COLUMBUS, Ohio – Westerville North High School is getting “Go Buckets.”

“A small army of volunteers” recently spent the day in a makeshift assembly line loading 5-gallon plastic buckets with first aid kits, lollipops, water, Kleenex, toilet paper, rope, flashlights, batteries, snacks and other lifesaving essentials they think could save the day in an emergency situation, 10TV reports.

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“If they would have to barricade inside the room, this would allow someone to survive an extended period of time,” Westerville Police school resource officer Adam Dross told the news site. “This would be for an extended lockdown if the school would have to go to a lockdown during a serious situation.”

About 200 volunteers helped to put the Go Buckets in every classroom at the school as part of an initiative dreamed up by senior Thomas Armstrong, who recently graduated from Franklin County Sheriff’s Office’s Volunteers in Public Safety Support program.

The 8-week VIPSS program prepares folks to help during emergencies like natural disasters, in addition to support work special events.

“I thought it was really helpful and educational on how to protect yourself in that case,” Armstrong said. “It can happen anywhere, in a school, in a business; and some people aren’t educated enough to know what to do.”

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One of the special ingredients in the Go Buckets is a piece of rope, which Armstrong believes will stop an armed intruder by securing a classroom door.

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“We tie the rope into a knot and loop it around and that would stop an intruder from getting in,” he said. “We can get some kids to hold it or get a little device to screw it into the wall.”

The VIPSS program, started in 2012, offers training on topics including “Disaster Preparedness, See Something Say Something, Search and Rescue, Fire Safety, Utility Controls, CPR, First Aid, AED (Automated External Defibrillator), Terrorism, Public Health, Children in Congregate, Private Security (as it pertains to preparedness and working with first responders), what responses by AEP, COTA, Coroner’s Office, and Airport may be, Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events, as well as monthly trainings to build on the CORE training they receive,” 10TV reports.

The program has trained more than 200 people between the ages of 14 and 75 who live in virtually every city in Franklin County, as well as folks from neighboring Delaware, Madison, Pickaway and Perry counties, according to the news site.

“The biggest part is being that extra set of eyes and ears and situational awareness,” VIPSS program head Sgt. Sam Byrd said.

All of the materials used in the Go Buckets were donated to the school, 10TV reports.