Run, Hide, Fight

Run if you can see a safe way out

Hide if there's no clear way out

Fight if your only option is to defend yourself

• Have an escape route and plan in mind
• Evacuate regardless of whether others agree to follow
• Leave your belongings behind (take your cell phone)
• Help others escape, if possible

• Lock the door
• Blockade the door with heavy furniture
• Silence your cellphone
• Turn off any source of noise (e.g., radios, TV)
• Spread out and hide behind large items (e.g., cabinets, desks)
• Develop a plan of action should the active killer enter
• Remain quiet

As a last resort, and only when your life is in imminent danger, attempt to disrupt and/or incapacitate the active shooter by:

• Acting as aggressively as possible against him/her
• Throwing items and improvising weapons
• Yelling
• Committing to your actions