In today's turbulent world, the threat of facing an active shooter in the workplace is real.
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.
Skills you’ll gain
PreparednessActive SafetyOn-The-Job TrainingTrainingWorkplace SafetyWorkplace Violence Prevention And ResponseWhat You'll Learn
- Recognize when you are in danger during an active shooter situation in the workplace
- Apply the survival options of running, hiding, or fighting to keep yourself and colleagues safe
- Prepare for the unpredictable nature of an active shooter attack
- Run from a shooter to reach safety
- Hide from a shooter when running is not possible
- Respond appropriately when the police arrive
Key Takeaways
- The threat of facing an active shooter in the workplace is real, making survival skills essential.
- Your priority during an attack should be to keep yourself and your colleagues safe.
- Survival relies on three core responses: running, hiding, or, if necessary, fighting.
- The course covers recognizing danger, preparing for the unpredictable, and knowing how to act when the police arrive.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
This is an employee training program for workers who may face the threat of an active shooter in the workplace and need to learn survival skills.
What survival options does the course teach?
It teaches you to keep yourself and your colleagues safe by running, hiding, or, if necessary, fighting.
What topics are covered in this course?
Lessons cover 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?
The course builds skills in preparedness, active safety, workplace safety, and workplace violence prevention and response.
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Multiple shootings in the workplace, they're all too common nowadays. In this program we'll explain what you'll need to do to survive if you get caught in the middle of one. All too often these days we hear about them on the news. Active shooter incidents. Multiple shootings committed in workplaces, night spots, public areas, innocent people injured and killed. What if one of these situations takes place when you're there? What should you do to survive? Law enforcement groups have developed a list of proven do's and don'ts that can help you come through an active shooter attack alive. This program will discuss these techniques and show you how to use them.
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