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Active Shooter: Surviving an Attack

Keep yourself and colleagues safe during an active shooter attack.
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Course: On-Demand
Essential Provider KnowledgeCity  8 Lessons ·  14m  in Arabic, English, Spanish, Vietnamese 

Course Description

In today's turbulent world, the threat of facing an active shooter in the workplace is real. With this fact in mind, learning the skills required to survive have become essential. This employee training program seeks to teach these survival skills to ensure you can recognize when you are in danger. Your priority should be to keep yourself and your colleagues safe by running, hiding, or if necessary, fighting.

What You'll Learn

  • Recognize when you are in danger from an active shooter in the workplace
  • Prepare for the unpredictable threat of an active shooter attack
  • Apply the run, hide, or fight survival options to keep yourself and colleagues safe
  • Run from a shooter as a survival strategy
  • Hide from a shooter when running is not possible
  • Fight a shooter when necessary as a last resort, and respond appropriately when the police arrive

Key Takeaways

  • The threat of facing an active shooter in the workplace is real, making survival skills essential.
  • This employee training program teaches survival skills so you can recognize when you are in danger.
  • Your priority should be to keep yourself and your colleagues safe by running, hiding, or if necessary, fighting.
  • The course covers recognizing and surviving an attack, the run/hide/fight responses, and what to do when the police arrive.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this course for?

It is an employee training program designed to teach workplace survival skills for facing an active shooter.

What survival options does the course teach?

It teaches keeping yourself and your colleagues safe by running, hiding, or if necessary, fighting.

What topics are covered in this course?

Topics include preparing for the unpredictable, recognizing and surviving an attack, running from a shooter, hiding from a shooter, fighting a shooter, and what to do when the police arrive.

What skills will I gain from this course?

You will build skills in preparedness, active safety, workplace safety, and workplace violence prevention and response.