Active Shooter Preparedness Webinar March 19, 2025

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee) invites you to join a two-hour security webinar to enhance your organization’s resilience in case of an active shooter incident. Preparing employees for a potential active shooter event is an integral component of an organization’s incident response planning. Because these incidents are frequently unpredictable and can escalate rapidly, preparing for
and knowing what to do in an active shooter situation can be lifesaving. Every second counts.

Objectives
 Discuss the elements of active shooter incident response planning with guidance from expert instructors.
 Describe common behaviors, potential violence indicators, and situations associated with active shooter
incidents.
 Provide information about better practices, communications protocols, and resources that will assist
stakeholders to develop or enhance their emergency planning, preparedness, and response to active
shooter incidents.

Agenda Overview
 Recognition: Defining the threat
 Prevention: Strategies to help prevent an incident
 Protection: Security measure considerations
 Mitigation: Actions to minimize consequences
 Response: Options/Expectations during an incident
 Recovery: Transitioning to a “new normal”
 Introduction to Emergency Action Plan Development