Course Date
5/7/2025
Course Overview
An active shooter is defined as “one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.” In most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is typically no pattern or method to their selection of victims. Active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly. All community members can help prevent and prepare for potential active shooter situations. This course offers guidance to individuals --- including supervisors, staff, and volunteers --- to help organizations and communities become better prepared to prevent, respond to, and recover from an active shooter situation. NOTE: This course is not written for law enforcement officers, but for non-law enforcement staff, employees, and volunteers. The material may provide law enforcement officers information on recommended actions for non-law enforcement staff to enhance preparedness against the active shooter threat.
Course Objectives:
- Define the active shooter threat and the characteristics of an active shooter incident.
- Describe actions to take when responding to an active shooter incident.
- Describe how to help others in a bleeding emergency.
- Describe the priorities and potential initial actions of responding law enforcement officers.
- Describe short- and long-term considerations for recovering from an incident.
- Recognize the warning signs when an individual is potentially on a pathway to violence.
- Assess the potential for violence and report what you know.
- Describe actions to prepare for, protect against, and potentially prevent an active shooter incident.
Prerequisites
None
CEUs:
0.1
Course Length:
1 hour
