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Comprehensive Active Shooter Incident Management
+ Introduction and housekeeping
+ Common assumptions about active shooter events
+ Past examples of active shooter events
+ The evolving threat
+ Best practices for preparation and response
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Comprehensive Active Shooter Incident Management
(CASIM)
ACTIVE SHOOTER 2.0
Beyond Run>Hide>Fight
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Steven Crimando, MA, BCETS, CHS-V
• Consultant/Trainer: U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security;
U.S. Dept. of Justice; National Criminal Justice Training
Center; U.S. Health & Human Services Administration;
OSHA; United Nations; NYPD; U.S. Military, others.
• Diplomate: National Center for Crisis Management.
• Diplomate, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic
Stress.
• Diplomate, American Board for Certification in
Homeland Security.
• Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress (BCETS);
Certified Trauma Specialist (BCETS).
• Police Surgeon, International Society of Police Surgeons;
New Jersey Police Surgeons team.
• Advisor, Active Shooter Rescue Task Force (Morris
County, NJ)
• On-scene Responder/Supervisor: ‘93 and 9/11World
Trade Center attacks; NJ Anthrax Screening Center; TWA
Flight 800; Unabomber Case; Int’l kidnappings, hostage
negotiation team member.
About the Presenter
•
• Qualified Expert: to the courts and
media on violence prevention and
response issues.
• Author: Many published articles
and book chapters addressing the
behavioral sciences in violence
prevention, disaster and terrorism
response.
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Operational Psychology
The use of clinical, cognitive
and social psychological
concepts for their tactical
value.
“…a unique set of applied
psychology theories and
techniques for consultation with
security professionals.”
Palarea, R. 2007. “Operational Psychology:
An Emerging Discipline.
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Comprehensive Active Shooter
Incident Management (CASIM)
10. B = ƒ (P,E)
Behavior is a Function
of Person and Environment
Anticipating Human Behavior:
Lewin’s Equation
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• High levels of noise from alarms,
screaming, adding to stress/making
communications difficult.
• The construction of a facility may deflect
and amplify sound in a way making it
difficult to determine the number or
location of shooters.
• People moving in many directions;
possibility of injuries from stampede of
those seeking to escape, esp. at choke
points, like stairs, escalators, and doors.
Hot Zone:
Operational Assumptions
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Human Factors:
Extreme Stress Response
Anticipate and understand Extreme Stress Reactions (ESR) in:
• Employees, guests and visitors
• In-house Security and Emergency responders
• Incoming LE and other responders
ESR reactions include:
• Frantic, unfocused behavior
• Difficulty following directions
• Fine motor skills deteriorates
• Problem solving diminished
• Irrational fighting or fleeing; freezing
• “Autopilot” behaviors
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Assumptions
We will assume that participants have:
A fundamental knowledge of general
recommended response strategies
(Run>Hide>Fight).
Access to key planning guidance's
An interest in optimizing the violence
prevention and active shooter response
capabilities at their facilities.
This program will not be all inclusive:
Different industries and sectors face different
shooter risks.
There are many types and sources of violence.
There is not “one-size-fits-all” active shooter
plan.
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Realties of Modern Life
• The possibility of an Active Shooter
Incident is no longer a question of if,
but rather when and where.
• Incidents can occur at any time and at any place.
No type of location or geographic area is immune.
• Each work environments present unique challenges in
Active Shooter planning and response.
• Active Shooter events evolve rapidly and end quickly, often
before law enforcement can arrive.
• In the initial phase, bystander intervention and civilian
response are essential.
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A Disturbing Trend
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Primary Resources:
General Active Shooter Guidance
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An Important Distinction:
Active Shooter vs. Shooting Incident
• “Active Shooter is a term used by law enforcement to describe a
situation in which a shooting is in progress and an aspect of the
crime may affect the protocols used in responding to and reacting at
the scene of the incident.” (FBI, 2015)
• The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines an Active
Shooter as, “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting
to kill people in a confined and populated area.” (DHS, 2013)
• In these pre-planned (predatory=“cold blooded”) events, the
Shooter has prepared to injure and kill as many people as possible
before he is stopped.
• Active Shooter incidents average 12 minutes in duration; During this
events, on average another person is shot every 15 seconds.
• 69% are over in 5 minutes or less. 60% end prior to arrival of Law
Enforcement personnel.
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An Important Distinction:
Active Shooter vs. Shooting Incident
• A Shooting Incident is typically spontaneous and emotionally
driven (affective=“hot blooded”) rather than predatory (i.e.,
not pre-planned).
