Summer is the Time to Secure Your Nashville Area School with a High-Quality Ballistic Film Application for Active Shooter Protection

We remember the horror of the tragedies at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and Santa Fe High School near Houston, Texas, though many other devastating school shootings didn’t make the news this past year. In the US in 2018, 23 school shootings killed or injured 113 people, which is the highest number of incidents recorded since 1972.

While most of us cannot wrap our heads around these atrocities, we know we have to do everything possible to protect our children from active shooter situations at school. At Solar Insulation Window Films in Nashville, we understand the threat and offer high-quality ballistic film solutions to help secure your facility during an active shooter situation.

As you send your kids off to school each morning, you put your trust in the school system to keep your children safe. But deep down you know that as well-intentioned as the administrators and staff may be, it just takes one person with one gun to change everything.

The most important thing a district can do to protect schools from an active shooter situation is to keep the shooter out of the building. Denying entry protects everyone inside, and any delay provides a greater opportunity for emergency responders to arrive at the scene.

The easiest way for an active shooter to penetrate a building is through a window or glass door. When a bullet is fired, the glass shatters, and the active shooter is inside in seconds. The key to keeping an active shooter out is to secure the glass on the exterior of the facility.

At Solar Insulation Window Films in Nashville, we furnish and install ballistic film in schools, businesses, and government buildings in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky to increase security in the event of an active shooter situation. While ballistic film will not stop a bullet, it will stop the glass from shattering and falling to the floor, making the active shooter work much harder to get inside and giving everyone inside a chance to respond and take cover.

The thick, sticky film, holds the glass in place, significantly slowing down the shooter and forcing him to use repeated blunt force to penetrate the glass. When every second counts, high-quality ballistic film has been shown to slow active shooters down by more than 90 seconds, giving emergency responders additional time to arrive and defuse the situation.

At Solar Insulation, we’ve found that the summer months are an ideal time for school districts to take advantage of a ballistic film installation. With all the students and most of the staff on vacation, our window film experts can work meticulously to secure the facility room by room to prepare for the upcoming school year.

If your school is in the Nashville area and you’re interested in learning more about increasing protection from active shooter situations with a ballistic film installation, please click , email , or call us today at 615-329-2500 for a free estimate. We look forward to hearing from you!

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46507514