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This webpage provides materials to assist businesses, government offices, schools, and communities in preparing for and responding to an active shooter incident. Resources cover issues such as a profile of an active shooter; responding to an active shooter or other violence situation; training for an active shooter situation and creating an emergency action plan; and tips for recognizing signs of potential violence. Resources are available in 16 different languages.

This training provides guidance on large events and the special vulnerabilities they pose to schools. This training is for school administrators, law enforcement, and state officials.

This training is for school administrators, law enforcement, and state officials, and covers Continuity of Operations (COOP) Functional Annex, or “COOP Annex.” When you are finished with this course, you will be able to define and explain the purpose of the COOP Annex, identify the types of circumstances that lead to COOP Annex activation and develop a COOP Annex.

This training program provides guidance for school administrators, law enforcement, and state officials on the importance of included plans about how to respond to school violence after an occurrence.

This training program provides guidance for school administrators, law enforcement, and state officials on developing a high quality school emergency plan.

This course provides school staff with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to prepare for school emergencies before, during and after a school emergency.

The Safe School Initiative's final report details threat assessment techniques based on studies of previous violence. The report is for school administrators, law enforcement, and state officials.

This report provides an examination of 37 incidents of targeted school violence that occurred in the United States from December 1974 through May 2000. It further sets forth a process for identifying, assessing, and managing students who may pose a threat of targeted violence in schools.

This report, the second in a yearly series, provides an analysis of mass attacks that occurred in public spaces in the United States between January and December 2018.  These incidents included three mass attacks targeting high schools, including the attacks in Benton, KY; Parkland, FL; and Santa Fe, TX.

This report, the first in a yearly series, provides an analysis of mass attacks that occurred in public spaces in the United States between January and December 2017.