[Wasagdu] Active shooter presentation

[debby]

This is a rather scary topic, but I'm glad that you brought it up. Hopefully at work if something should happen I would be a# to hide somewhere.[q~"]∮ are certainly big things to hide behind. My husband and I have talked about this kind of thing, were we together. I told him he should run and get away, but he said that he would not leave me behind. So if we are together, we will run, hide or fight together, I guess. It would be a horrible experience to go through, so I'm sure hoping it never happens to any of us.    Debby and Nova

On Nov 30, 2016 10:06 AM, Becky Frankeberger via WASAGDU <wasagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Jenine Stanley 
> Consumer Relations Coordinator, 
> Guide Dog Foundation. 
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> Hi Everyone, 
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> This post may contain triggers for some. I hate to bring up such a negative 
> and scary topic but as many of you probably heard, we had an active shooter, 
> actually knife-wielder, on the Ohio State campus here in Columbus, Ohio, 
> yesterday. It prompted me to ask the police here in the village of Minerva 
> Park where I live to hold another Active Shooter presentation. They did this 
> a few years back and I think it's something, like disaster preparedness, 
> self defense and first aid, that we need to repeat every so often to be able 
> to remember. 
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> Has anyone else gone to one of these presentations? They are incredibly 
> helpful at dispelling myths and giving you tools to use should you ever be 
> in such a situation. 
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> You can then think about how you would handle things with your dog. Has that 
> ever come up in such a presentation? 
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> If you have not taken part in one, you can contact your local police or city 
> office that handles emergency preparedness and ask to schedule one. If you 
> belong to a group, church, blindness related, etc., ask for someone to come 
> speak on the subject. 
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> The presentations I've attended use the three words, Run, Hide and fight to 
> describe your options. 
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> Run: get out and away from the sound of gun fire. This might mean grabbing 
> someone's arm or coat or whatever or giving your dog the command to get 
> outside. Try to remember where the exits are when going into buildings, 
> especially places like malls. 
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> Hide: if you can't run away, especially if you can't tell where the shooting 
> is coming from, hide. Get behind large furniture. Lie down flat and try to 
> have your dog at a down/stay. 
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> Fight: this is the scariest one for me. Before fighting, think about how not 
> to get shot. Don't stand in a bunch of people. This just makes a denser 
> larger target. Stand along the wall that contains the door. Barricade the 
> door with heavy things or wedge things in under the knob. Then find things 
> to throw at someone if they burst into the room. Usually law enforcement 
> will announce themselves so don't worry about hitting friendly people. 
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> Finally, stay wherever you are until someone official tells you it's safe to 
> move or go back to where you were. 
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> Those were things that stuck with me. What's your experience? Please do 
> share. 
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> Jenine Stanley 
> Consumer Relations Coordinator, 
> Guide Dog Foundation. 
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