• These unplanned events are often opportunistic or angry
reactions. They include:
• A shot fired in the workplace
• An accidental discharge of a weapon
• A gun fight between two or more individuals
• Other scenarios
• It is important when notifying police and initiating a response
that this difference is kept in mind.
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• Violence directed at an organization, its
people, and/or property for ideological,
religious or political reasons.
• Violence perpetrated by extremists;
environmental, animal rights, and other
value‐driven groups may fall within this
category.
• Target selection is based on rage
against what the targeted organization
does or represents.
Type V:
Ideological Violence
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The November 2015 shooting incident at a
Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado
Springs is an example of Type V workplace
violence.
The shootings at the recruiting center in
Chattanooga and Fort Hood also blur the
lines between workplace violence and
terrorism.
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Benefits of an Expanded Typology
• Creates understanding that some
extremist-driving violence may be
directed at the campus/workplace.
• Allows for more inclusive training:
• Warning signs of workplace
violence and
• “Eight Signs of Terrorism”
• Promotes “force-multiplier” effect
with more eyes and ears.
More representative of
our current situation.
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San Bernardino
December 2, 2015
• 14 people were killed and 22 were seriously
injured in an attack at the Inland Regional
Center in San Bernardino, California, which
consisted of a mass shooting and an
attempted bombing.
• Syed Rizwan Farook, an employee of the San Bernardino County Department
of Public Health, along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, targeted a training
event and holiday party with about 80 co-workers, many who had thrown the
couple a baby shower months before.
• The FBI's investigation revealed that the perpetrators were "homegrown
violent extremists" inspired by foreign terrorist groups. Investigators have said
that Farook and Malik had become radicalized over several years prior to the
attack, consuming "poison on the internet."
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San Bernardino
December 2, 2015
• Used Web to adopt beliefs
• Long planning curve
• Learned from other extremists
• Selected target rich environments
• Mobile/Multiple locations
• Employed firearms, explosives
• Suicidal/True Believers
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Changing Tactics:
Hybrid Targeted Violence (HTV)
• HTV is defined as the use of violence, targeting a specific population, using
multiple and multifaceted conventional and unconventional weapons and
tactics.
• The HTV attackers often target several locations simultaneously.
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Frazzano, Tracy L., and G. Matthew Snyder.
“Hybrid Targeted Violence: Challenging
Conventional “Active Shooter” Response
Strategies.” Homeland Security Affairs 10,
Article 3 (February
2014). https://www.hsaj.org/articles/253
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Examples of HTV Incidents
Examples include:
Beslan School Siege
Mumbai Siege
Westgate Mall
Paris Attacks
Boston Marathon
San Bernardino
While HTV attacks are not exactly new, or unheard of in the U.S.,
intelligence estimates show that international extremist groups are
very interested in initiating, supporting and inciting this kind of
attack on American soil.
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Elements of HTV
HTV attacks differ from the more
common Active Shooter incidents:
• Effective internal and external communications/coordination.
• Purposeful luring of first responders to inflict even more carnage.
• Use of fire to complicate first-responder operations and cause
further damage.
• Potential use of CBRN agents.
• Use of high-powered military type weapons and explosives,
including suicide bomb vests.
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• Well-trained, tactically competent,
and willing-to-die perpetrators.
• Multiple operators (attackers)
working in small tactical units.
The San Bernardino attacks utilized
elements of HTV.
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• A 29-year-old American security
guard, killed 49 people and
wounded 53 others
inside nightclub in Orlando, Florida,
United States. He was shot and
killed by Orlando police after a
three-hour standoff. It was the
deadliest mass shooting by a single
gunman in U.S. history.
• This was the deadliest terrorist
attack in the U.S. since the
September 11 attacks in 2001.
Orlando
June 12, 2016
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Orlando: A Milestone Incident
• On June 23rd, Al Qaeda of the
Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) published
a guide urging jihadis to carry out
more ‘lone wolf’ operations in the
U.S. following the deadly terror
attack in Orlando and to set their
sights on the targeting of white
Americans.
• The publication, “Inspire guide:
Orlando Operation,” seeks to
capitalize on the terror attack
carried out by gunman Omar
Mateen who pledged allegiance to
ISIS, and plainly encourages
extremists to attack Americans.
