Active shooter response systems and methods

A security system for a building having a main entrance and a plurality of rooms, the security system preparing for and responding to a possible active shooter event or other form of building violence at an occupied building, the security system comprising:

• a dye spray system including a dye spray device installed at a vestibule of the building, the vestibule separating the main entrance from a remainder of an interior of the building;
• a plurality of dedicated alert buttons installed to an interior of the building;
• a door lock installed to at least one of a plurality of rooms of the building;
• a control panel installed to at least one of a plurality of rooms of the building;
• wherein the control panel is electronically linked to a computer programmed to prompt displays on a display screen of the control panel, and further wherein the plurality of dedicated alert buttons and the door lock are electronically linked to the computer;
• wherein the control panel further includes a switch module including a plurality of control panel buttons each corresponding to a designated event, and further wherein the computer is programmed to initiate a performance of one of a plurality of predetermined response routines in response actuation of a corresponding one of the control panel buttons or one of the plurality of dedicated alert buttons, and further wherein the computer is programmed to selectively establish a live communications link with a first responder organization, wherein the predetermine response routines include:
• activate the dye spray system to allow a user to prompt dispensing of a dye at a location of the vestibule where the active shooter is likely located,
• automatically activate the door lock to effectuate a lock down of each of the at least one of the plurality of rooms in response to the actuation,
• a camera installed to the interior of the building sending a live feed to the display screen;
• and
• a threshold protection device that includes a protection arrangement with ballistic panels installed to at least one interior room of the building to form a safe zone which protects occupants of the at least one interior room.