1. Exercise and Drill Options
Stacey Rosenberger, MPH, Emergency Planner

3. Exercise and Drill Options
Tabletop
Walk-through
Drills
Large vs. Small

4. Tabletop
Administrative
Staff Tabletop
Helps you evaluate your polices and plans in a low stress environment
Identity administrative actions that need to be taken
Customize scenario exercise to work space/location
Discuss specific actions that staff will take and why they chose their course of action
Can cover multiple scenarios

5. Walk-Through
Allows staff and supervisors to walk through their work space and identify:
Closest exits
Hiding/Safe Space Rooms
Discuss lockdown of building
Communication with each other
Weapons available in workspace
Issues
Door doesn’t lock/window doesn’t open

6. What drill will you choose?
Large
Small
Pros
Promotes realism
Coordinate with other organizations- law, first responders
Cons
Require more time and resources
Hard to do regularly
Large amount of organizations involved
May not be feasible for all staff to participate on a regular basis
Can be stressful and scary for staff and patients
May have block off part of facility
Pros
Easier to conduct on a regular basis- more staff can participate
Can be conducted within work space
Less time and resources needed
Good for small facilities
Cons
Lacks realism
Doesn’t allow you to coordinate with outside organizations

7. Drill Use a cowbell or some other sound to indicate gun shots
What does it entail?
Why does it work?
Use a cowbell or some other sound to indicate gun shots
Assign someone to be active shooter
“Assigned shooter” walks calmly around work are for 2 minutes allowing staff to react based on the location of the “shooter”
Designed to be done during normal work hours
Minimal interruption to work flow
Allows supervisors and managers to run drills at convenient times
Get ALL staff involved in drills
Capture feedback from staff
Provided in packet handed out to the participants

8. Drill Considerations What will your drill focus on?
Run
Hide
Fight
Or all three?
Where will you conduct your drill?

9. How do you mimic an active shooter without scaring people?

10. Inform and train your staff in advance of an exercise
This is not a time for a no notice drill
Allow staff to “opt out” if the drill is too stressful for them

11. Next Steps Conduct drill Nov 17th Train staff
Write/
update policy procedure
Attend workshop Oct. 20 or 27
Select drill type for November
Train staff
Conduct drill Nov 17th

12. Questions ?