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You are at work, and you hear "There's an active shooter!", or you hear gunfire or an explosion. What should you do?
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You are at work, and you hear "There's an active shooter!", or you hear gunfire or an explosion. What should you do?
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If you're unfortunate enough to work on a country where this is a common enough threat, your company really should have a procedure/policy and regular training - just like a fire drill, or other disaster drill. VTC as a question on company policy.
– HorusKol
25 mins ago
strike, scream and run
– Prison Mike
22 mins ago
I know some readers might feel uncomfortable about my question and answer. But it is an important question to my mind, and it gave me an opportunity to share my Special Forces experience. You must practice safety drills if you care about the welfare of your co-workers.
– Patriot
20 mins ago
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You are at work, and you hear "There's an active shooter!", or you hear gunfire or an explosion. What should you do?
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If you're unfortunate enough to work on a country where this is a common enough threat, your company really should have a procedure/policy and regular training - just like a fire drill, or other disaster drill. VTC as a question on company policy.
– HorusKol
25 mins ago
strike, scream and run
– Prison Mike
22 mins ago
I know some readers might feel uncomfortable about my question and answer. But it is an important question to my mind, and it gave me an opportunity to share my Special Forces experience. You must practice safety drills if you care about the welfare of your co-workers.
– Patriot
20 mins ago
add a comment |
If you're unfortunate enough to work on a country where this is a common enough threat, your company really should have a procedure/policy and regular training - just like a fire drill, or other disaster drill. VTC as a question on company policy.
– HorusKol
25 mins ago
strike, scream and run
– Prison Mike
22 mins ago
I know some readers might feel uncomfortable about my question and answer. But it is an important question to my mind, and it gave me an opportunity to share my Special Forces experience. You must practice safety drills if you care about the welfare of your co-workers.
– Patriot
20 mins ago
If you're unfortunate enough to work on a country where this is a common enough threat, your company really should have a procedure/policy and regular training - just like a fire drill, or other disaster drill. VTC as a question on company policy.
– HorusKol
25 mins ago
If you're unfortunate enough to work on a country where this is a common enough threat, your company really should have a procedure/policy and regular training - just like a fire drill, or other disaster drill. VTC as a question on company policy.
– HorusKol
25 mins ago
strike, scream and run
– Prison Mike
22 mins ago
strike, scream and run
– Prison Mike
22 mins ago
I know some readers might feel uncomfortable about my question and answer. But it is an important question to my mind, and it gave me an opportunity to share my Special Forces experience. You must practice safety drills if you care about the welfare of your co-workers.
– Patriot
20 mins ago
I know some readers might feel uncomfortable about my question and answer. But it is an important question to my mind, and it gave me an opportunity to share my Special Forces experience. You must practice safety drills if you care about the welfare of your co-workers.
– Patriot
20 mins ago
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Having seen a lot of combat, I want to tell you what to do:
1-You need to know what to do before it happens and rehearse those actions by actually doing them, not just going over them in your mind, because when the bad thing strikes you are not going to be thinking much--you are going to be reacting, and your preparation will kick in and help you.
2-If you hear a big explosion anywhere near you that is bigger than a gunshot, hit the floor, preferably take cover, and make yourself small.
3-So, you are unarmed and there is an "active shooter". Not yet in sight? Run away. Can't run away? Hide. Can't run away or hide? Prepare to fight.
4-You are standing there outdoors at your job and you hear these strange zinging sounds, like metallic bees--near, sometimes far--take cover. You are being shot at from a very long distance or from a silenced weapon, or both.
5-Bad things have happened, the active shooter is there, and you cannot get away. Play dead. According to the news, it can work.
6-Bad things have happened, you know for sure that the active shooter is no longer active, and you want to get away. Let the police know you are not a bad guy by not having a weapon in your hands and preferably by fleeing smartly with your hands up until you are clearly far away from the fun. In the chaos, no one knows who is who, what is going on, how many bad guys there are, etc.
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Having seen a lot of combat, I want to tell you what to do:
1-You need to know what to do before it happens and rehearse those actions by actually doing them, not just going over them in your mind, because when the bad thing strikes you are not going to be thinking much--you are going to be reacting, and your preparation will kick in and help you.
2-If you hear a big explosion anywhere near you that is bigger than a gunshot, hit the floor, preferably take cover, and make yourself small.
3-So, you are unarmed and there is an "active shooter". Not yet in sight? Run away. Can't run away? Hide. Can't run away or hide? Prepare to fight.
