A Run. Hide. Fight. University active shooter preparedness exercise will close Dykes
Library from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday Sept. 24. We will conduct this drill in
collaboration with our campus police department, Kansas City, Kansas,
police and fire departments, county offices and the hospital. Timed to
coincide with
National Preparedness Month,
this drill will test our readiness and how we work together as a
community in a highly charged emergency situation. Even if you are not
part of the exercise itself, you may be impacted.
Here's what you can expect the day of the exercise:
- The drill will start at 7 a.m., but Dykes Library will be closed at 5
a.m. (to prepare for the drill) until the exercise is completed and the
area is cleared.
- Pedestrian and vehicle traffic will be rerouted, so expect slight delays.
- The RAVE and Alertus systems
will be activated throughout campus - ensure you receive the Alertus
popup at your computer and the RAVE text message on your cell phone (you
must be signed up to receive RAVE messages).
- All of the university campus will be in lockdown for a short period.
- You will receive Emergency Alert or Critical Information emails from
dispatch throughout the event; subject line will lead with "This is a
drill" or "This is an exercise."
- Employees and students should make sure to wear their badges,
particularly during the lockdown. Your badge will be the only means of
access to buildings if you need to move between buildings during the
lockdown period. In a real emergency, we would need to account for our
employees and students so your badges would help us do this.
The campus can actively participate in this drill by thinking about
your egress routes or how you would barricade yourself from a shooter.
If you haven't taken the Run, Hide, Fight training or asked for a
presentation or recommendations, now is the time to do so. Email
Erica Hupka for training information or go to the
Emergency Management website, which has a short Run, Hide, Fight
video.
We have notified the Rosedale and Volker neighborhoods, and digital
signs are already installed to let the community know of this event.
Please tell your family and friends about the drill so they are not
alarmed by the sirens and possible media presence this day.
We appreciate your cooperation and support throughout this drill.
After the exercise, we will put together an after-action report to share
with the campus. Email
uem@kumc.edu with questions or concerns.
