The likelihood of being in a gunman firing situation is the same as being struck by lighting. Although both circumstances are rare, both bring about great consequences.

The BYU Police Department has attached a professionally produced video to its Web site entitled "Shots Fired: When Lighting Strikes" to teach students and faculty how to handle an active gunman situation.

The video was produced by the Center for Personal Protection & Safety and is being distributed on college and high school campuses all across the country. Its production came as a response to school shootings that have shocked America in recent years.

"We don't want to put fear in people," Lt. Arnold Lemmon from the BYU Police Department said. "This is one of the safest campuses in the country."

Lemmon also explained that "Like the video says, active shootings are rare events, but they do happen."

The intent of the movie is to instruct both the students and faculty on how to prepare themselves both mentally and emotionally in the event of a shooting on campus.

"I think is really good to have those things repeated to you," Cerise Yoshiro Buck, a junior in economics said. "A lot of things are known by people...but by repetition you are better prepared."

Buck said he thinks this training is just as applicable here as it is anywhere else.

The BYU Police Department has sent out a link of the video to the faculty a couple of weeks ago and to the students, last week. The feedback they received was very positive. They are also planning to send more mass-emails with the link in the future.

According to BYU Police, "Shots Fired" training is effective in helping the students and faculty in developing a survival mindset.

The video emphasizes three options in a gunman situation. First, "Get Out" by trying to leave the room or the building. Second, "Hide Out" by running away from the shooter, locking oneself in the room and blocking the door. Last, "Take Out" by attacking the shooter in an effort to survive.

The last option is a new approach that has been added to the traditional training geared more towards being cooperative and doing what the shooter says. The events of 9/11 were an example of this technique. When some victims realized the hijacker's intentions, they took action against the terrorist, and in doing so saved numerous lives.

In a shooting situation, fear and panic take over and may hinder common sense. The video is effective in emphasizing small details that can be overlooked and that can either jeopardize or save one's life.

These details include silencing cell phones, pagers and radios that may produce sound and draw the shooter's attention and spreading out rather than clustering together so the shooter will be less likely to reach all the victims.

The video can be found on the BYU Police web site, police.byu.edu.