Secure immediate area
- Lock and barricade doors
- Turn off lights
- Close blinds
- Block windows
- Turn off radios and computer monitors
- Keep occupants calm, quiet and out of sight
- Keep yourself out of sight and take adequate cover/protection (i.e. concrete walls, thick desks, filing cabinets), which may protect you from bullets
- Silence cell phones
- Place signs in exterior windows to identify the location of injured persons
Contacting authorities
- Dialing 911 from a land line or a cell phone will connect with Marquette County Central Dispatch. Make sure to give the dispatcher your exact location
- Dialing 227-2151 will contact you with the NMU dispatch (the non-emergency line)
- Be aware that the 911 system will likely be overwhelmed
- Program the NMU Public Safety and Police Services administrative line (227-2151) into your cell phone for emergency use
What to report:
- Your specific location, in particular the building name and the office or room number
- The number of people at your specific location
- The number of injured persons and what types of injuries have been suffered
- Provide as much of the following information as is known
- assailant’s location
- number of suspects
- race
- gender
- clothing description
- physical features
- type of weapons (long gun or hand gun)
- backpack type
- shooter’s identity
- type of incident – i.e. shooting or explosion
Un-securing an area
- Consider risks before un-securing rooms
- Remember, the shooter will not stop until they are engaged by an outside force
- Attempts to rescue people should only be made if they can be accomplished without further endangering the persons inside a secured area
- Consider the safety of masses vs. the safety of a few
- If doubt exists for the safety of the individuals inside the room, the area should remain secured
Police response
- Objective is to immediately engage assailant(s) and neutralize the threat
- Evacuate victims
- Facilitate follow up medical care, interviews and counseling
- Launch full investigation