This document proposes an active shooter emergency response plan for St. Henry Catholic School. It outlines the following key points: 1. The plan is designed to maximize survivability in the event of a violent attack on the school by designating evacuation routes and following the "Run, Hide, Fight" doctrine. 2. The plan includes immediate implementation of security measures from an earlier security report and outlines roles and procedures for teachers, staff, and students during a lockdown or active shooter situation. 3. In an active shooter situation, individuals should remember to remain calm, trust their instincts, act smart, make good decisions, and take care of themselves by running, hiding, or fighting as a last resort in line

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GUARDIAN SECURITY CONSULTING
PROPOSED ACTIVE SHOOTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN
April 21, 2014
OVERVIEW
1. Project Background and Description
The purpose ofthis plan to give all students,teachers,and supportstaffof St. Henry Catholic School the bestchance
to survive an attack by an armed and hostile individual (an active shooter scenario).The school’s securitystrengths
and weaknesses have been assessed,targethardening measures have been proposed,and other items to aid in this
plan have been addressed.This is a proposed plan and can be changed and re-written at any time by the school
principal.
2. Project Scope
This plan is designed to attemptto give the bestpossible outcome (i.e.100% survivability), in the event of a violent
attack on the school.This plan,however, is not designed to accountfor ALL the possibilities thatmaymake achieving
100% survivability less likely. Such possibilities include,butare NOT limited,the following:
 An attack on students,staff,or supportstaffoutside ofthe building (campus grounds).
 An attack by highly skilled,motivated,and properly equipped attackers.
 An attack by an “inside” source (such as a student) thathas alreadytransported weapons into the interior.
 An attack made during a school function that is outside of normal school hours.
3. High-Level Requirements
The new plan will meetthe following criteria:
 Designate evacuation routes offof the campus or to designated “safe rooms”.
 The plan will be designed around the new active shooter doctrine of“Run, Hide,& Fight.”
 The plan will emphasize the level of importance ofeach tier of said doctrine.
 The plan will include a “lock down” procedure for situations where there is no active shooter but a possible
threat.
4. Implementation Plan
The implementation ofthe emergencyresponse plan should be immediate upon final approval of the plan.All the
early-term (Guardian Security Report) security measures thatare mentioned in the plan,that are not currently in
place,should be installed and readyby next school year (Fall 2014). All the long-term (see Guardian Security Report)
security measures thatare mentioned in the plan,should be immediatelyimplemented as theysoon as they are
reviewed, approved,and installed.Following this given timeline will assure the bestpossible protection for all those
that learn, teach, work, and visit, St. Henry School.
5. High-Level Timeline/Schedule
Almostall early-term securitymeasures mentioned in the Security Report can be implemented and installed bythe
end of May 2014.Most of these installs can be done by the consultantpreparing this plan and report.

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APPROVAL AND AUTHORITY TO PROCEED
We approve the projectas described above,and authorize the team to proceed.
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Active Shooter Emergency Response Plan
An active shootersituation is any situation where a hostile person is
actively engaged in attacking and severely injuring and/or killing people in a
given location. Active shooterevents can happen anytime, anywhere, and
without any warning. This is why it is necessaryfor an institution, such as
an elementary school,to have a plan in place to help provide the best
possible protectionfor those who teach, learn, and work at the school.
The following emergencyresponse plan (ERP) will be based on the new
response to the active shooter. This new response is simply known as
“Run, Hide, and Fight.” Before learning the ERP for this location one must
first understand what this new doctrine means and why it is necessary.
Explaining Run, Hide, & Fight
An active shootersituation is highly dynamic, stressful,and ever changing.
What Run, Hide, & Fight allows those who are targeted by a shooter to do,
is to force the shooter to react (which disrupts the shooter’s OODA Loop –
more on that below). By forcing the shooterto react, individuals are given
precious seconds to getaway and escape,hide, and/or prepare to fight.
This was not possible with the old method of simply locking a classroom
and hoping that the hostile did not breach the room and start killing all
those huddled in a corner of the room.
This new response to an active shootersituation is as follows:
Run
Run is quite simple.This means get out and away from the location that the
shooteris in/near as fast as possible.
Although there is a chance you may come within view of the hostile, due to
the act of running and being in a close quarter area, the ability for the
shooterto respond with lethal force will be minimal. No matter how well an

