Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Basic

Description

The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services is pleased to announce the Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Basic course. The Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Basic course is an introductory 8-hour performance level direct delivery course designed to improve incident management and integration of law enforcement, fire and EMS responders to active shooter events. The course provides a model framework for use by law enforcement, fire and EMS to manage active shooter event response to improve time to threat neutralization, medical intervention, and survivability of victims. The framework utilizes the Active Shooter Incident Management Checklist™, a validated active shooter event response checklist integrating best practices guided by principles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC), and Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response (ALERRT). The course is an awareness course to provide participants with functional knowledge of a basic complexity Active Shooter Event, as compared to the ASIM Advanced curriculum which provides participants with knowledge of Basic through Moderate Complexity events and Complex Coordinated Attacks (CCAs). 

Time

8 hours/1 day

Registration begins at 7:30 am. Course will run from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Class Size

25, 15 Law Enforcement and 10 Fire/EMS personnel.

Prerequisite

Participants must be state-certified law enforcement, fire and EMS responders

Required Equipment

 Good attitude, open mind, pen and paper.

Partial In-Service Credit

Law enforcement officers will receive partial in-service credit for attending this training.

Cost and Registration

There is no registration fee for this course. Pre-registration is required.

Please note that the DCJS registration system does not have the capacity to sort eligible from ineligible registrants. Therefore, anyone who registers will receive a confirmation. All registrants will be notified whether or not they have been accepted via the email address provided during registration.