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NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit News & Resources Supporting the National Network of Libraries of Medicine's Emergency Preparedness & Response Initiative
Archive for the ‘Shooter’ CategorySurviving an Active Shooter VideoThursday, August 9th, 2012Here’s an excellent video from the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security called RUN>>HIDE>>FIGHT Surviving and Active Shooter Event. Before sharing it with a wide audience in your institution, you may want to first run it by your security office. Also, some scenes are rather intense.
Report Released of Active Shooter Incident at UT/Austin 09/28/10Wednesday, July 20th, 2011Click on the URL below to view the report of the shooter incident at the University of Texas/Austin that occurred on September 28, 2010. Note the picture on page 2 of the student/gunman entering the Perry/Castaneda Library. Active Shooter: Plan, Prevent, SurviveThursday, February 10th, 2011Dan refers us to a truly excellent article from “Library Leadership & Management,” volume 25, no. 1, 2011, entitled “Active Shooter in the Library: How to Plan for, Prevent, and Survive the Worst,” by Amy Kautzman, Associate University Librarian at UC Davis’ General Library. The article is available through Creative Commons here http://journals.tdl.org/llm/article/view/1864/1625. It’s difficult to point out highlights because every sentence is important, but there were several eye-openers for me, such as: active shooter incidents are not random, out-of-the-blue events. In previous incidents, there have always been warning signs displayed by the person who became the shooter, but they were not reported until after the event, or if they had been reported before, no action was taken. So awareness, reporting and follow-up are key preventive stragegies. And, one of the keys to surviving an active shooter incident is to respond immediately rather than waiting to be told what to do; in other words, accept personal responsibility for your safety by learning response strategies and developing a “mindset” of preparedness. Be sure to continue past the references at the end of the article to find the “Active Shooter / Safety and Security Selected Materials” bibliography of additional resources compiled by Amy Kautzman and Jennifer Little, who is Head of User Services at Morehead State University. In the article, Ms. Kautzman acknowledges how scary it can be to entertain thoughts or develop scenarios in order to become prepared, but we can use this kind of scary to motivate us to make plans that might save our lives someday. Active Shooter in the Library (2009 ALA Session)Monday, January 17th, 2011Click on this URL, http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6671751.html, for a summary of a session on active shooters at the 2009 ALA Conference. The session was moderated by University of California-Davis librarian Amy Kautzman and featured a panel of two law enforcement officers. It’s a short read with some very good suggestions. Shooter in the VicinityThursday, January 13th, 2011On September 28, 2010, we were all dismayed to hear about the shooter on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. The crisis ended with the shooter running into the Perry-Casteneda Library, where he took his own life, not having injured anyone else. While the incident was unfolding, the University acted immediately to instruct all its students, faculty and staff to shelter in place. According to news reports, within 8 minutes of shots being fired, they had sent out an emergency alert via text message and posted the alert on their web page, and sounded outdoor sirens on campus to warn everyone to take shelter. While most of us, fortunately, have no experience with this type of incident, it can, unfortunately, happen anywhere and anytime. When the NN/LM SE/A Emergency Preparedness & Response Committee met in December, one of the Florida representatives, Allison Howard, mentioned that their staff had watched a DVD called “Shots Fired: When Lightning Strikes,” and that it was very effective in teaching the best response to shots fired in the workplace or vicinity. Here’s the link to the site where the video is available, including a trailer/preview: http://www.shotsfireddvd.com/
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