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individual is trained with a firearm it is ALWAYS harder to make a lethal hit
on a fast moving target than it is on a target that is staying in one place.
Running removes you from the threat area and gives the hostile less of an
ability to engage you.
Hide
If you are trapped and running is not a viable option, your next goal should
be to find somewhere to hide. Hiding can be as simple as ducking behind
furniture to more evasive, such as hiding behind coats, in a locked closet.A
hostile will likely be looking for easy targets (i.e. those he can see and get a
sight picture on), rather than those that are hiding. This again forces the
shooterto react.
Fight
Fight is actively engaging the hostile. This can be done a number of ways
but should only be done as a LAST RESORT.A hostile will likely be armed
with a firearm and thus it is extremely dangerous to attempt to engage
without a firearm yourself. If, however, running failed, and your hide spot
has just beendiscovered you will have to be prepared to fight (and
probably get some kind of injury in the process).
It is encouraged that if it comes down to fighting with an armed hostile that
you should make every attempt to ambush the hostile and, if possible,
attack with a group of people.Again, this will force the hostile to react to
your action giving you valuable secondsto cause crippling damage to the
hostile. No tactic or objectis prohibited in fighting the hostile. The hostile is
there to use deadly force and thus any personattempting to fight back is
also allowed to use deadly force.
Finally if you have arrived at this last resort option there is something you
should remember:due to advances in medicine,emergencycare, and the
type of the response that the location will be receiving, even if you get shot
or stabbed,the chances of you surviving the ordeal are high.
OODA Loop
The OODA Loop conceptwas developed bymilitary strategist and USAF
Colonel John Boyd. The OODA Loop,which stands for Observe,Orient,
Decide,and Act was a conceptwhich was made to describeand
demonstrate how decisions are made (whether by an individual or an
organization – see Fig. A). Understanding this conceptis important

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because by disrupting a person’s OODA Loop (or making them react to
your action), you are forcing them to factor your action into their decision
making.
This benefits any person in an active shooter situation because it will give
that person time to accomplishone of the 3 goals (run, hide, or fight). Due
to the fact that disrupting a hostile’s OODA Loop is “built-in” to the
response,the response alone is designed to save lives. This facility’s ERP
includes security measures that will also disrupt a hostile’s OODA Loop,
which will also aide in keeping people safe.
Fig. A
LockdownProcedure
The lockdown plan is only to be used for “outside” and “possible” threats.
This means that if there is active violence this is NOT the plan to utilize.
This procedure is for any suspicious,threatening, or overtly aggressive
behavior that is observed on or near the campus (i.e. building exterior).
This procedure is also for any situations where law enforcementhas
deemed suchbehavior to be a possibility on or near campus during a law
enforcementaction.
The lockdown procedure will be implemented immediately,upon
confirmation of above, as follows:

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I. Confirmation of Threat
A. A message overthe school’s PA system will be made as
follows:
1. “There has been a confirmed threat on or near the school.
All teachers should follow necessarysteps to secure the
school.This is not a drill.”
B. Staff in the main office will be tasked with determining that the
main entrance is secure. A staff membershould be tasked with
monitoring the front of the building and reporting any activity that
would be deemed threatening or suspicious.
C. The 3rd
Grade teacher should check AND confirm that the S/E
entrance is secure.
1. Confirmation should be given to the office via the PA
system.
D. The 2nd
Grade teacher should check AND confirm that the N/E
entrance is secure.
1. Confirmation should be given to the office via the PA
system.
E. If a gym class is in sessionthe gym teacher should immediately
return students to their respective class.
1. The gym teacher should then check all entrances in the
gym and parish center to determine that they are secure.
2. The gym teacher should then secure the folding doorin
the parish center and report to the main office to confirm all
doors are secure.
F. Cafeteria staff should check AND confirm the rear basement
door (ground level) is secure.
1. A staff membershould be assigned to monitor the area.
G. Once the office has received word that all exterior doors are
secure and monitors are in place, all teachers should then be
instructed to close their classroom doors and await further instruction.

