Is your child's school prepared for an active shooter?

(WTAJ) — The shooting hoaxes throughout Central Pennsylvania in March didn't have any real active attackers, but what they did have were real responses from students, faculty, and first responders as if it were the real thing.

Preparedness is the best way to survive a real situation, according to survival expert Rick Capozzi.

"The last thing we want is for someone to go through one of these experiences and have no idea what to do," Capozzi said. "They're few and far between, but we still need to prepare for them, but we don't need to be fearful about it. Fear is your enemy."

Act 44 of the Pennsylvania Public School Code, enacted in 2018, requires all public schools to run emergency drills, including natural disasters, hostage situations, bomb threats and active shooters once per school year within the first 90 days of that school year. This excludes monthly fire drills.

Capozzi recommends all schools run two to four active shooter training sessions per year, each with a slightly different s...