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Inspire Guide
Key Quotes
• “…we welcome this blessed operation and call for more similar Lone
Jihad operations. We standby and support all Muslims who attack
America in their homeland regardless of their affiliation to any group
or loyalty.”
• “We call upon and continue to call for the likes of these operations
that target the general populations in America (Combatant Public),
who are generally at war with Islam. And when we talk of the
population being at war (the combatant public), this mean that we
no longer view them as civilians in America.”
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• “First: This operation is considered to be among the most successful
Lone Jihad operations, meaning that it will inspire others to wage
similar operations especially because the number of those killed was
too high with regard to these types of operations.”
• “The assault operation on the Orlando nightclub can be classified as
an operation ‘Targeting general gatherings.’
• “These kind of operations are important mainly because of the goals
that can be achieved through them in our war with America.”
Inspire Guide
Key Quotes
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Police & EMS Response Procedures
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1st Generation:
“Contain and Wait”
• Pre-Columbine.
• Establish perimeter.
• Request/Await specialize teams.
• Prevent entry or evacuation from location.
• Officers outside the school were not aware that the killers
had killed themselves. It would be several more hours before
the buildings were secure and the victims inside the school
could be treated.
• One teacher bled out from a survivable wound during that
delay.
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2nd Generation:
Teams/Formations
• Wait for next arriving officers.
• Form into small hunter cell/entry team.
• Don’t wait for arrival of specialized teams.
• Move past injured.
• Move toward threat (shots).
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3rd Generation:
Solo Entry
• First officers arriving make either
solo or two-officer entries at their
discretion.
• Additional arriving officers enter,
contact and “link up” with first
officers to for team/cell.
• Multiple ingress points are
employed, converging quickly on
the suspect.
• As the number of officers from
outlying allied agencies increases,
the security of the perimeter
improves.
• FBI report states 1/3 of officers
entering alone will be shot.
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4th Generation:
MACTAC
• MACTAC (Multi-Assault Counter-
Terrorism Action Capabilities).
• Coordinated violent attacks by terrorists
and anti-government extremists are on
the rise. Terrorist events cause high
numbers of casualties or involve the use
of victims as tools to gain notoriety or
media attention.
• Multiple Assault Counter Terrorism
Action Capabilities.
• LEO plan and train for engaging
assailants who are actively killing in
multiple locations.
The Paris Attacks were a recent
example of a multiple-attacker,
multiple-location incident.
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The Changing Role
of EMS and Fire
• Lessons learned from military
and civilian events (Hartford
Consensus)
• Interagency planning and
cooperation
• Coordination by law
enforcement
• Preparation is paramount
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EMS operating in Hot Zone
environments under cover of tactical
officers.
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Paradigm Shift Develop working relationships between Law
Enforcement, Fire, and EMS through:
Written agreements
Development of interagency
communication and command
structures
Providing appropriate PPE for
operations in an austere
environment
Education and training for first
responders
Training on the use of Casualty
Collection Points within the Warm
Zone/Cold Zone
Bystanders = First providers of care
EMS and Fire no longer stand by the
sidelines, but rather save lives at the
direction of, and in partnership with,
law enforcement.
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Public Response
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Training
Recommendations
• Recent Active Shooter scares a JFK
and LAX demonstrate the potential
for panic.
• It is important for planners to
anticipate competition and non-
cooperative evacuees. • It is equally important to
anticipate the potential for
additional injuries from crowd
behavior in casualty care.
• Employees benefit from Crowd
Safety instruction for this and
other scenarios (i.e., civil unrest,
etc.)
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• Panic is related to the perception of
limited opportunity for escape or
availability of critical supplies.
• Panic is a group phenomena
characterized by an intense,
contagious fear.
• Panicked individuals think
only of their own needs
or survival.
• Panic is not typical in
most disasters.
Panic in Emergencies
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Escape Mob:
Perception of Limited Opportunity for Escape
August 31, 2005- Baghdad:
At least 965 Iraqis were crushed to
death or drowned in a stampede on a
Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of Shiite
pilgrims were sent into panic by rumors
of suicide bombers in their midst.
Remember: “Crowds can create disasters”
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What Everyone Should Know…
In an Escape Mob situation:
• Try to stay outside of the crowd; go around crowds, not through them.
• Don’t stand near or against immovable objects, such as walls, doors or
barricades, which would limit your options for escape or increase the
risk of being crushed.
• If you are caught up in a surging crowd, DON’T STAND STILL OR SIT
DOWN! Keep moving in the direction of the crowd.