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1. If at any time an active shooter threat is confirmed all
lockdown plans should be rescinded and the Active Shooter
EmergencyResponse Plan (ASERP)should be authorized.
2. If the threat passes and there is no indication of a
continued threat an all clear message should be issued to the
school,over the PA, as follows:
a) “An all-clear has been confirmed.All normal class
schedules and functions may resume. Again, an all-clear
has been confirmed.”
Active Shooter EmergencyResponse Plan(ASERP)
In the event of an active shooter everyoneshould rememberthe following:
 Remain Calm
 Trust Your Instincts
 Act Smart
 Make Good Decisions
 Take Care of Yourself
 Take Care of Others
I. Confirmation of Threat
A. Once an active shooterevent has been confirmed an
announcement over the PA should immediately be broadcastas
follows:
1. “An active shooter has breached the building. I repeat an
active shooterhas breached the building. This is NOT a drill.
Please follow primary protocoland rememberyour ability to
change to second and tertiary protocol.”
B. The main office should immediately be secured and the police
should be called.
C. If there are persons inside the computerlab, the lab should
immediately be secured.

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II. Active Phase [Primary Protocol]
A. All teachers should begin evacuation of the building following
the outlined evacuation route for the designated area.
B. Main officestaff should designate a ‘dispatcher’ to stay on the
phone with police.That dispatcher should do the following during this
phase:
1. They should advise that an active shooter is in the
building and the schoolis beginning to evacuate.
2. The caller should advise police that students and staff will
be rendezvousing in the parking lot behind Breslow’s grocery.
3. The caller should advise how many other staff members
are safely secured in the main office.
4. The caller should give the bestpossible descriptionof the
shooterand what type of weapon he has
a) Is it a long gun/rifle?
b) A handgun?
c) Or is it a shotgun?
C. Another staff membershould take care of the PA system,
intercoms,radios, and the “siren on sticks” (S2) system.
D. Once evacuation has begun and a dispatcheris on the line the
S2 system should be activated.
1. Once activated the behavior of the shootershould be
observed as bestas possible.
2. If the shooterflees or commits suicide the police should
be advised of such but an all clear will NOT be issued until
police deem the scene safe.
3. If the shooterdoes not change his behavior police should
also be advised of this.
E. The non-dispatching staff membershould be monitoring for any
intercom or radio traffic from teachers or students.
1. As any information from these sources comes in (either
from students or staff) it should be passed along to the
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F. The main office will maintain this ‘command center’ readiness
until police have deemed the area safe.
G. Teachers will do their bestto guide all students along primary
evacuation routes so that students are out of the building.
1. Teachers will be prepared to fall back to secondary
shelter in place (SIP) routes that lead to designated safety
zones (SZ).
2. Teachers will be prepared to attempt to continue
evacuation of students out of building after falling back to SZs.
3. Teachers must be prepared to coordinate an attack on a
hostile if all other plans have failed.
H. Teachers who were successfulin getting all the students within
their view out of school,and have followed them to the staging area,
will immediately report back to the main office with the following:
1. That they are out of the building and at the staging area.
2. The numbers of students that they have in the area.
3. Information on whether anyone fell behind, was injured, or
is in need of immediate medical attention.
I. Teachers in the staging area must do their best to keep all
students calm.
J. Teachers will NOT leave the staging area until the situation has
been resolved by law enforcementAND they receive an all clear from
the main office
III. Barricade Phase [Secondary Protocol]
A. All students and teachers who were unable to safely evacuate
should immediately attempt to find a safety zone to secure
themselves in.
B. All teachers left in the building, should attempt to guide any
students within their sight to a safety zone.
C. If a safety zone is already secured by another student or
teacher, a loud announcement will be made to let that personinside
know who is outside.
1. This announcement should include the following:

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a) Your name
b) Your grade
D. If in a safety zone that does not have an intercom, a phone call
should be made to 911.Be prepared to not get an immediate
response.
1. Once a phone call is made the caller should advise police
of the following information:
a) Your name
b) That you are in one of the school’s safety zone
rooms
c) The location that you are in
d) How many other people are with you
*The schoolhas taken the necessarysteps to provide secure rooms that
DO NOT need to be barricaded. DO NOT barricade safety zone rooms as
you need to be able to acceptother students and/or staff into the room.
E. If in a safety zone that does have an intercom (boys and girls
parish center locker rooms), an occupant in the room should activate
the intercom and advise the officeof their situation which will include
the following information:
1. Your name
2. The safety zone that you are in
3. How many other people are with you
4. What you hear around you
F. Those in safety zones should only attempt to leave them if they
feelthey have a good chance to safely evacuate the building. If they
feelthis chance is good,it is encouraged that they take that chance.
G. For those that are in a “hot zone” and feelthat they cannot
safely leave the room they should wait in the room until the room is
cleared by law enforcement.
H. For callers to 911 or safety zones with intercoms,updates
should be made to dispatchers as necessary about such matters as:
1. Injuries to people in the room