4-You are standing there outdoors at your job and you hear these strange zinging sounds, like metallic bees--near, sometimes far--take cover. You are being shot at from a very long distance or from a silenced weapon, or both.
5-Bad things have happened, the active shooter is there, and you cannot get away. Play dead. According to the news, it can work.
6-Bad things have happened, you know for sure that the active shooter is no longer active, and you want to get away. Let the police know you are not a bad guy by not having a weapon in your hands and preferably by fleeing smartly with your hands up until you are clearly far away from the fun. In the chaos, no one knows who is who, what is going on, how many bad guys there are, etc.
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Having seen a lot of combat, I want to tell you what to do:
1-You need to know what to do before it happens and rehearse those actions by actually doing them, not just going over them in your mind, because when the bad thing strikes you are not going to be thinking much--you are going to be reacting, and your preparation will kick in and help you.
2-If you hear a big explosion anywhere near you that is bigger than a gunshot, hit the floor, preferably take cover, and make yourself small.
3-So, you are unarmed and there is an "active shooter". Not yet in sight? Run away. Can't run away? Hide. Can't run away or hide? Prepare to fight.
4-You are standing there outdoors at your job and you hear these strange zinging sounds, like metallic bees--near, sometimes far--take cover. You are being shot at from a very long distance or from a silenced weapon, or both.
5-Bad things have happened, the active shooter is there, and you cannot get away. Play dead. According to the news, it can work.
6-Bad things have happened, you know for sure that the active shooter is no longer active, and you want to get away. Let the police know you are not a bad guy by not having a weapon in your hands and preferably by fleeing smartly with your hands up until you are clearly far away from the fun. In the chaos, no one knows who is who, what is going on, how many bad guys there are, etc.
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Having seen a lot of combat, I want to tell you what to do:
1-You need to know what to do before it happens and rehearse those actions by actually doing them, not just going over them in your mind, because when the bad thing strikes you are not going to be thinking much--you are going to be reacting, and your preparation will kick in and help you.
2-If you hear a big explosion anywhere near you that is bigger than a gunshot, hit the floor, preferably take cover, and make yourself small.
3-So, you are unarmed and there is an "active shooter". Not yet in sight? Run away. Can't run away? Hide. Can't run away or hide? Prepare to fight.
4-You are standing there outdoors at your job and you hear these strange zinging sounds, like metallic bees--near, sometimes far--take cover. You are being shot at from a very long distance or from a silenced weapon, or both.
5-Bad things have happened, the active shooter is there, and you cannot get away. Play dead. According to the news, it can work.
6-Bad things have happened, you know for sure that the active shooter is no longer active, and you want to get away. Let the police know you are not a bad guy by not having a weapon in your hands and preferably by fleeing smartly with your hands up until you are clearly far away from the fun. In the chaos, no one knows who is who, what is going on, how many bad guys there are, etc.
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Having seen a lot of combat, I want to tell you what to do:
1-You need to know what to do before it happens and rehearse those actions by actually doing them, not just going over them in your mind, because when the bad thing strikes you are not going to be thinking much--you are going to be reacting, and your preparation will kick in and help you.
2-If you hear a big explosion anywhere near you that is bigger than a gunshot, hit the floor, preferably take cover, and make yourself small.
3-So, you are unarmed and there is an "active shooter". Not yet in sight? Run away. Can't run away? Hide. Can't run away or hide? Prepare to fight.
4-You are standing there outdoors at your job and you hear these strange zinging sounds, like metallic bees--near, sometimes far--take cover. You are being shot at from a very long distance or from a silenced weapon, or both.
5-Bad things have happened, the active shooter is there, and you cannot get away. Play dead. According to the news, it can work.
6-Bad things have happened, you know for sure that the active shooter is no longer active, and you want to get away. Let the police know you are not a bad guy by not having a weapon in your hands and preferably by fleeing smartly with your hands up until you are clearly far away from the fun. In the chaos, no one knows who is who, what is going on, how many bad guys there are, etc.
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If you're unfortunate enough to work on a country where this is a common enough threat, your company really should have a procedure/policy and regular training - just like a fire drill, or other disaster drill. VTC as a question on company policy.
– HorusKol
25 mins ago
strike, scream and run
– Prison Mike
22 mins ago
I know some readers might feel uncomfortable about my question and answer. But it is an important question to my mind, and it gave me an opportunity to share my Special Forces experience. You must practice safety drills if you care about the welfare of your co-workers.
– Patriot
20 mins ago