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    Rader Clinic performs active shooter drill

    Rader Clinic performs active shooter drill

    Photo By Damien Salas | Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Operations Specialist Willie Gresham III plays the role...... read more read more

    JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VA, UNITED STATES

    08.06.2015

    Story by Damien Salas 

    Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall

    JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. - Medical professionals and other staff within the Andrew Rader U.S. Army Health Clinic performed an active shooter drill July 28 on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in a joint effort with JBM-HH emergency services.

    As part of the drill, clinic staff was tested on their readiness in the event of a code white, or active shooter on the premises. A lone, fake gunman quickly made his way through the clinic as an announcement was made over the intercom system.

    “The purpose of this emergency management exercise is to help the [clinic] staff identify and initiate proper procedures in accordance with emergency operations plans,” said clinic Senior Healthcare noncommissioned officer in charge Master Sgt. Edres Rhone. “It is designed to provide a training environment that will elicit awareness among staff members concerning active shooter activities.”

    In a real situation patients may or may not hear an overhead announcement of the event.

    In any case, front desk staff will repeat the announcement, according to Rhone.

    Depending on the situation, patients are urged to evaluate their surroundings and take one of three options:

    1. Run- If there is an accessible escape path, attempt to evacuate the premises. Warn individuals not to enter an area where the active shooter may be. Evacuate regardless of whether others agree to follow. Leave your belongings behind. Help others escape, if possible. Prevent individuals from entering an area where the active shooter may be. Keep your hands visible. Follow the instructions of any police officers. Do not attempt to move wounded people. Call 911 when it is safe to do so.

    2. Hide- If safe evacuation is not possible, find a place to hide where the active shooter is less likely to find you. Your hiding place should: Be out of the active shooter’s view. Provide protection if shots are fired in your direction (i.e., an office with a closed and locked door). If possible don’t trap yourself or restrict your options for movement. To prevent an active shooter from entering your hiding place: Lock the door. Blockade the door with heavy furniture. Close, cover, and move away from windows. Silence your cellphone and/or pager. (Even the vibration setting can give away a hiding position.)

    3. Fight- As an absolute last resort, and only when your life is in imminent danger, attempt to disrupt and/or incapacitate the active shooter. Act as aggressively as possible against him/her. Throw items and improvise weapons. Yell. Commit to your actions.

    For information on future drills and emergency procedures, patients can find updates on the clinic’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/raderclinic, or home website at http://rader.nrmc.amedd.army.mil/SitePages/Home.aspx.

    JBM-HH will participate in its annual active shooter exercise Sept. 17, now part of an annual training requirement for U.S. Army Installation Management Command activities. In 2013, an active shooter killed 13 people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

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    Date Taken: 08.06.2015
    Date Posted: 08.06.2015 17:04
    Story ID: 172405
    Location: JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VA, US

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