This free online health and safety course explains what to do and how to prepare for an active shooter in the workplace. Mass shootings have become more common in recent years, particularly in the United States. It is important that you know how to react if an active shooter enters your place of work or education. This health and safety course lays out the basic steps you should take if an active shooting occurs and gives you some guidelines to follow if your life is in imminent danger. We explain how a sound emergency action plan (EAP) can save lives.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188815 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define ‘active shooter’ • Outline the three steps to take if an active shooter enters your working environment • Explain how to prepare for an active shooting • Describe possible actions to take if the suspect is nearby or if you are outside • Recall the questions you must answer when you call law enforcement during an active shooter situation • Discuss the goals of the primary and secondary waves of law enforcement • Outline the potential symptoms of employee violence • Identify the three main classes of workplace violence • Define an ‘EAP’ and establish its importance • Explain how managers can prepare their personnel for an active shooter scenario |
| Course Code | 5255 |
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