Safety Preparedness Training: Active Shooter

Mandatory All-Employee Active Shooter Preparedness Training Program

All UArizona part-time and full-time faculty and staff members, student workers, graduate assistants and associates and postdoctoral fellows are required to complete annual Active Shooter Preparedness Training. The university has developed a 12-minute online video which shares safety information on how to respond to an active threat and is based on the FBI instructions to “Run. Hide. Fight.” For any individuals who feel uncomfortable watching the video version, there is an alternative option to read important safety information which will satisfy the training requirement.

What to Do in an Active Shooter Situation: Run, Hide, Fight

When an active shooter is in your vicinity, quickly determine the most reasonable way to protect your own life. Students, employees and visitors are likely to follow the directions of instructors, supervisors and administrators during an active shooter situation.

Employees and Students: COMPLETE THE TRAINING IN EDGE LEARNING

 

Run

  • Have an escape route and plan in mind
  • Leave your belongings behind (take keys and phones only if it doesn’t delay your escape)
  • Keep your hands visible

Hide

  • Hide in an area out of the active shooter’s view
  • Block entry to your hiding place and lock the doors if possible

Fight

  • As a last resort and only when your life is in danger
  • Attempt to incapacitate the active shooter
  • Act with physical aggression and throw items at the shooter

Call 911 when it is safe to do so

How to Respond When Law Enforcement Arrives

  • Remain calm and follow instructions from officers
  • Immediately raise hands and spread fingers when instructed by officers
  • Keep hands visible at all times
  • Avoid making quick movements toward officers such as attempting to go to them for safety
  • Avoid pointing, screaming or yelling
  • Don’t stop to ask officers for help or direction when evacuating; proceed in the direction from which officers are entering the building/area of toward the location designated by officers

Information You Should Provide to Law Enforcement and 911

  • Location of the active shooter/s
  • Number of shooters
  • Physical description of the shooter/s
  • Number and type of weapons possessed by the shooter/s
  • Number of potential victims and their locations at the incident scene

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The University of Arizona is committed to providing a safe environment for students, faculty and staff, and those who visit our locations. The Active Shooter Preparedness Training is one part of our institutional efforts to improve response, policies and procedures involving campus safety and security.

This training, presented by the University of Arizona Police Department, shares safety information on how to respond to an active threat and is based on the FBI instructions to “Run. Hide. Fight.”

Safety Preparedness Training: Active Shooter is required for all part-time and full-time faculty and staff members, student workers, graduate assistants and associates and postdoctoral fellows on an annual basis. 

If you already completed the online training in EDGE Learning this year, you have fulfilled the annual requirement. You can verify if you have completed training by logging in to your EDGE Learning Profile with your NetID.

Yes. To request an exemption, contact the Office of Public Safety at publicsafety@arizona.edu and please provide a reason for the request.

 

The 12-minute video has been created with a trauma-informed approach and does not contain any visuals of guns or attackers but does contain the sound of gunshots. 

Individuals who feel uncomfortable watching the video version can satisfy the training requirement by choosing the alternative option in EDGE Learning to read through the important safety information.

 

The virtual training is available in EDGE Learning. You will receive a notification from EDGE Learning sent to your University email address prior to your training due date as part of your initial requirement and for annual renewal. Notifications are sent 30 days, 15 days, and 7 days prior to the due date.

There are two ways to satisfy the training requirement. Employees may watch the 12-minute video, Safety Preparedness Training: Active Shooter. For any individuals who feel uncomfortable watching the video version, there is an alternative option to read important safety information. Both versions are available in EDGE Learning.

For this training requirement, navigate to Safety Preparedness Training: Active Shooter EDGE Learning certification and log in with your NetID to access the content.

For more information about EDGE Learning, go to their FAQ page.

The training takes 12 minutes to complete.

You can verify if you have successfully completed the initial or annual renewal by logging in to your EDGE Learning Plan. You will find this information in the Learning and Certifications section. For more information, go to the EDGE Learning View Completed Learning page.

Completing the Safety Preparedness Training: Active Shooter before the due date is highly encouraged. Employees who have completed their training already will be due for their annual recertification one year from the date they completed the training.

Supervisors can check upcoming and overdue trainings for direct reports in EDGE Learning. Learn how to access Manager Dashboards. Supervisors are also copied on EDGE Learning overdue notification emails sent to their direct reports.

We ask for your support in achieving compliance by reinforcing this important training in conversations with your team, and ensuring your employees have the time and resources needed to complete the training.

To support training compliance, supervisors can:

  • Monitor email notifications of overdue trainings.
  • Use the Manager Dashboard in EDGE Learning to view training completion status for their direct reports.

View training completion reports for entire units and departments are available in UAccess Analytics. Users must have specific provisioning access.

No.

Employees who are on leave or managers of employees who are on leave do not need to request extensions for trainings that will become overdue during the employee's leave. It is acceptable for a training to show as overdue on an employee's EDGE Learning profile while they are on leave. It is recommended that the employee and manager work to prioritize completing the overdue trainings during the first week of return to work.

Note: Trainings that impact netID access (currently only Information Security Awareness) will be automatically removed from an employee's plan while they are on leave and will be reassigned when they return. Employees/Managers do not need to reach out to have this training removed or reassigned.

Yes. Members of the community can view the public version of the video.

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