Experience translated into practical school systems.
More than 25 years in security, crisis and incident management, applied with one purpose: helping school staff understand what to do when it matters.
About Steven Dunn
Steven Dunn is the Founder and Director of School Incident Solutions, a specialist consultancy dedicated to helping schools strengthen emergency preparedness through practical incident management systems, training and operational readiness.
His career began in the Australian Army's Special Air Service Regiment, where he specialised in counter-terrorism operations. He later moved into corporate security, emergency management and executive leadership, founded and operated businesses and advised organisations across Australia and internationally.
Steven has designed and implemented security, emergency and crisis management frameworks, advised executive leadership teams and supported people managing critical incidents in complex environments.
It began with Play-Doh and a fire drill.
While volunteering in his son's pre-primary classroom, Steven took part in a routine fire drill. He observed the process from the perspective of both a parent and an emergency management professional and recognised how difficult it could be for staff to apply emergency procedures when their guidance was limited to a written plan.
It raised a simple question: If this is how the school prepares for a fire, what other systems are protecting my son?
That experience became the catalyst for School Incident Solutions and a practical, school-specific methodology that transforms emergency plans into operational systems.
Every school has something to contribute.
No two schools operate in exactly the same way. Each engagement brings a unique combination of people, environments, risks and experience. New ideas and practical lessons are reviewed, refined and, where appropriate, incorporated into the School Incident Solutions Operational Readiness Framework™.
Those lessons are never left behind.
The framework continues to evolve through collaboration with schools, practical exercises, incidents, emerging risks and operational experience. Every new client benefits from what has been learnt before.
Authority without complexity.
The objective is not to impress staff with technical emergency management language. It is to reduce their burden and give them a system they can understand, trust and apply.
Operational Experience
Security, crisis and incident leadership across complex Australian and international environments.
Education Focus
More than a decade developing school-specific Incident Management Programs and providing incident and crisis management training to school executive teams.
Practical Delivery
Direct, engaging and grounded advice that reflects how schools actually operate.