USVIHTA President Lisa Hamilton attended a FEMA course on Nov. 19 entitled “Surviving an Active Threat: Run. Hide. Fight.” According to the course information, “the course aims to train non-traditional first responders, including civilian employees, students, faculty, staff, patrons and any other individuals who live, work or visit any location where an active threat incident may occur. The course focuses on the various components of the ‘Run. Hide. Fight.’ response paradigm, which is widely accepted and taught as one of the primary response strategies regarding active threat incidents… During the course, participants will discuss the three primary tenets of the response paradigm, evaluate how the paradigm can be incorporated into existing building emergency action plans, complete a practical exercise in which they will demonstrate the response options, and become familiar with notable case studies in which the response options were either implemented or could have been implemented to prevent or mitigate the attacks.”
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