COTS Hosts Active Aggressor Event Training to Coalition Members
Early this past Tuesday morning a variety of health care professionals from around Central Ohio piled into the Columbus Medical Association training rooms for a Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) course. COTS hosted this training for their Regional Healthcare Emergency Preparedness (RHEP) coalition and the Southeast and Southeast Central Healthcare (SEOHC) coalition members.
Officers Scott Peck and Tom Paulus from the Columbus Division of Police provided this free training which is designed to provide strategies, guidance, and a plan for surviving an active aggressor event. The CRASE course covered the nature and prevalence of active aggressor events, the stages of human disaster response, how to improve one’s response, and the role of first responders at a critical incident.
The RHEP AND SEOHC coalitions are public-private partnerships coordinated by COTS that support healthcare-related entities to prepare, respond, and recover from emergencies. “Our healthcare coalitions identified this training as a need from past disaster exercises,” explained COTS Training and Exercise Coordinator, Melissa Rose, “workplace violence and active aggressor events are something everyone needs to plan for.”
“I thought the training was very informative and much different than any other active shooter training I have attended,” said Dusty Camp, Security Supervisor for Fayette County Memorial Hospital, “I was pleased to see that Active Shooter Training is continuing to evolve as this problem continues to be one of the most prevalent issues within our society.”
The next COTS hosted CRASE training is scheduled for March 10, 2020, from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm.
Register here or contact Melissa Rose for more information.