• If you have dropped an item, unless it is critical, don’t try to pick it up.
Bending or getting your fingers stepped on or trapped will increase
your risk of being pushed to the ground.
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• If you are being pulled or pushed along by a
moving crowd, don’t try to push against the
flow or simply let the crowd take you.
• Just like breaking free from a rip tide in the
ocean, move diagonally across the crowd,
not with it, not against it.
• The force will begin to weaken as you reach
the perimeter of the crowd and you will be
better able to break free.
What Everyone Should Know…
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• If you fall or are pushed down, try to get back to your feet as quickly as
possible; If someone is willing and able, extend an arm and ask for help
getting back to your feet as quickly as possible.
• If you can’t get up, keep moving! Crawl in the direction of the crowd until
you can get back up.
• If you cannot get up or crawl, curl up in a ball
to create an air pocket and cover your head.
Keep your back facing up, protecting your
head and face with your hands and arms.
• Crowds tend to surge and pulse. Wait for a
lull in the pressure or flow to try to get back
to your feet.
What Everyone Should Know…
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Bystander Intervention:
Stop the Killing
• Unlike other violent crimes, the active aspect of an Active Shooter
incident inherently implies that both law enforcement personnel and
citizens have the potential to affect the outcome of the event based
upon their responses. (FBI, 2015)
• Are employees ready to serve as the first on-scene responders?
• are they trained FOR THIS?
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Stop the
Dying
Stop the
Crying
Stop the
Killing
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Organizational Response
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vs.
This is a decision your
organization has to make now…
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Bystander Intervention
Bystanders are
your initial First
Responders
positioned to
Stop the Killing.
Even when law enforcement was present or able to
respond within minutes, civilians often had to make life
and death decisions, and, therefore, should be engaged
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Training to Fight
Fight means:
•Distract: Interrupt the Shooter’s focus.
•Disrupt: Interrupt the Shooter’s momentum/rhythm.
•Disarm: Interrupt the Shooter’s access to weapons.
Many of those you train will have no prior experience
being near or touching a firearm. Teach them to push the
weapon:
DATTS: Down, And to The Side
Not up or Straight Down
Use Teams
Use Improvised Weapons
Use Surprise
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Bystander Intervention:
Stop the Dying
• National Average: It takes
approximately 7 to 15 minutes for EMS
responders to reach the scene and
often longer for them to safely enter
and start treating patients.
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Stop the
Dying
Stop the
Crying
Stop the
Killing
• Victims who experience massive
trauma don’t have that much
time and can often bleed to
death in as little as three
minutes.
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Bystander Intervention:
Stop the Dying
OLD SCHOOL
• Stage-and-Wait (No EMS or fire response until scene is
completely secure)
• How long will it take to completely clear and secure a
scene?
• What happens to the victims?
• Access by EMS, in some cases, could take up to 30 minutes
before initial patient contact – likely longer.
• Mortality rates are high as patients “bleed out” prior to
medical contact while our resources are waiting in staging.
• “One size fits all” mentality regarding response and
treatment could result in a mass fatality instead of mass
casualty.
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An Accurate Picture of Casualties
• A high percentage of victims will
have head wounds.
• 90% of deaths occurred prior to
definitive care*
• 42% immediately
• 26% within 5 minutes
• 16% within 5 – 30 minutes
• 8-10% within 30 minutes to 1
hour
• Golden Hour – most die within 30
minutes of injuries that require
simple interventions
*Matthew Dreher, “The Active Shooter and Your
Quick Response
The most common cause of
preventable death in an active
shooter incident is the failure to
control severe bleeding.
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NEW SCHOOL
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The Case for B-CON
(Bleeding Control)
• The incident doesn’t end with
“Shooter Down.”
• Depending upon the magnitude of the event, law enforcement
may need to search, clear and secure every part of the facility.
• Envision the immediate post shooting environment and the
response gap.
• Casualty throw kits and wall mounted kits within potential
critical target facilities (similar to AED allocation)
• Shift from Stopping the Shooting to Stopping the Dying.
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Stop the
Dying
Stop the
Crying
Stop the
Killing
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Pre-positioned Civilian B-CON Kits
• Designed to provide bystanders and initial first responders
with quick and easy access to essential medical equipment for
stopping life-threatening bleeding.
• Throw Kit contains illustrated instructions that take the user
through step-by-step procedures to ensure proper care and
device application based on what they observe for injuries.
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Wall Kit Carry Kit Throw Kit
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Rapid Psychological Support
• It is also important to manage
psychological trauma as early as
possible.
