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6 RESOURCES AND PLANNING TOOLS
6 5 ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT GUIDANCE An active active shooter is an an individual actively engaged in in in in in fin killing or attempting to kill kill people in in in in in fin a a a a a a a a a a a a a confined and pop- ulated area typically through the use of firearms Characteristics:
• • Victims are selected at random • • The event is unpredictable and and evolves quickly
• Law enforcement is usually
required to end an active shooter incident
• • Remain calm and and follow instructions
• • • Put down any items in in in fin your hands hands (i e e e e e e e bags jackets) • • • Raise hands hands hands and and and and spread fingers
• • • Keep hands hands visible at all times
• • • Avoid Avoid quick movements toward officers
• • • Avoid Avoid pointing screaming or or or yelling
• • Do not stop to to ask officers
for help or or or direction
when evacuating
Information
You should provide to to law enforcement or or or or operator:
How to Respond
When an active shooter is in in the vicinity
How to Respond
When law enforcement arrives
1 • • • • • • • 2 • • • • • • • 3 • • • • • Evacuate
Have an an an escape route and plan in in in in mind Leave your your belongings behind
Keep your your hands visible Hide Hide Out Hide Hide in in an an area out of the shooter’s view
Block entry to your your hiding place and and lock lock the the doors Silence your your cell phone and/or pager
Take Action
As a a a a a last resort and only when your life is in in imminent danger
Attempt to incapacitate the shooter Act with physical aggression and throw items at at the active shooter CALL 911 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO Watch a a a video on on how to to respond to to an Active Shooter incident
• • • • • • • • • • • • • Location of of the active shooter shooter Number of of shooters
Physical description of of of shooters
shooters
Number Number and type of of of weapons held by shooters
shooters
Number Number of of potential victims at at the location
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