Every person facing a dangerous situation must be prepared to take direct responsibility for his or her own personal safety and security. What should you do if an active shooter or other violent situation is in progress on campus?
Understand what is happening, and quickly decide how to respond. Based on what you see and hear, determine if it makes sense to stay where you are and try to hide, or if you should try to escape to a safer location.聽ACT聽QUICKLY鈥擠on鈥檛聽wait聽for聽others聽to聽validate聽your聽decision.聽
RUN
If you decide it is best to try to escape to a safer location:
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- 骋别迟听补蝉听蹿补谤听补飞补测听蹿谤辞尘听迟丑别听蝉丑辞辞迟别谤/蝉辞耻苍诲蝉听辞蹿听驳耻苍蹿颈谤别听补蝉听测辞耻听肠补苍听
- 滨蹿听肠补耻驳丑迟听辞耻迟蝉颈诲别,听迟补办别听肠辞惫别谤听产别丑颈苍诲听蝉辞尘别迟丑颈苍驳听濒颈办别听补听迟丑颈肠办听
飞补濒濒听辞谤听补听濒补谤驳别听迟谤别别听 - After聽reaching聽shelter,聽call聽911 and Campus Police at 8888. Campus Police at 8888 from any campus phone or
(919) 760-8888 from any other phone. Tell聽the聽police聽as聽much聽as聽you聽can聽about聽the聽shooter鈥檚 location聽and聽description.
HIDE
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- If聽possible,聽lock聽the聽door聽from聽the聽inside and shelter in place.聽
- Even if locking door(s) is possible, use聽furniture聽or聽other聽available聽objects聽to聽barricade聽the聽door(s).聽
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- 滨蹿听尘耻濒迟颈辫濒别听辫别辞辫濒别听补谤别听颈苍蝉颈诲别听迟丑别听谤辞辞尘,听蝉辫谤别补诲听辞耻迟鈥攄辞苍鈥檛听丑耻诲诲濒别听颈苍听驳谤辞耻辫蝉.听
- If聽possible,聽use聽any聽available聽phone聽to聽call聽911 and Campus Police at 8888 from any campus phone or (919) 760-8888 from any other phone. Tell聽the聽police聽as聽much聽as聽you聽can聽about聽the聽shooter鈥檚
濒辞肠补迟颈辞苍听补苍诲听诲别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍.听 - Put your cell phone on vibrate or silent in order to receive MC Alert messages.
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FIGHT
If you are directly confronted by the shooter:
- Assume his or her intentions are lethal to you and others. ACT WITH PHYSICAL AGGRESSION聽
- Be mentally prepared to do whatever you can to fight back and survive.
In case of an active shooter or situation involving a threatening individual, an emergency notification will be sent out via MC ALERT as quickly as is practical.
Remember that your survival of an active shooting 聽or situation involving a threatening individual will likely depend on the immediate actions you take to help protect yourself.
Contact Information
Ann Gleason, chair of Meredith鈥檚 Incident Response Team
(919) 760-8521
gleasona@meredith.edu