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Training and education can enhance the efforts of public/private partnerships to develop plans and collaborate on emergency preparedness issues. Public- and private-sector partners can improve understanding of each other's preparedness responsibilities, procedures, priorities and capabilities through education, training, and technical assistance. Opportunities to educate, train and provide technical assistance to partners can help develop relationships, clarify roles, establish common terminology, identify planning and preparedness gaps and best practices, and raise awareness of needs, interests and threats. |
Safeguard Iowa Partnership 2022 Training Offerings |
Active Threat Length: 60-90 minutes. Tuition: $0 Suggested Donation: $25.00 per participant The threat of an active shooter exists anywhere people gather. College campuses, movie theaters, churches, malls, night clubs, businesses and restaurants have all been targeted by active shooters. One of the foremost concerns in the Commercial Facilities sector is the threat of an active shooter targeting a venue, employees, or visitors to their facility. This training was the result of collaboration between commercial facilities partners and emergency response agencies, law enforcement, The Commercial Facilities Sector-Specific Agency (SSA) collaborated with the Emergency Services SSA, representatives of the law enforcement community, and partners in the Retail Subsector The Safeguard Iowa Partnership’s active threat training is instructed by a retired law enforcement professional with over 35 years of experience, including 12 years as a member and a leader of a police tactical unit. This course goes beyond the included essentials of running, hiding, and fighting. It also includes some characteristics of potential active shooters, with the hope that a troubled person can be helped before he or she could receive help or support before a situation becomes violent. Situational Awareness & De-escalation Length: 60 minutes. Tuition: $0 Suggested Donation: $25.00 per participant Each day the news media seems to cover a different situation wherein a person’s anger has turned to violence. Travel and shopping trips are more complicated because there is a greater potential to encounter a violent situation or even criminal activity. The goal of our situational awareness seminar is to help you recognize potential threats, train your brain to react, and to follow through with appropriate action. In situations where an anger issue may develop, we train our participants to— – Identify physiological signs of anger – Understand the common triggers of anger – Recognize the levels or stages of anger – Learn the appropriate steps you should consider at each stage – Managing your own anger levels – Protecting yourself
Business Continuity Seminar Length: 2-3 hours. Tuition: $0 Suggested Donation: $40.00 per participant or $100 for groups of 3 or more Could your business survive a catastrophe? When catastrophe strikes, Will you wish you had a better plan, or will you be relieved that you had a great plan? – Nearly 1 out of 3 businesses is impacted by a disaster during their existence. – 40% fail to reopen after disaster – Another 25% fail within the first year – Between 75% and 80% of businesses don’t have a disaster plan To improve the chance of survival for your business, sign up for a Business Continuity Workshop, conducted by the Safeguard Iowa partnership. You’ll leave with valuable tools to assess threats in your business climate, mitigate those threats before they become disasters, and techniques to plan the continuity and recovery of your organization or business before disasters happen. When they do happen, and they will, you’ll be ready, and your business will stand a better chance of surviving and reopening.
Basic Exercise Design Length: 60-90 minutes. Tuition: $0 Suggested Donation: $25.00 per participant Safeguard Iowa’s Basic Exercise Design provides a foundation for participants to design a basic tabletop exercise along with information on:
Participants will also participate in a short mock tabletop exercise to understand preparation, flow, and injects.
School Site Safety Assessment Training Length: 60-90 minutes. Tuition: $0 Suggested Donation: $25.00 per participant or $100 for 4 or more participants from one organization. In this seminar, participants will learn the fundamentals of school site safety and how to build an assessment that will make your students, staff, and facility safer. At the conclusion of the seminar, participants will be able to discuss the following issues: – Why is a school site safety assessment important for your organization? – What is a school site safety assessment? – Discussion of assessment tools o Crime Assessment o Fire Service Assessment o Student/Staff Questionnaire o Perimeter/Interior/Exterior Checklist – Next steps – Suggestions for Improvement Tool
Continuity of Operations Seminar (COOP) Length: 60 minutes. Tuition: $0 Suggested Donation: $25.00 per participant This seminar is designed for the business or organization that has not yet developed a Continuity of Operations Plan. Training topics for the seminar include: • COOP Definition and Scope • COOP Overview • Elements of a Viable COOP Capability • COOP Impacts Safeguard Iowa Partnership 2022 Additional Services Active Threat Facility Assessment The Active Threat Facility Assessment may be conducted with or without Safeguard Iowa’s Active Threat Seminar. The facility is assessed from a potential active shooter’s perspective and followed up with a discussion of options for consideration to harden your facility and make an active shooter’s efforts more difficult. Included in the assessment is an interview with personnel who oversee security, risk management, and continuity of operations for your organization. This facility assessment can be done in the form of a conversation during the assessment where organization personnel take notes, and no written product is produced by the Safeguard Iowa Partnership. A more in-depth assessment can also be conducted, with a written product from Safeguard Iowa, with options for consideration. Suggested donations for unwritten assessments and fees for written assessments vary with the size of the facility. For small businesses and organizations, inability to donate or pay fees should not be considered a barrier to obtaining our services.
All Hazards Facility Assessment This assessment is like the assessment described above, but there is a more thorough discussion of other risks, including property crime, acts of nature, and continuity of operations. This assessment can be conducted in written or unwritten form, just as described above. Suggested donations for unwritten assessments and fees for written assessments vary with the size of the facility. For small businesses and organizations, inability to donate or pay fees should not be considered a barrier to obtaining our services.
Exercise Design If you are new to exercise design, and would like assistance with designing a basic exercise, Safeguard Iowa is willing to assist you. If you have already designed your exercise and would like suggestions or options for consideration for the exercise, we are also willing to assist. If you have designed a larger exercise, we can suggest some resources for assistance. Suggested donation varies with the size of the organization. For small businesses and organizations, inability to donate or pay fees should not be considered a barrier to obtaining our services.
Business Continuity/ COOP Planning If you have already participated in our Business Continuity or COOP Seminars and you would like assistance designing your business continuity plan or continuity of operations plan, Safeguard Iowa is willing to provide options for consideration to improve your plans. Suggested donation varies with the size of the organization. For small businesses and organizations, inability to donate or pay fees should not be considered a barrier to obtaining our services.
School Site Safety Assessment After you have taken advantage of our School Site Safety Assessment Seminar, you are welcome to partner with Safeguard Iowa to conduct your own site safety assessment. Suggested donation varies with the size of the facility or school district. |
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Safeguard Iowa Partnership webinars are broadcasted using GoToWebinar & Adobe Connect. To view the recorded webinars, complete the required registration form by clicking on the link of the webinar you wish to view. All recorded webinars are posted to YouTube. |
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