Communication Flashcards

In an ALICE scenario, a barricaded teacher hears the PA announce the threat has moved to another floor. What communication-driven decision can she now consider?

Answer: Use the updated location information to assess whether evacuation is now a safer option

Updated location information from the PA allows occupants to dynamically reassess their options and potentially choose a safer course of action.

What is the recommended communication strategy when a threat is in the immediate vicinity and making noise via PA could reveal a hiding group's location?

Answer: Rely on pre-distributed information and refrain from announcing until the threat has moved away

When the threat is immediately outside, making noise can compromise the group's safety; previously distributed information guides their decision-making.

After an ALICE event, why is post-event communication to families and staff considered part of the ALICE Communication framework?

Answer: It provides accurate information to counteract rumors and supports psychological recovery

Post-event communication reduces misinformation, supports community trust, and helps survivors and families process what occurred.

Which of the following is an example of ineffective communication during an active threat, according to ALICE principles?

Answer: A staff member whispering the threat's location only to the person next to her

Limiting critical threat information to one nearby person fails to inform the broader population who could benefit from that knowledge.

Under ALICE Communication guidelines, what should a staff member do if the PA system is taken offline by the threat?

Answer: Use every available alternative — phone tree, text alerts, intercoms, shouting through closed doors — to spread information

Redundant communication methods ensure that loss of one channel does not silence the flow of life-saving information.

A student in a hallway hears a PA alert naming the threat's location as the gym. The student is near an exit on the opposite side of the building. How does ALICE Communication empower this student?

Answer: The location information allows the student to judge that the exit is likely safe and choose to evacuate

ALICE gives individuals the information and authority to make their own informed survival decisions rather than mandating a single response.

Which communication behavior is specifically trained in ALICE to prevent 'analysis paralysis' during an active threat?

Answer: Using available information — even partial — to make a timely decision and act

ALICE teaches that acting on partial information is better than waiting for certainty, because waiting often reduces survival options.