Split Second Strategies Active Shooter Prevention & Survival Training is a modern, evidence-based program designed to prepare individuals, families, and organizations to recognize threats early, respond decisively during an attack, and survive a violent encounter.
This training was built on a reality seen again and again after tragedies:
“I thought it was fireworks,”
“I thought it was construction noise,”
“I never thought it would happen here.”
That hesitation costs lives.
This program is intentionally designed to give people permission to believe what they are seeing and hearing is real, and to react without delay.
Participants learn practical, options-based survival strategies that guide what to do before, during, and after an active shooter incident.
They leave with a clear, personal action plan, increased confidence, and the ability to make fast, life-saving decisions when seconds matter most.
At Split Second Strategies, Active Shooter Survival Training is built on a simple but powerful belief: prevention and survival require different skill sets, and both matter. That is why our program is intentionally structured into two distinct, complementary courses:
Duration: 1 hour
The Active Shooter Prevention Deep Dive is a dedicated, leadership-focused course designed for:
Owners and executives
HR professionals
Safety and security teams
Managers, supervisors, and team leads
Policy writers and organizational decision-makers
This course goes beyond basic awareness and focuses on the early warning signs, behavioral indicators, environmental risk factors, policy considerations, and leadership responsibilities that can stop violence before it ever reaches the point of an attack.
While this course is especially valuable for leadership and stakeholders, any employee who wants a deeper understanding of prevention and threat recognition can benefit from this training.
Prevention works best when awareness is shared.
Duration: 2 hours
When an attack goes undetected, survival depends on clarity, speed, and decision-making under stress.
Split Second Strategies’ Active Shooter Prevention & Survival Training is an options-based program specifically designed to prepare people to:
Think for themselves under extreme pressure
Recognize rapidly changing conditions
Choose the best survival option in real time
Take responsibility for their own safety and the safety of others
This is not scripted, acronym-based training.
It is a real-world, decision-driven approach that prepares participants to respond based on what is actually happening around them.
Duration: 1 hour
Class size limit: 15 students
Last Resort Assailant Disarming Training is an advanced, add-on course designed for the rare and critical moment when escape is not possible and lives are in immediate danger. This training focuses on defensive techniques taught strictly as a last resort, emphasizing awareness, decision-making, and survival.
Participants are guided through the realities of making a last-resort decision and the responsibility that comes with it.
Completion of Active Shooter Prevention & Survival Training is required prior to participaring in this course to ensure participants understand prevention, situational awareness, and response options before learning last-resort defensive techniques.
Students will experience:
Life saving techniques for disarming an assailant armed with a long gun or a handgun, as a last resort to save their own life or the lives of others.
Understanding when and when not to attempt disarming, based on real-world conditions and available options.
Emphasis on full commitment and decisive action once a last-resort decision is made, including awareness of timing, opportunity, and positioning during high-risk moments.
Clear reinforcement that this is a personal decision; each individual must decide for themselves if this option is right for them in that moment.
Duration: Varies by facility size and scope. A custom quote will be provided after a consultation.
On-site evaluations to help organizations identify safety considerations and response options specific to their space.
Prevention Deep Dive – Learn how you can stop violence before it starts
Active Shooter Prevention and Survival Training – Navigate violence if it cannot be stopped
Split Second Strategies follows the “NO NOTORIETY” protocol.
Split Second Strategies follows the “No Notoriety” Protocol because prevention focused training should not amplify the recognition past assailants sought. For that reason, presentations do not include assailant names, images, manifesto content, or footage of real attacks. Graphic incident videos are not required for effective preparation. Instead, training relies on clear, practical instruction and professionally produced Split Second Strategies videos that reinforce response options without sensationalizing violence.
63% of organizations that participated in a 2024 study* were NOT confident that their organization was prepared for an active assailant incident.
In that same study, 39% reported they do not have a comprehensive response plan for active assailant incidents.
*2024 ASIS International Active Assailant Preparedness Study, published January 2025
Split Second Strategies strongly recommends On Site Active Shooter Prevention & Survival Training whenever possible, particularly for organizations and teams. Training in the actual environment where people work, gather, and move every day allows participants to better understand their options, recognize real-world variables, and apply the training in a meaningful way.
In-person instruction also builds shared awareness and confidence among teams; something that cannot be fully replicated through online learning alone.
What Your Team Provides For On-Site Training:
Live Virtual Training delivers the same instruction and core content as our in-person classes.
Classes offered as a webinar:
Both are taught live online with real-time interaction and Q&A, and they mirror the in-person experience in both material and outcomes.
Please note: Last Resort Assailant Disarming Training is not offered as a webinar. For local organizations in the midwest, a hybrid option is available: complete Active Shooter Prevention and Survival training virtually, then bring an instructor onsite to deliver the Last Resort Assailant Disarming Training in person.
Active Shooter Prevention and Survival training online/on-demand courses are coming in the spring of 2026! Fill out a contact form to be notified when they are live!
Active assailant and mass shooting incidents have occurred in many different types of workplaces and community settings in recent years. Because these events can happen in any facility, organizations and individuals benefit from understanding what to watch for, how to think clearly under stress, and how to plan ahead for realistic response options. Regardless of where someone works, active assailant survival training strengthens readiness and supports safer, more confident decision-making when seconds matter.
