Investigators combing through evidence, witness accounts, 911 transcripts and the rest of the mountain of material associated with the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, will eventually release a report that details what happened.
When that report is released, emergency personnel can look at what worked and what didn’t. They can also begin to incorporate improvements that Parkland officials have already deemed necessary, said Cumberland County’s Emergency Operations Manager Michele Parsons.
For the county’s Emergency Management Operations Division, preparing for a potential active assailant situation takes place with using the same computer programs that it would use during their everyday work.
Parsons is careful to use the phrase “active assailant” when she talks about the Emergency Operations Center’s role in preparing for and responding to school emergencies.
“It’s not always a gun that’s hurting and killing people,” she said.