1. Surviving an Active sHooter
Community College of Baltimore County

2. Surviving an active shooter
Colleges and K-12 are the safest places in America
Colleges make 7.5% of total incidents over the past 13 years.
Despite all the above statistics, it is high impact event and changes the college and community forever.

3. Surviving an active shooter
33% of the time we know ahead of time.
Report any suspicious or threatening behavior.
CCBC Department of Public Safety

4. Surviving an active shooter
Most of incidents involve a single shooter.
In at least 9 incidents the shooter first shot and killed a family member in residence before moving to a more public location to continue shooting.
80% of the shooters were students or former students

5. Surviving an active shooter
It usually takes 5-6 minutes for the first responders to come.
Act quickly and decisively
This is your critical time to make the best and most important decisions of your life.
RUN (get as far away from the threat)
HIDE (lock your door, turn lights off, hide from the view, barricade the door)
FIGHT (defend yourself and others)

6. Surviving an active shooter
Follow instructions of responding Police and Public Safety officers.
Run if told to run.
Raise your hands over your head.
Prepare to be stopped and searched.

7. Surviving an active shooter
Run
-Escape quickly
-Don’t wait
-Only take
phone
-No set place to
congregate,
just get away
from danger
Hide
-Lights off
-Barricade
-Phones off
-Sheltering
rooms (yellow/green
circles)
Fight
-Self defense a
right
-Teamwork
-Not charged
for damage

8. Surviving an active shooter
For further information
Active shooter film, University of Ohio
DHS policy tions/active_shooter_pocket_card_508.pdf
FBI webpage on active shooters partner-engagement/active-shooter-incidents