Active Shooter / Mass Casualty Event Response


A mass casualty event has previously focused on situations involving an active shooter, intent on killing a large number of people.  Deranged perpetrators also use vehicles, explosives, and other methods.  No matter which implements offenders use, your options are:  Run, Hide, or Fight.

What you can do-
A short six minute video was created by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on how to respond to an active shooter. 

 


Recommendations for people during a mass casualty event are:
Run:  
Get out of the building or area and go to a place not visible to the offender.  Leave your belongings behind and keep your hands visible.
Hide:
If you can’t evacuate, hide.  Block entry to your hiding place.  Lock doors and stay away from windows.  Silence cell phones.  Stay quiet until Police come for you.
Fight:
Attempt to stop the assailant by whatever means possible.
Police Response
  • Police will go as quickly as possible to the threat and stop the offender.  First responding officers will not stop to assist the injured.
  • Officers may be in plain clothes or uniforms.  They will have identification.
  • Do what the officers say and keep your hands visible at all times. 
  • Tell the officers where the offender was last seen, the description of the offender, including weapon information.