Active Shooter Response

City of Houston, TX. Following the July 21, 2012, mass casualty shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the City of Houston has released an instructional video on what to do in case of a similar emergency. Funded by the Department of Homeland Security, the city hopes that the video can help people prepare people for the worst. Entitled Run. Hide. Fight. Surviving an Active Shooter Event, it depicts a fictional shooting incident in a crowded office building.

The DHS Active Shooter: How To Respond Booklet provides the profile of an active shooter scenario. The Booklet outlines the Run, Hide and Fight response options when engaged in active shooter scenarios, and reviews how to respond when law enforcement personnel arrives. This booklet provides information for training staff members on active shooter situations and gives tips for recognizing workplace violence.

This pamphlet provides a concise review of how to respond during active shooter events. The pamphlet reviews what to do when law enforcement arrives, information that should be reported to 911 operations, and how to protect yourself during an active shooter scenario.

This poster provides quick tips for responding to active shooter scenarios, including how to act and respond to law enforcement during active shooter situations and how to recognize workplace violence.

The Colorado Information Analysis Center provides this educational video to review eight indicators of terrorists plotting activity against your facility, including surveillance, elicitation, tests of security, funding, acquiring supplies, impersonation, rehearsal, deployment. The video reminds viewers to report suspicious activity to law enforcement entities immediately.

Medical triage is the key to doing the most good for the most people whenever there are more victims than rescuers, resources are limited, and time is critical. This training video provides an overview of the medical triage process and portrays the steps that CERT members need to follow to provide victims the most effective lifesaving support available until professional responders arrive on scene.

Lt. Gregg Karl of the Arlington County, Virginia, Fire Department walks a group of CERT trainees through a cribbing and leveraging exercise. This video is recommended for use in the CERT Train-the-Trainer course to demonstrate effective instructional techniques for teaching victim extrication.

Lt. Gregg Karl of the Arlington County, Virginia, Fire Department demonstrates three different types of victim carries to a class of CERT trainees. This video is recommended for use in the CERT Train-the-Trainer course to demonstrate effective instructional techniques for teaching victim carries.

Lt. Byron Dixon of the Arlington County, Virginia, Fire Department demonstrates a head-to-toe assessment for a class of CERT trainees. This video is recommended for use in the CERT Train-the-Trainer course to demonstrate effective instructional techniques for teaching head-to-toe assessments.

The information in this document provides an overview of countersurveillance. It outlines the three forms of countersurveillance: Fixed Surveillance, Foot Surveillance, and Vehicle Surveillance. Also listed in this document are indicators of surveillance being conducted against your facility and indicators of suspicious behavior.

The Department of Homeland Security poster gives viewers helpful tips to increase cognizance of suspicious behavior and activity. It can be used as a reminder for staff members and visitors located at facilities to be vigilant of suspicious behavior and report it to law enforcement.

This poster warns that businesses can become unwitting participants in illicit or terrorist activities. It encourages employees to be aware of suspicious purchases or suspicious usage of the business's products and services. It provides three steps to track unusual activity at facilities.