This video highlights the RUN. HIDE. FIGHT. steps that everyone should review and understand in advance to help in case of a man-made emergency or active shooter.
An Active Shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims.
Active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly. Typically, the immediate deployment of law enforcement is required to stop the shooting and mitigate harm to victims. Because active shooter situations are often over within 10 to 15 minutes, before law enforcement arrives on the scene, individuals must be prepared both mentally and physically to deal with an active shooter situation.
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Pocket cards with front and back information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about steps to take during an active shooter or attacker event.
Pocket cards are available for pickup in the Public Information Office, Student Services, Basecamp, and Yreka Welcome Center.
How to Respond If An Active Shooter/Attacker Event Occurs
Quickly determine the most reasonable way to protect your own life. Remember that students are likely to follow the lead of faculty/staff during an active shooter situation.
1. RUN
If there is an accessible escape path away from the gunfire/armed individual, attempt to evacuate the premises. Be sure to:
Have an escape route and plan in mind
Evacuate regardless of whether others agree to follow
Grab your cell phone and leave your remaining belongings behind
Help others escape, if possible
Prevent individuals from entering an area where the active shooter may be
Keep your hands visible
Follow the instructions of any police officers
Do not attempt to move wounded people
Call 911 when you are safe
2. HIDE
If evacuation is not possible, find a place to hide where the active shooter is less likely to find you. Your hiding place should:
Be out of the active shooter's view
Provide protection if shots are fired in your direction (i.e., an office with a closed and locked door)
Do not trap or restrict your options for movement. To prevent an active shooter from entering your hiding place:
Lock the door
If possible, close any blinds/curtains
Stay away from windows
Blockade the door with heavy furniture
Turn off the lights
If the active shooter is nearby:
Lock the door
Silence your cell phone and/or pager
Turn off any source of noise (i.e., radios, televisions)
Hide behind large items (i.e., cabinets, desks)
Remain quiet
If evacuation and hiding are not possible:
Remain calm
Dial 911, if possible, to alert police to the active shooter's location
If you cannot speak, leave the line open and allow the dispatcher to listen
3. FIGHT
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
Some descriptions and content on Run. Hide. Fight. are taken directly from the Department of Homeland Security for how to properly respond in an active shooter or attacker situation Read the full DHS text.
During Active Shooter/Armed Individual Incidences:
DO
Pay attention to your surroundings.
Remain calm.
If you are uncertain where the assailant is located, shelter in place: engage Lock Bloks/Lock Doors, close any window coverings, shut off the lights and put your phone on silent.
If you are outside of a building, run away from the campus and/or gunfire/armed assailant.
If you are in your vehicle, drive off campus.
If you are on your way back to campus, do not come onto campus.
DO NOT
Post on Social Media, especially your location. We want to avoid non-law enforcement individuals from coming onto campus or any potential threat about learning about your location.
Contact any individual that is not law enforcement.
Sit in your car in the campus parking lot. If you are in your car, drive away from campus.
Return to campus or attempt to enter buildings after a lockdown has been initiated.
Unlock and open the door to let individuals in buildings unless you are 100% certain that the individual is not the assailant and the assailant isn’t close by.
Assume someone has called 9-1-1 and call 9-1-1 if possible
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