{"id":29525,"date":"2019-08-01T13:59:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/01\/wright-patt-makes-changes-after-active-shooter-reaction\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:57:24","slug":"wright-patt-makes-changes-after-active-shooter-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/08\/01\/wright-patt-makes-changes-after-active-shooter-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright-Patt makes changes after \u2018active shooter\u2019 reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAYTON, Ohio \u2014 A year after a chaotic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/08\/02\/active-shooter-incident-reported-at-wright-patterson-air-force-base\/\" target=_blank>\u201cactive shooter\u201d false alarm<\/a> at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base here, a base official says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/08\/14\/air-force-creates-investigation-board-to-review-active-shooter-reaction\/\" target=_blank>a review of the scare<\/a> and the response to it has led to improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col. Tom Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, says a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/08\/04\/wright-patterson-afb-authorities-probe-mysterious-911-call\/\" target=_blank>review board\u2019s recommendations<\/a> have been implemented at the base in the hope that they will prevent anything similar to what happened one year ago Friday, according to a report in the Dayton Daily News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to use what happened not as something that defines us, but something that makes us better,\u201d Sherman told the paper. \u201cI think that we\u2019re going into this better than we were at this time last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The false alarm on Aug. 2, 2018, resulted from miscommunications surrounding simultaneous training exercises, an active shooter drill at Kitty Hawk Chapel and a mass casualty exercise held by the 88th Medical Group at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/12\/19\/an-injured-runner-frantic-911-calls-and-confusion-how-exercises-spiraled-into-a-panicked-active-shooter-scare-at-this-air-force-base\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wright_Patt-responders_web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">An injured runner, frantic 911 calls and confusion: How exercises spiraled into a panicked active shooter scare at this Air Force base<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A series of miscommunications and confused reactions led two emergency exercises to snowball into a massive, chaotic active shooter scare in which security forces shot a door open, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The confused reactions to the two emergency exercises snowballed into a massive, chaotic active shooter scare in which security forces shot a door open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while the incident ultimately ended with only minor injuries to one security forces airman, it could have been far worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1195\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wright_Patt-shooter_web.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wright_Patt-shooter_web.jpg.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wright_Patt-shooter_web.jpg.jpg?resize=300,158 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wright_Patt-shooter_web.jpg.jpg?resize=768,404 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wright_Patt-shooter_web.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,539 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1195px) 100vw, 1195px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People run with their hands up amid reports of an active shooter at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio Thursday. (Marshall Gorby\/Dayton Daily News via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The communications breakdown that occurred that day \u201cled to a completely uncoordinated and ineffective\u201d response that could have ended up causing serious injuries or property damage, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sherman says radio systems have been added to improve communication with outside authorities, with a specific staging area used when they are contacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wright-Patt has also linked its emergency systems with 911 call centers so the base is sharing information with the appropriate dispatch locations throughout the area, the newspaper reported..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word \u201cexercise\u201d is being repeated over the loudspeaker three times before drill communications during training exercises this week at the base near Dayton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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