In an article published in the April 2014 Dashboard entitled “44 school shootings since Newtown”, the America School Board Journal reports:

  • A school shooting has occurred every 10 days since the December 2012 shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn., according to a February report on K-12 and college campuses. 
  • Compiled by two groups — Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America — the report counted 13 shootings in the first six weeks of 2014. 
  • The groups found that 70 percent of shootings after Newtown were done by minors, and three-quarters involved guns brought from home, according to the New York Daily News. The incidents included assaults, homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings.

The FBI Active Shooter Facts report that:

  • The average active-shooter incident lasts 12 minutes. 37% last less than 5 minutes.
  • Overwhelmingly, the offender is a single shooter (98%), primarily male (97%).
  • In 40% of incidents, the offender kills themselves.
  • 57% of the shootings are still underway when the police arrive.
  • The shooter often stops as soon as he hears or sees law enforcement, sometimes turning his anger or aggression on law enforcement.
  • In 20% of incidents, the shooter goes mobile and moves to another location.

So what is the best approach in interceding when an emergency takes place in your facility? BluePoint Alert Solutions has developed a response system that is delivering fast communications in emergency situations thereby decreasing the ever important law enforcement response time. BluePoint does for Law Enforcement what a Fire Alarm does for the Fire Department.

BluePoint was founded on three simple facts:

  • The faster responders are on site, that faster the emergency situation ends.
  • The faster building occupants take preventative or defensive measures, the more likely the threat can be minimized.
  • Panicked people do not think or react rationally.

Blue Point automatically contacts police with minimal human intervention.  It automatically communicates a threat situation throughout the building, lets the intruder know the police are on the way, and provides the police and administration with the initial location of threat information.

Fearing’s Audio Video Security is proud to be the representative for BluePoint in Wisconsin. For more information on this important Alert Solution you can contact Steve Van Dyke at Fearing’s Audio Video Security. Steve is FEMA certified in Multi-hazard Emergency Planning for Schools and can explain:

  • How it works.
  • Why cell phones alone don’t cut it.
  • How Blue Point can enhance your existing Emergency Response Protocol.
  • The investment in equipment, installation, and associated costs and available leasing options.
  • Available grant funding.
  • Why use Blue Point instead of the Fire Alarm System.
  • Etc, etc.

Contact Steve at: svandyke@www.fearings.com or 608-443-5904

 

Douglas Fearing, President

Fearing’s Audio Video Security