Corporate

Corporate

Many active shooter incidents happen in offices. In the FBI’s 2000–2013 study, 22 of 23 shooters in businesses closed to the public were current or former employees. A personal dispute can be part of the motive. It is not the main pattern. The more common one is someone who already works there, or used to.

An office works against you in an attack. Dead ends, few exits, and long hallways can become kill zones. Floor plans often favor the shooter: surprise, concealment, and limited ways out.

The FBI identified 160 active shooter incidents from 2000 through 2013, not 2010 through 2013. Twenty-three were in businesses closed to public traffic. From 2000 through 2022, that closed-business count rose to 51 incidents: 41 through 2019 (106 killed, 130 wounded), then four in 2020 (10 killed), four in 2021 (11 killed), and two in 2022 (4 killed and 3 wounded). In the 2000–2019 review, 15 additional incidents were in offices open to pedestrian traffic.

Bridge of Life Training’s Bystander Active Shooter Education (B.A.S.E.) course is built for that layout. It gives staff options and skills for the minutes before help arrives, matched to the building they actually work in.

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