Emergency Preparedness

Appendix H.1 – ACTIVE SHOOTER

Kern Medical Emergency Preparedness

 Keep hands visible at all times  Avoid making quick movements toward officers such as attempting to hold on to them for safety  Avoid pointing, screaming and/or Yelling  Do not stop to ask officers for help or directions when evacuating, just proceed in the direction from which officers are entering the area • When the police arrive security will provide the following information:  Number of Shooters  Number of individual victims and any hostages  The type of problem causing the situation  Type and number of weapons possibly in the possession of the shooter  All necessary individuals still in the area  Identity and provide a description of participants, if possible  Keys to all involved areas as well as floor plans  Location and phone numbers in the affected area • Available staff will supply the Hospital Incident Command Center with a list of Participants or staff known to be in the area of the incident • Establish a media center in a designated location. All family members involved in the incident will be sent to the Family Information Center, located away from the public and media • The Hospital Incident Command Center will:  Establish a medical response team ready to support casualty operations  Appointment of a law enforcement liaison to provide floor plans of the hostage area for use by law enforcement and provide information to tactical commanders for environmental threats.  Plan for a situation that may take several hours to resolve. While the violence may be over quickly, there may be an extensive crime scene over a wide area. • The Hospital Incident commander will:  Appoint a Safety Officer to meet responding police and escort them to the incident and Hospital command center  Assign additional staff to control access to the area as directed by law enforcement  Identify witnesses and separate them from one another and escort them to separate rooms to wait law enforcement interviews.  When law enforcement arrives, they assume jurisdiction over the event. The hospital Safety officer will follow all reasonable directions by Law Enforcement, even when asked to leave the area. • Hospital staff, visitors, and patients will be kept away from the area until the situation is fully resolved. Once Law Enforcement announces resolution of the situation the Hospital Safety Officer will notify the PBX to announce the “All Clear” • The operator will announce “Code Black All Clear” three times (3) on the

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