What to Do

Active Threat

Active Threat refers to a situation when someone is actively attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area.

Active Threat situations are often over within 10–15 minutes. They are unpredictable and evolve quickly.

If you are in danger or fear for your safety because of a violent situation, such as an active shooter, remember this protocol:

Run

If you can safely leave the area, leave your belongings and run away from the threat.

Hide

If you cannot leave, hide. Observe lockdown procedures even if a critical alert has not yet been issued.

Fight

If you cannot hide and you are about to be harmed, fight.

Response Checklist

Seek safe shelter.

Secure your location.

Close the door if not already closed.
If you have a key, lock the door from the inside, without opening it.
If the door does not lock, barricade the entry with moveable items.
Do not open the door for anyone.
Turn off the lights, close interior blinds, and make the room look empty.
Remain quiet. Remind everyone to silence cell phones.
Despite fire alarm, do not evacuate the building unless you actually see fire.
Wait for the All Clear notice.

Report what you’ve seen.

Care for others.

Prepare to protect.

Monitor Information.

Follow directions.

Cooperate with law enforcement.

Caring for Injured

Since medical help cannot respond while an active threat is active, bystanders can save a victim’s life by administering immediate care to uncontrollable bleeding.

Each classroom and lobby desk has been equipped with a Stop the Bleed kit containing a tourniquet, trauma dressing, wound packing gauze, scissors, marker, and instruction card. Do not open a kit unless an application is needed.

These videos demonstrate the steps outlined in the kit instructions:

For more information, please see Active Threat Resources.