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Pro-Active Shooter Preparedness InfraGard Tampa Bay Members Alliance August 2016 For InfraGard Member Internal Use Only 1 ǀ 8/22/2016

Pro-Active Shooter Preparedness Active Shooter: An individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined or populated area Mass Killing: Four or more people killed in a single incident Mass Shooting: No official definition Definitions agreed to by the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2 ǀ 8/22/2016

Pro-Active Shooter Preparedness Active Shooter Incidents do not include:  Gang Violence  Drug related fatalities  Deaths that occur during a bank robbery  Acts of Terrorism 3 ǀ 8/22/2016

Why isn’t Terrorism Included?  Terrorists and Active Shooters often have different objectives  Law Enforcement response may be different However…. 4 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter or Terrorism? San Bernardino showed that they are often one and the same: 5 ǀ 8/22/2016

Employer Considerations While Life Safety events occurring in the workplace are rare: It is 18 times more likely that your company will experience an active shooter in the workplace than a fire If you have plans and train for one, why not the other? ACP Webinar – Active Shooter in Your Workplace: Tactical Planning and Response 6 ǀ 8/22/2016

Employer Considerations - OSHA Standard 1910.38:  An employer must have an emergency action plan  Plan must contain procedures for emergency evacuation, including type of evacuation and exit route assignments 7 ǀ 8/22/2016

Employer Considerations - OSHA Standard 1910.38: Just having evacuation routes posted on the walls is not considered an Emergency Action Plan 8 ǀ 8/22/2016

Employer Considerations – Today’s Environment Your Employee’s children:  Many schools are now conducting these types of drills  “If my kids have these drills at school, why doesn’t my job?” 9 ǀ 8/22/2016

Employer Considerations – Today’s Environment 10 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training We want to train employees, not alarm them How do we achieve this? 11 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Introduce this as part of your existing life safety program:  Fire/Evacuation  Tornado/Shelter in Place  Active Shooter You are just adding another layer to the procedures for worst case scenarios that employees are already familiar with 12 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Question: Do you pull the fire alarm? 13 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training We do not pull the fire alarm: If we do, people will be looking for a fire, not a shooter 14 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Question: Who remembers what they were taught as a child to do in the event of a fire? 15 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Stop, Drop, Roll 16 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training There is a similar phrase for responding to an Active Shooter: Run, Hide, Fight 17 ǀ 8/22/2016

Responding to an Active Shooter Why do companies use Run, Hide, Fight? 18 ǀ 8/22/2016

Responding to an Active Shooter Run, Hide, Fight  Run – Leaving the building is your first goal  Hide – If leaving is not an option, hide. This is not a permanent decision. Always look for a safe opportunity to leave the building  Fight – If your life is immediately in danger 19 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Run Question: Is your parking lot your Assembly Area for building evacuations? 20 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Run First Responders need your parking lot 21 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Run These events happen quickly:  70% end in 5 minutes or less  15% in 2 minutes or less  67% before the police arrive FBI: A study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013 (2014) 22 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Run Run  Leave building if safe to do so  Encourage others to go with you – but don’t linger  Visualize/know your entire route before leaving  Closest Exit – Not exit of habit 23 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Hide Hide  Locked Rooms (Conference Rooms, Offices)  Rooms with no windows Always be looking for a safe opportunity to Run 24 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Hide Hide  Spread out throughout the room – don’t cluster  Barricade the room 25 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Hide Be Quiet  No talking  Silence your cell phones 26 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Fight Fight? Really????  1 in 8 of all Active Shooter Incidents end when unarmed citizens intervened and restrained the shooter  61% of all Active Shooters Incidents end before Law Enforcement arrives 1) FBI: A study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013 (2014) 2) ALICE Training Institute 27 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Fight “Fight” doesn’t necessarily mean Fighting!  Noise  Movement/Visual Distractions  Distance 28 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Fight The Power of the Group 29 ǀ 8/22/2016

Run, Hide, Fight - Video Run, Hide, Fight Video  Only six minutes long  Available on YouTube – no cost to you 30 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training We want to add one step to Run, Hide, Fight: Alert The most important step??? “Alert, Run, Hide, Fight” concept credit to Bo Mitchell 31 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Remember these incidents happen quickly:  70% end in 5 minutes or less  15% in 2 minutes or less The sooner your employees know what is happening, the sooner they are able to get out of danger 32 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Public Address System:  Plain language, not codes  Announce as Active Shooter Question: Why? 33 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Public Address System: Plain Language  If your employees only train once a year they won’t remember what “Elvis has left the building means”  New employees and visitors don’t know your code words 34 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Also use every method of communication you have:  Email  Text  Walkie Talkies/Radios 35 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Law Enforcement has arrived. Now what? 36 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Law Enforcement Response:  Primary goal is to find and neutralize threat  Will not stop to treat wounded 37 ǀ 8/22/2016

Active Shooter Preparedness - Employee Training Law Enforcement Response:  Do not know who is suspect and who is employee  Hands visible, open and up 38 ǀ 8/22/2016

Pro-Active Shooter Preparedness Questions? James Green, CBCP, CUERME jgreen@pscu.com Twitter: @TheJamesGreen 39 ǀ 8/22/2016