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School Safety and Violent Event Incident Management (SSAVEIM)

Description

The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services is pleased to announce the delivery of the School Safety and Violent Event Incident Management (SSAVEIM) course, an 8-hour performance-level, direct-delivery course designed to improve incident management and response integration among school personnel and emergency responders (law enforcement, fire, EMS) during violent events in schools. The course provides a model framework for use by school personnel, law enforcement, fire, and EMS to manage violent event response to improve time to threat neutralization, medical intervention, survivability of victims, and reunification of students with parents. The framework utilizes the Standard Response Protocol, the Active Shooter Incident Management Checklist™, and the Standard Reunification Method integrating best practices guided by principles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Course Time and Details

8 hours/1 day. 

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

Class Size

The School Safety and Violent Event Incident Management (SSAVEIM) course audience is a mixed-discipline class of 60 participants training together in the following combination:

  • 30 School personnel to include administrators, staff, and teachers (all levels)
  • 15 Law Enforcement personnel (all ranks)
  • 10 Fire and EMS personnel (all ranks)
  • 3 Public Information Officers
  • 2 Emergency Managers

Prerequisite

FEMA IS-100 and IS-200 are required for certified law enforcement, fire, and EMS participants. FEMA IS-100 is recommended for School personnel (but not required). 

Required Equipment

Good attitude, open mind, pen and paper.

Travel, Lodging and Meals

Participants are responsible for their transportation and lodging.
 
Lunch will be provided each day.

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.

 

Critical Incident Preparedness and Response Section Contact:

For more information or questions regarding the Critical Incident Preparedness and Response Section, please contact: CIPR@dcjs.virginia.gov

A member of the team will respond within 1–3 business days. Thank you!