• Emotional reactions can make
someone part of the problem,
instead of the solution and put
themselves and others at risk.
• Psychological First Aid is intended
for the 0-48 hours of an incident. It
is ideal for active crisis scenarios. “Psychological first aid (PFA)
refers to a set of skills identified
to limit the distress and
negative behaviors that can
increase fear and arousal.”
(National Academy of Sciences, 2003)
From “Run > Hide > Fight”
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Stop the
Dying
Stop the
Crying
Stop the
Killing
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A Distinction:
Psychological First Aid
vs. vs. Mental Health First
• MHFA is intended primarily for
individuals with a pre-existing
psychiatric conditions
experiencing a psychiatric
emergency.
• PFA is intended for anyone
experiencing an overwhelming
emotional response to a
disaster or emergency, with or
without a pre-existing mental
health condition.
Both are “every person” skills
sets. Just as you don’t have to be
a doctor, nurse or EMT to use
basic medical first aid, you don’t
have to be a mental health
professional to use PFA.
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• There’s no better way to foil a shooter than to take away their
targets.
• Incidents evolve quickly; Time is of the essence.
• Valuable moments are lost if people are milling around in
confusion and panic, leaving them vulnerable and exposed.
• Communication that is clear and actionable can help avoid a
dangerous event unfolding.
Rapidly Deployable
Emergency Notifications
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Tailoring the Message
• An emergency communications plan for mass shootings and
other extreme violence should be part of your standard
operating procedures.
• Messages must be customized; There’s no single Active
Shooter message that will suffice for all building types,
situations, and occupancies.
• Prepare messages in advance, train your workforce, and run
practice drills.
• Prepared messages can provide a shield against liability.
Have legal and risk management professionals review the
wording.
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Plain Language Messaging
• Research shows people do not
panic when given clear and
informative warnings; They want
accurate information and clear
instructions on how to protect
themselves in the emergency.
• Not everyone will understand a
code system, and so plain
language warnings and clear
instructions should be given to
make sure everyone in danger
understands the need to act.
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“Action binds anxiety”
–P. Sandman
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The Message
• Verbal Active Shooter alerts should provided by a
voice of authority. People judge the messenger
before the message.
• Keep alerts short and simple:
• What is happening.
• Where it is happening.
• What to do.
• How new information will be shared
• Authorities (i.e., DHS, FBI, others) suggest Plain Language and
not code words for Active Shooter incident notification.
• Ensure that emergency messages are the same across all
notification channels. SMS texts, voice broadcasts, digital
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Ongoing
Communications
• Communication does not end with “Shooter Down.”
• Important instructions must continue to flow:
• All clear
• Employee/family reunification
• Witness information
• Business Continuity/Resumption Plans
• Support Services (EAP)
• Others
• Unified communications may need to continue for weeks
post-incident.
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Take Aways
When planning for Active Shooter Incident Management,
remember:
• That these are complex
incidents with unique
challenges.
• The nature of Shooters and
Shooting Incidents in these
settings is different in
significant ways that should
inform planning, exercising
and response.
• Develop compressive violence
& response plans.
• Provide precise skill training:
• Crowd Safety
• Bystander Intervention
• B-CON
• Psych First Aid
• Pre-position critical supplies
• Pre-develop templates to
foster rapid notification.
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Closing Thought
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Take a ways from Steven.
A particle example of an active shooter strategy:
- Setting expectations.
- Who can communicate.
- Examples of communications
- Following up communications.
- Exercising and reporting.
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Setting expectations.
Educate Users.
• What the risk level is.
• How will messages be
communicated.
• What if any are the expectations to
follow instructions.
• How to tell if it’s a drill/exercise or the
real thing.
• How follow up messages and
communication will work.
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Who can communicate.
Who can launch an message – ask the right questions.
• Should you make the system
accessible to all or limited active
shooter activation to a core
team?
• What can be done to minimise
false alarms?
• Templates or free text when
using a mass communication
platform.
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Following up on communications.
Command and control.
Have a follow up plan to:
• Identify users who have not responded
• Those that need help
• Report the result to first responders
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Exercising and reporting.
Two key steps to success.
• Have a plan to exercise.
• Ensure that they are planned and are
clearly communicated.
• Ensure that exercises are marked as
exercises!
• Follow up any exercise with a company
wide report.
• Reach out to those who did not respond
and coach them.
• Look for opportunities to improve.
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