Key Takeaways from the Washington Post School Lockdown Report
The Washington Post reports that over 4 million children across the United States endured lockdowns during the 2017-18 school year. Washington Post School Lockdown Report According to the FBI, active shooter attacks continue to increase, and schools are the second...
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Why Schools Need Scalable Best Practice Active Shooter Defense According to recent FBI reports, active-shooter type attacks continue to rise. Therefore, school districts must implement best practice active shooter defense to prepare their schools. Problem: Allocating...
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5 Essential Elements of Active Shooter Prevention
5 Essential Elements of Active Shooter Prevention - Response, alone, is not enough Emergency preparedness efforts that begin and end with “response” are simply not sustainable. As emergency planners, we must account for the full spectrum of preparedness. We developed...
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Active Shooter Defense Training hosted by SafePlans on March 7th, 2019 - Palm Harbor, FL (Limited Spots Available!) AlerT In-House Train-the-Trainer Seminar in Palm Harbor, FL The response to the launch of our AlerT website has been overwhelming – with hundreds of...
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How to Talk With Kids About Active Shooter Incidents
How to Talk With Kids About Active Shooter Incidents [With Resources for Parents and Teachers] This post is a guide for how to talk with kids about active-shooter events. Additional Resources can be found at the bottom of this page. The truth is, bad people sometimes...
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Take the Situational Awareness Challenge
Situational Awareness s especially important in active shooter response training and why our system is called “AlerT.”
“Situational Awareness” is a term that is commonly referenced in active shooter response training and the Homeland Security “See Something – Say Something” campaign. While the phrase “Situational Awareness” or “SA” is referenced, rarely is it explained. SA is the ability to observe and interpret what is happening around you and project potential outcomes.
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AlerT Active Shooter Defense Training vs. CRASE We are sometimes asked how AlerT (Assess, lockdown, evade, resist, Tell) is different from the Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) class. What is CRASE? CRASE was developed in 2004, through a partnership...
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[White Paper] – Analysis of Mandalay Bay Shooting and Key Takeaways
Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Music Festival Mass Shooting - SenseMaking On Sunday, October 1 at approximately 10:05 p.m. mountain time, a mass-casualty shooting occurred at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, a crowded open-air concert with over 22,000 people in...
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