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Active Assailant

Stay Calm

When there is an active assailant in the building, it's important to remember to stay calm.

  • Run

    • Have an escape route and plan in mind.
    • Leave your belongings behind.
    • Keep your hands visible.
    • Create distance between you and the active assailant.
    • Call 911 when it’s safe to do so.

  • Hide

    • Be out of the active assailant’s view.
    • Lock and barricade doors.
    • Remain out of sight and quiet.
    • Silence your phone.
    • Turn off lights.
    • Close blinds.

  • Fight Last resort to be used only when your life is in imminent danger.

    • Attempt to disrupt or incapacitate the attacker.
    • Find an object to use as a weapon, such as a fire extinguisher or chair.
    • Act as aggressively as possible against the assailant.
    • Throw items and improvise weapons.
    • Yell.
    • Commit to your actions.
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