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2. Whether or not you believe the room is about to be
breached
3. Any safety concerns that you or anyone else has in the
room
I. As this event continues, and while waiting for the arrival of law
enforcement,the main office should do the following:
1. Use the PA system to check each classroom connected
to the system.The message should be as follows:
a) “Checkstatus of room. If anyone is inside please
respond.Again please respond.”
2. If there is no response the room is consideredempty.
Mark that on the map of the school.
3. If there is a response askthe responderwhat their status
is. Copy the information that the respondergives you and turn
that over to the dispatcher.
4. Do this “room clearing” until all rooms on the PA system
have beenchecked.
IV. Combat Phase [Tertiary Protocol]
A. Combating the hostile should only be done as a last resort
when a student(s)/teacher(s) has nowhere to flee and thus is trapped
in a specific location.
B. If a personis forced to combata hostile without a weapon they
should make every attempt to do the following:
1. Ambush the hostile
2. Sprint towards the hostile
3. Attempt to grab the hostile’s weapon
4. Deliver blows to the head, stomach, and groin area
5. Flee from the hostile and evacuate the building if possible
a) If not possiblefind another secure location to hide
C. If a personis with a group of people and is forced to combata
hostile without a weapon they should make every attempt to do the
following:
1. Ambush the hostile

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2. Sprint towards the hostile
3. One person should attempt to grab the hostile’s weapon
4. The rest of the group should attack the hostile with blows
to the head, stomach, and groin
5. Flee from the hostile and evacuate the building if possible
a) If not possiblefind another secure location to hide
D. If persons are forced to fight the hostile they should make
attempts to arm themselves with blunt or sharp objects and follow the
prescribedattack patterns for solo or group combat.
E. Persons attacking a hostile should only attempt to disarm and
detain IF, and only IF, the initial attack disarmed the hostile AND
appears to have had a detrimental effecton the hostile.
1. Fleeing should be the encouraged response after
attacking
F. All persons who attacked the hostile, and were able to evacuate
the building, and get to the staging area, should immediately find a
teacher and report what had happened to them.
1. Teachers should immediately report this to the main office
V. Police Response
A. For all persons that remain in the building, as police respond
and clear the building they should do the following:
1. Once contacted by an officerdo EXACTLYas they say.
2. Do NOT reach for anything or make any sudden
movements.
3. If you have information on the hostile such as location, or
if they are wearing bodyarmor, yell this to the officersas you
follow their orders.
4. Do not question or resist if an officerdetains you and
places you in cuffs.
B. For all persons in safe zone rooms,the police will make contact
with your room and announce themselves.Follow the instructions
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C. Once you are secured follow any and all orders that are given
to you by responding officers.
D. Once the scene is deemedsafe and officers have debriefed
you, you will be released on your own recognizance.
VI. Post-IncidentDebrief
A. Once the scene is safe a schoolrepresentative should make
contact with the students and staff at the staging area. Everyone in
the staging area should be advised of the following:
1. The incident is concluded and the threat has been
eliminated.
2. Crisis intervention staff will be available as soon as
possible.
3. That time will be taken before classes and normal
business resumes.
4. Staff will be available at the schoolto take calls and all
parents will be advised of any updates as they happen.
5. Everyone is free to go home and that it is requested
parents take their children home and not drive past or stop by
the school.
B. Local crisis intervention teams should be contacted and
advised of the situation (see Security Report for further information).
C. Teachers should be gathered and debriefed bypolice as well
as the schoolprincipal.
1. A debrief should include:
a) Any additional information on the hostile such as:
(1) Their actions
(2) Their behavior
(3) Anything said by the hostile
b) Whether any teachers had contact, in the school,
with the hostile
c) If any teachers fought the hostile
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e) What each teacher thought went right and what
went wrong
D. An e-bulletin should be sent to all parents advising them of how
to interact with their children after such an event
1. See Security Reportfor references on what should be
included
E. Information on the incident should be gathered and archived
and sent to educational boards and institutions across the country
advising of the following:
1. The details of the incident that occurred
2. What security measures had been put into place at the
school
3. What went wrong and what went right while following the
emergencyresponse plan.
Being that this plan will aide in obtaining 100% survivability of all persons at
the school during an active shooter event, please take what you have read
seriously. Sign below to acknowledge that you have read this plan in its
entirety and that you will follow this plan to the best of your ability in the
event of an active shooter.
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