Training: Advanced ALICE Training

ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE TRAINING INSTRUCTOR COURSE
Hosted by Mineral Area College

As of June 2013, the Federal Guidelines have significantly changed regarding how organizations should prepare, train, and respond to an active shooter situation.

The failure of an employer to address the threat of an active shooter in the workplace is an Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) violation under the General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)1).  OSHA requires employers to provide employees a place of employment that is free of recognizable hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious harm.  "Businesses are under a variety of legal obligations to safeguard their employees' well-being an security."  OSHA violations can lead to citations, fines, lawsuits, and damage to institutional reputation.  Please visit www.alicetraining.com to learn more.

Mineral Area College embraces this new standard of care and will be hosting Active Shooter Certification Training (ALICE Training) on March 7th & 8th, 2016. This certification is a two-day, train the trainer class, on active shooter response management.  Attendees will range from neighboring law enforcement, local school officials, and area businesses.

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ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) is a set of proactive options-based strategies, that increase your chances of survival during a violent intruder or Active Shooter event.  For 14 years, the ALICE Training Institute has provided violent intruder response training to individuals and organizations across the nation.

This 2-Day Instructor training course is designed to teach law enforcement, as well as, schools, churches, hospitals, and workplace administrators, and employees, skills and strategies that bridge the gap between the time a violent event begins and law enforcement arrives.

The purpose of advanced ALICE Training is to educate local and school-based law enforcement, as well as church, hospital, and workplace administrators and safety professionals about our researched-based, proactive response approach to Violent Intruder events.  

• Background:  You will become knowledgeable in statistics and information about active shooter situations and why ALICE Training is effective.
• ALICE Concepts:  We will deliver a detailed overview of ALICE Training and the liability of proactive vs. passive response strategies.
• Physical Drills:  You will experience live scenario drills that compare passive vs. active responses.
• Effective Training:  You will learn the strategies and be provided with materials to become an effective ALICE Instructor to your own organization.

The ALICE Training program is designed to supplement current "Lock-down" or "Secure-in-Place" procedures used frequently in our public schools and institutions.  Tragic historic events have dictated the need of enhanced response options to increase chances of surviving a horrific event.  

Program Topic Areas Include:

• Case Studies
• Policy and Procedures Review
• Infrastructure Design
• Proactive Use of Technology
• Community Resource Assistance
• Mass Evacuations
• Trauma First Aid
• Practical Scenario Training
• Lesson Preparation

Policy and Procedures Review

• Instruction on key components of an organized and thoughtful Active Shooter Emergency Operations Plan with emphasis on Survival Strategies.
• Elicit Active Shooter Readiness Status of their specific institutions, and determine where their strength and weaknesses lie.
• Distinguish between high and low priority issues when advising policy and procedure revisions.

Infrastructure Design

• Recognize potential Safety Hazards in building design.
• Design room layouts with priority on Active Shooter defense.
• Understand immediate methods to improve infra-structure hazards.

Proactive Use of Technology

• Current technology resources available to enhance building/occupant safety.
• Current accepted practices utilizing technology in building/occupant safety.
• Discuss proactive uses of technology for building/occupant safety by interfering with intruder's ability to locate targets.
• Review case studies of past events to determine functionality of technology usage.

Community Resource Assistance

• Locate and elicit community assistance before, during, and after event.
• Demonstrate ability to locate Community Rally Points.
• Discuss potential Community Partners, and the assistance they can provide.
• How to liaison with other local government agencies.

Mass Evacuations

• Discuss Rapid Mass Evacuation plans.
• Discuss tactical advantages associated with maintaining distance vs. securing-in-place and/or barricading.
• Identify non-conventional methods of mobilizing large numbers of people.

Trauma First Aid

• Techniques designed to prolong injury survival until medical assistance is available.

Practical Scenario Training

• Conduct practical scenario training in order to experience, visualize, and reinforce course concepts.

Lesson Preparation

• Participants will be required to build and present a 10 minute presentation to demonstrate material comprehension.
• Review and Exam