Sample Emergency Letters

The following sample letters are to be used as a guide or example, and it is the responsibility of the school district to adjust them to suit their school district’s needs or situation. Kentucky Center for School Safety is not advocating the use of these letters as is, if necessary these templates can be altered to fit a specific school’s need during an emergency.

As always, KCSS continues to provide services to assist schools before, during and after any crisis.

Sample Emergency Letters:

• Arson
• Assault
• Bomb Threat Phone Call
• Bomb Threat Written Message
• Bus Emergency
• Infectious Diseases
• Lockdown-External Threat
• Lockdown-Internal Threat
• National Tragedy (revised for state or local)
• Safety Efforts for Parents (following national instances of threats/mass violence)