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Fire Rescue 1 Offers Free Active Shooter Response Training

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By Allison G. S. Knox
Contributor, EDM Digest

Active shooter incidents are, unfortunately, among the types of emergencies belonging to a new wave of terrorism that communities throughout the United States are preparing to manage. These incidents are significant because they have forced emergency managers, public safety personnel, security experts and elected officials to rethink how they can manage such crises.

In the last two decades, there have been quite a few active shooter events. As more and more of these incidents occur and more after-action reports are published, there will be new ways to handle active shooter incidents.

Active Shooter Response Training Is Expensive

While after-action reports present new perspectives for managing active shooter incidents, training sessions go a long way in helping emergency managers and public safety personnel to rethink their plans and protocols for managing such incidents. However, training can be particularly expensive for any department or agency, potentially creating roadblocks to better management of active shooter incidents.

For some of the smallest communities, training can be especially difficult to afford. That cost is one of the many reasons why training programs like the one offered by Fire Rescue 1 is such an important resource for public safety departments across the country.

Fire Rescue 1 Offering Free Active Shooter Response Training

Fire Rescue 1 recently published an article that discussed free active shooter response training. Training is always important because it helps to give municipalities new methods of handling a wide variety of incidents. Also, this specialized training gives communities an opportunity to see emergency management in a new light and provides more clarity on how these active shooter incidents could be managed in the future.

Security Concerns of Active Shooter Response Training

While active shooter training sessions are important for furthering discussions about emergency responses, there are security concerns as well. Training information should not get into the wrong hands, so it is important that regular screening methods for program participants take place.

Productive discussions must continue when it comes to active shooter situations or any other type of mass casualty incident. Active shooter training sessions are a valuable way to plan crisis management prior to mass casualty events.

Allison G.S. Knox

Allison G. S. Knox teaches in the fire science and emergency management departments at the University. Focusing on emergency management and emergency medical services policy, she often writes and advocates about these issues. Allison works as an Intermittent Emergency Management Specialist in the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. She also serves as the At-Large Director of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, Chancellor of the Southeast Region on the Board of Trustees with Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences, chair of Pi Gamma Mu’s Leadership Development Program and Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Paramedicine. Prior to teaching, Allison worked for a member of Congress in Washington, D.C. and in a Level One trauma center emergency department. She is an emergency medical technician and holds five master’s degrees.

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