Unfortunate events happen every day, and they can find you anywhere. That means acquiring the necessary skills to respond to Active Shooter Events (ASEs) is essential. Shooting incidents unravel quickly — within 10 to 15 minutes — creating confusion and chaos. Through training, you’ll learn to stay calm and remain aware.
Reasons to Take an Active Shooter Guidance Course
An active shooter preparedness program enables you to:
Save Lives
Besides learning to save your life using the run, hide and fight survival principles, you can show others what to do so that they can save their own lives. You’ll also learn how to control bleeding during training.
Minimize Injuries
Panic can lead to extra injuries from incidents like scrapes and falls. For instance, jumping from a high window in panic could break your tibial shaft and affect your chances of escaping. With preparation, however, you’ll experience less panic, allowing you to make sound decisions that keep you injury-free.
Identify Key Attacker Traits
Active shooter training heightens your awareness and level of calm, enabling you to spot hiding areas or exits during an ASE and absorb essential details about the attacker. When it’s all over, your description of the assailant could contribute to their arrest if they escaped.
Fight Back
Fighting an assailant is a last resort. If you find yourself face-to-face with the attacker, being aware and calm will allow you to identify and capitalize on the shooter’s weaknesses. For example, if the shooter is scared, your confidence in the situation may startle them, causing them to hesitate. When this happens, incapacitate them immediately and run.
Act Judiciously
Attacks raise stress levels and lower your ability to think and act judiciously. For example, in retrospect, you may wonder why you forgot to turn off your phone during an attack. You may think, “What if someone had called me? What would have happened then?” The simple and obvious actions you must take can come to you more easily after taking the active shooter coaching course. You’ll learn to perform actions like:
- Remaining quiet.
- Locking the door when you decide to hide in a room.
- Hiding behind large pieces of furniture like filing cabinets.
Stay Prepared With Hazmat School
Choose Hazmat School if you’re interested in acquiring active shooter training. Our course will equip you with the skills to respond to and mitigate the effects of an ASE. We train civilians and professionals in the private sector using the run, hide and fight methods. Upon completing the class successfully, you’ll receive an active shooter preparedness certificate. You can take our online program at any time and from any location.
Visit our course page now to learn more and begin your training!
Manages Hazmat School’s E-Learning courses and blog. Kirstie has extensive experience in the online training and education industry. Kirstie has worked with courses that offer a variety of safety and environmental certifications that satisfy OSHA, EPA and DOT requirements.
