The part was a blockquote and as thus was a direct statement by a person. There is a bit of vagueness as to what it could have been, a "pop" could be a fire arm, or perhaps there was an inflation part going on and they were committing some 'spontaneous deflating'.
In anxious situations it is usually best to be cautious of course. It lends to why an "all clear" was slower to come by then beyond the incident.
Also it should be noted that Furnal Equinox takes place in Canada. Which technically makes your statement of the "Americas" technically accurate, but usually it's the United States that has the stereotyped reputation than Canada does.
I would refrain from trying to geograph preparedness for these kind of situations though, violence and bullying acts can occur regardless of place and countermeasures and preparedness is good to have in spite of location.
The part was a blockquote and as thus was a direct statement by a person. There is a bit of vagueness as to what it could have been, a "pop" could be a fire arm, or perhaps there was an inflation part going on and they were committing some 'spontaneous deflating'.
In anxious situations it is usually best to be cautious of course. It lends to why an "all clear" was slower to come by then beyond the incident.
Also it should be noted that Furnal Equinox takes place in Canada. Which technically makes your statement of the "Americas" technically accurate, but usually it's the United States that has the stereotyped reputation than Canada does.
I would refrain from trying to geograph preparedness for these kind of situations though, violence and bullying acts can occur regardless of place and countermeasures and preparedness is good to have in spite of location.