Active Shooter/Hostile Intruder
HOW TO RESPOND WHEN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER IS IN YOUR VICINITY
(You must quickly determine the most reasonable way to protect your own life)
1. Evacuate
- Have an escape route and plan in mind
- If youcan safely exit the building, do so and run to a secure location
- Leave your belongings behind
- Keep your hands visible as you exit the building
- Once at a safe location, call 911 (9-911, if using a campus phone) and report what you know.
2. Hide Out
- If you cannot exit the building safely, you should Shelter In Place
- Move into your room, a classroom, or office and lock the door
- Barricade the door by placing desks/chairs in front of the hallway door
- Cover any windows or openings that have a direct line of sight into the hallway
- Turn off lights and seek shelter behind/under chairs or desks
- Remain calm and as quiet as possible
- When it is SAFE to do so, call 911 (9-911, if using a campus phone) and report what you see/hear
- Keep the classroom/room secure until police arrive
3. Take Action
- As a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger
- Spread out using desks and chairs as protection
- Attempt to incapacitate the shooter as a group
- Act with aggression by throwing items at the shooter and rush the shooter as a group to disarm him/her
INFORMATION YOU SHOULD PROVIDE WHEN CALLING 911
- Location of the active shooter (building and floor)
- Number of shooters (if more than one)
- Physical description of shooter(s)
- Number and type of weapons held by the shooter(s)
- Number of potential victims at the location
HOW TO RESPOND WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVES ON THE SCENE
- Remain calm and follow officer’s instructions
- Immediately raise your hands and spread your fingers
- Keep your hands visible at all times
- Avoid making quick movements toward officers
- Avoid pointing, screaming or yelling
- Follow all commands while you are removed from the scene
