Active Shooter
How to Respond
Run
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Have an escape route and plan in mind
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Evacuate regardless of whether others agree to follow
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Leave your belongings behind (take your cell phone)
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Help others escape, if possible
Hide
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Lock the door
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Blockade the door with heavy furniture
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Silence your cellphone
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Turn off any source of noise (e.g., radios, TV)
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Spread out and hide behind large items (e.g., cabinets, desks)
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Develop a plan of action should the active killer enter
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Remain quiet
Fight
As a last resort, and only when your life is in imminent danger, attempt to disrupt and/or incapacitate the active shooter by:
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Acting as aggressively as possible against him/her
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Throwing items and improvising weapons
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Yelling
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Committing to your actions