Active Shooter Response Training PA

By Jose Martin


When it comes to shootings, most often people think of gangs, murder and robberies. While this is the case, there have been far more school shootings in the last few decades than ever before in history. While this is the case, active shooter response training PA can often help save lives.

One of the most important things taught during these training sessions is to stay alert and aware to stay alive. As such, if hearing or seeing something that is out of place, it is important to notify administrators and local authorities in an effort to halt what could be an active shooter situation. Whereas, attendees also learn information on how to react during an active shooter situation, with the first being when in doubt, get out.

Most active shooter incidents involve more than one person whom often uses a firearm to engage in a random shooting spree. While this is the case, there have been many school shootings which have been prevented by students speaking out when hearing of such plans. As such, there are also such incidents which have been planned well in advance.

Violent crime in schools has risen since the early 1990s. Then, by 2007, it seemed that public sector and crimes in the school were more equalized. While different than crimes which are now occurring in schools, the first violent act related to a school took place much earlier in history.

Even as far back before radio and television, there were incidents involving violence in schools. For example, while of different scope and size, the first shooting known to involve a school was when an Native American tribe infiltrated a school house, killing the schoolmaster and all but 3 children. As such, the loss of life during such incidents began way back before one could be motivated to do so by radio and television stories or video games.

Whereas, in 2014, there were twenty four school shootings. Whether elementary, middle or high school, the shooters did not discriminate. For, in all cases children, pre-teens and teenagers were either killed, injured or suffered emotional distress. As such, while some shooters start with a targeted individual, others are merely shooting at random.

These emergencies regardless of location often last for hours though in some cases, only minutes. Some incidents are limited to a localized area while others can be spread across a large distance. In either case, these incidents often threaten anyone in range of the shooter. As such, when encountering an emergency in progress, it is important to find the closest area which is secure and as far away from the active shooting as possible.

Whether occurring at a business, school or somewhere in public, those whom attend these sessions often have the ability to either prevent, halt or save oneself and others. For, knowing how to act and react can often be beneficial when happening upon, or caught during an active shooter incident. As such, a few hours of training could actually provide the tools necessary to halt, or prevent these mass shootings and save lives.




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