Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Advanced
PER353 – 24.00 Hours
Schedule
Currently there are no scheduled classes for this course. However, in some cases a course can be scheduled to meet your organization’s specific needs. For more information about this course or to schedule a class, please contact National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center at (979) 458-7832 or [email protected] to get the latest schedule.
Course Description
Your agency faces life-threatening coordination failures during active shooter events—siloed command, delayed medical response, and communication breakdowns that cost lives. We call these the “Integration Problem” (agencies working alone) and the “Clock Problem” (taking too long to rescue victims). Past training often focused only on stopping the shooter, rather than managing the whole scene to save injured people quickly.
The Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Advanced (PER-353) course solves this problem. This 3-day hands-on course uses the NIMS and NFPA 3000 compliant ASIM Checklist(TM), a tool endorsed by the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) as the national standard for managing active shooter events and called the “Gold Standard” by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center (ALERRT).
In this course, Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, and Dispatch train side-by-side in the same room. Participants rotate through key leadership roles in 10 realistic scenarios. These exercises start with basic events and get progressively harder, building up to Complex Coordinated Attacks.
By mastering the ASIM Checklist, graduates gain the skills and experience to manage every part of the response. This includes Command, Tactical, Triage, Transport, Staging, Perimeter, and Intelligence. This training helps you stop the threat faster and saves more lives.
How much is it worth to experience managing ten active shooter events in training before you respond to your first one in real life?
Key Takeaways
- Gain mastery and experience managing 10 full-scale active shooter scenarios
- 3-day performance course training multi-discipline command structure
- Utilizes the validated and national standard ASIM Checklist framework
Prerequisites
FEMA IS-100 and IS-200 are required for certified Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS participants and recommended, but not required, for Telecommunicators, Public Information Officers, and Emergency Manager participants. A mixed-discipline instructor cadre is trained to coach participants to success regardless of rank and experience level.
Enrollment Requirements
Participants must be U.S. citizens. A FEMA Student ID is required to register for and participate in any training provided by FEMA agencies. All FEMA training providers, registration systems, and enrollment procedures are required to use this FEMA SID, which can be obtained at the following website:https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid; or with TEEX assistance upon arrival for class.
Course Completion Requirements
Participants must provide information for all required fields, including their U.S. citizenship/permanent resident information, in addition to meeting all other attendance and course completion requirements. If this information is not provided, the participant will be considered incomplete and will not receive a certificate of completion.
Testing/Certification
A Pre-Test and Post-Test are given to measure participants’ understanding of the material. Participants are required to score a 70% or better on the Post-Test and attend 80% of the course hours in order to receive a course certificate of completion.
Registration and Attendance
Attendance is crucial in order to receive credit for this course. All participants must complete a registration form at the beginning of the course, sign the attendance roster for each day of the course, attend 80% of the course hours, and complete the evaluation at the end of the course in order to receive a certificate of completion.
Participants Must Provide
- a photo identification on the first day of class. See the Participant Handbook for approved forms of identification and additional guidelines.
Attendance Requirements
Class attendance is an essential part of the education process, and participants in TEEX courses are expected to attend all class sessions and field exercises. The course requires participants to attend a minimum of 80% of the class hours as a component of successful course completion. During the course, your instructor will review any additional attendance requirement, for example a field exercise that cannot be missed.
Participants in a TCOLE credit course must complete the class in its entirety to receive TCOLE credit.
Upon successful completion, you will be able to:
- Analyze the profile and the response priorities of a typical Active Shooter Event using the Active Shooter Incident Management Checklist™.
- Apply key leadership roles and functions within an Active Shooter Event response.
- Organize the response and management of Basic Complexity and Moderate Complexity Active Shooter Events in simulation-based practical exercises.
- Organize the response and management of Moderate Complexity Active Shooter Events involving attacks on healthcare facilities, IED(s), and/or an attacker(s) who becomes static, barricades, or takes hostages in simulation-based practical exercises.
- Develop a resource allocation plan for the response and management of Complex Coordinated Attacks (CCA) in simulation-based practical exercises.
- Formulate a supported conclusion on the success of Complex Coordinated Attack responses by synthesizing case studies and applying multiple grading rubrics.
Suggested Audience
- Law Enforcement personnel
- Fire Service personnel
- Emergency Medical Services personnel
- Public Safety Telecommunications personnel
- Public Information Officers
- Emergency Managers
- Search and Rescue personnel
Continuing Education And Professional Credits
- 2.4 IACET CEUs
- International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
Other Information
This course is designed for 60 participants: 30 Law Enforcement personnel (all ranks), 20 Fire and EMS personnel (all ranks), 5 Telecommunications personnel (all ranks), 2 Public Information Officers (PIO), 2 Emergency Managers, and 1 Law Enforcement Helicopter Pilot (if applicable).
DHS/FEMA NTED Disclaimer
This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number (EMW-2023-CA-05041) administered by DHS/FEMA. Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of DHS/FEMA.
FEMA’s National Training and Education Division (NTED) offers a full catalog of courses at no cost to help build critical skills that responders need to function effectively in mass consequence events. Course subjects range from CBRNE / Weapons of Mass Destruction terrorism, cybersecurity, natural disasters, and other functions of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. NTED courses include multiple delivery methods: instructor-led (direct deliveries), train-the-trainers (indirect deliveries), customized (conferences and seminars), and web-based. Instructor-led courses are offered in residence (i.e., at a training facility), virtually, or through mobile programs, in which courses are brought to state and local jurisdictions that request the training.
NTED certified courses can be found at: www.firstrespondertraining.gov
Government Programs
- For DHS/FEMA Funded Courses, please contact [email protected] or call (844) 789-5673