Video Summary
Run
Fight
Hide
- Take decisive action if you hear gunshots. Do not wait until others tell you to act.
- Know your surroundings and have an escape route and plan in mind.
- Run and call 911 when it is safe to do so.
- Help others if you can, but keep moving.
- When calling 911, be sure to provide an exact location. Do not assume a dispatcher knows where you are located.
Hide
Fight
Hide
- If you cannot run, hide as a second option.
- You cannot hide in the open. Block vision. Under an office desk? Pull the desk chair in front of you.
- Do not huddle together as it makes one easy target.
- Lock doors. Use items to barricade them.
- Shut off lights.
- Put your cell phone on silent and call 911. Do not speak loudly.
- Keep others calm around you.
Fight
Fight
Fight
- As a last resort, when running and hiding are not an option, fight when your life is in imminent danger.
- Assume a survival mindset and know that, oftentimes, active violence situations are over in a few minutes.
- Find an object to use as a weapon: fire extinguisher, chair, book bag, letter opener, etc.
- Develop a plan with others to take out a potential shooter, be decisive, and commit to action.