Active Shooter Response Guide | Emergency Management

Encountering an active shooter in your place of work or study is unlikely, but it never hurts to prepare for the unthinkable.An active shooter is an individual, or multiple individuals, actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined space or highly populated area. In most cases, active shooters use firearms and choose their victims at random with the objective of killing as many people as possible.Active shooter situations can change quickly and unfold rapidly. In order to stop a shooter and minimize harm to a community, an immediate response by members of that community and deployment of law enforcement resources is critical. In the instance of an active shooter, every second counts. So, remember these three key steps: RUN, HIDE, and FIGHT.RUNIf you determine that you canreach an escape path to a safer area, thenget outBe aware of your surroundings.Have an exit plan.Move away from the threat as quickly as possible.Create as much distance between you and the thr...