NFPA Journal - Fall 2022 - 8
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SPREAD THE WORD
AFTER A RECENT STRING OF DEADLY MASS SHOOTINGS, EXPERTS
SAY IT'S CRITICAL TO GET NFPA 3000 IN FRONT OF LAWMAKERS AND
OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS NATIONWIDE. THE QUESTION IS, WILL
THEY PAY ATTENTION?
By Angelo Verzoni
U
ONE OF MANY
In a racially motivated
attack, a
gunman killed
10 people at a
supermarket in
a predominantly
black neighborhood
in Buffalo,
New York, on May
14. The incident
was one of more
than 350 mass
shootings in the
United States so
far this year.
valde, Texas. Buffalo, New York.
Highland Park, Illinois. These communities,
while starkly different
geographically, demographically,
and politically, now share unwanted
common ground: they've each been the site of a
mass shooting.
These recent incidents, which combined left
nearly 40 people dead and dozens more injured,
were just three of more than 350 shootings in
the United States so far this year in which four
or more people were shot, according to statistics
from Gun Violence Archive, an online collection
of government and media reports on shootings.
Since 2018, NFPA has published a standard
designed to provide communities with a roadmap
to prepare for active shooter incidents and their
aftermath. The document, NFPA 3000, Standard
for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response
(ASHER) Program, is currently in a revision cycle,
with the third edition of the standard set for
release in late 2023.
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Although it may seem like mass shootings
dropped during the early stages of the COVID-19
pandemic, when much of the country found itself
in lockdowns, data shows that is not actually
the case. Instead, shootings stopped occurring
in public places, for the most part. In other
locations, like private residences, the number of
mass shootings in 2020 was
actually higher than it was
in 2019. With the number of
active shooter and other hostile
events showing no signs
of slowing, experts say now
is the time for communities
to start paying attention to
NFPA 3000 if they haven't
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already. Policymakers and other high-ranking
government officials, in particular, bear a responsibility
to implement the recommendations
outlined in the standard, experts say.
" We know that active shooter and other hostile
events are an unfortunate reality of our time, " said
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