- Tustin Unified School District
- Laguna Beach Unified School District
- Sage Hill School
- Crean Lutheran High School
- Mardan School
- TVT Community Day School
- Orange County Department of Education
- Orange County Department of Health
- UCI Health
- Children’s Hospital of Orange County
- American Red Cross
- Specialized Safety Services
- Irvine Childcare Project
- Irvine Public Schools Foundation
Previous tabletop exercises and meetings have focused on wildfire preparedness and response, violent intruder prevention and staff trainings, other human-made and natural disasters, collaboration and partnerships between local agencies, and communications, among other topics.
To learn more about EPIC visit EPICIrvine.org. For more information about IUSD’s emergency preparedness, visit iusd.org/EM.