Safety Video: How to survive a workplace shooting

Here is a 6-minute safety video put out by the City of Houston, TX informing the population how to react in the case of a workplace shooting.

Video teaches citizens how to survive an active shooter

The City of Houston has released a video designed to teach people how to react during a workplace shooting by emphasizing a three-word mantra: run, hide, fight.

The video was funded with $200,000 in federal grants and released following last month's movie theater shooting in Colorado.

Houston Homeland Security official Richard Retz says the theater shooting convinced city officials to release the video early, though they still plan to make it part of a wider safety campaign.

There is a popular sentiment that a situation like this could only happen in the United States, but it’s worth a watch no matter where you live.

Simple advice like, "if you're hiding, turn off your cell phone ringer and vibration mode" may seem like common sense, but how many of us would actually think about doing that during a real crisis situation?