active shooter drills
School safety rehearsals
Active shooter drills are practice exercises that prepare people—especially students and workers—for responding to an armed attacker.
Schools and workplaces conduct these drills to rehearse lockdown procedures, evacuation routes, and survival strategies.
The drills became common in the United States following high-profile mass shootings, though critics debate whether they traumatize participants more than they protect them: The kindergartners practiced hiding during the active shooter drill.
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- schoolPlace of instruction
- safetyFreedom from harm
- emergencySerious sudden danger
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- EMS TrainingEMT certification, EMT training, CPR certification, CPR training, EMT
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Simulated emergency building evacuations
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Helpless potential victims
unpreparedness · complacency · denial · willful ignorance · head in the sand
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Pause in activity
school assemblies · field trips · pep rallies · school plays · graduation ceremonies
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