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Alex Soto, a community member, said he saw the training was available for free Thursday and decided to take part since it "seemed like something current to go to."
"I don't feel like a shooting will happen, but it's possible," Soto said.
As the number of school shootings increases, Director of Student Life Nicky Damania said it has become more apparent that students, faculty and staff need to be prepared to respond to a threat. The college has been offering training sessions for a few years and typically around eight to 10 are held per semester.
"Even if you’ve been through response training, you always pick up something new, or just by revisiting that thought you can refresh your mind," Damania said. "Our main goal and focus is that people understand the run, hide, fight concept. We show a video, and it gives a good live action."
If someone finds themselves in the middle of a shooting, they should either run to safety, hide in an area out of the shooter's view
That message rang true as Bakersfield College students, staff and community members looked at powerpoint slides Thursday of past mass shooting instances in the United States: Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado; Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon; Red Lake Indian Reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota; and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
In each instance, innocent lives were lost. But since these moments, people have learned how to best protect themselves and others and what warning signs to look for in order to hopefully prevent a shooting.
BC has taken it upon itself — along with Cal State Bakersfield, other higher education institutions and businesses — to prepare students, staff, faculty and community members if they are ever in an instance where an armed person is attempting to harm others.
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