Please adhere to response procedures below for responding to an Active Shooter in your building. If you can evacuate the area, please do so in as safe a manner as possible.
Secure your immediate area:
- Lock and/or barricade doors with any available object(s) (chairs, tables, desks, etc)
- Turn off lights
- Close blinds
- Block windows
- Turn off computer monitors
- Keep occupants calm, quiet, and out of sight by laying low to the ground
- Keep yourself out of sight and take adequate cover/protection (i.e. concrete walls, desks, chairs, tables, filing cabinets, etc.). Such cover may protect you from injury
- Silence cell phones
- Place signs in exterior windows to identify the location of injured persons
Contacting Authorities:
- Dial 911 or 9-9-1-1 from any campus telephone. Be aware that the 911 system will likely be overwhelmed.
What to Report:
- Your specific location- building name and office/room number
- Number of people at your specific location
- Injuries- number injured, types of injuries
- Assailant(s)- location, number of suspects, race/gender, clothing description, physical features, type of weapon(s) (long gun or hand gun), backpack, shooter’s identity if known, separate explosions from gunfire, etc