Run-Hide-Fight guidelines for an active shooter scenario?

• A. Run if you can safely escape, Hide if evacuation isn't possible, Fight as a last resort.
• B. Hide if evacuation isn't possible, Run if you can escape, Fight as a last resort.
• C. Fight as a last resort, after attempting to escape or hide if possible.
• D. Run if you can safely escape, Fight as a last resort, then Hide.

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is to prioritize personal safety by a clear Run-Hide-Fight sequence: try to escape first, seek concealment if escape isn’t possible, and only engage the attacker as a last resort when neither escape nor hiding is feasible. The option you selected captures that order by stating that fighting should come last, after you have attempted to escape or hide if possible. This emphasizes using escape or concealment as the default response and resorting to fighting only when there is no safer option left and you must act to protect yourself or others. In practice, you’d run to safety if you can; if you can’t, you’d hide and barricade yourself quietly and out of the attacker’s sight; if you’re cornered and neither escape nor concealment is possible, you may need to fight back to disrupt the shooter. Other choices either don’t stress attempting escape or hiding before fighting, or mix the order in a way that could delay taking decisive, safer actions.