Mandated Courses

Active Attack Incident Management

The ALERRT Center at Texas State University has been awarded funding to develop a state-of-the-art eLearning program to train Law Enforcement personnel on using the Incident Command System (ICS) while responding to Active Attack events.

The importance of an effective Incident Command System (ICS) is underscored by numerous after-action reports from recent active attack incidents. This eLearning course is designed to enhance participants' skills, abilities, and performance in utilizing the NIMS ICS process during active attacks and other major critical incidents. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of ICS, enabling them to improve both individual and agency response capabilities. The AAIM course will introduce and explain various command phases, zones of operation, command elements, and terminology, as well as interagency coordination, communication, transfers of command, Incident Command Posts, Area Command, and EOC operations. Developed with input from subject matter experts, and based on NIMS ICS principles and real event research, this course offers a comprehensive platform to boost participants' ability to effectively use the incident command structure in dynamic situations. 4 hours of ALERRT training are awarded for completion of this course. 

TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ONLY:

This course satisfies the TCOLE requirements for course #3366 and will count as 4 hours of TCOLE training. This course does count toward the SB1852 mandate. TCOLE credit takes up to 30 days to report from the completion date. 

Mandated Courses

The ALERRT Center at Texas State University and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) have been awarded funding to develop a state-of-the-art eLearning program to train Fire and Law Enforcement personnel on responding to Fire as a Weapon (FAAW) events.

Fire as a weapon (FAAW) is the use of fire, smoke, or flammable materials normally used with other attack vectors that confound incident response and which requires an integrated response for incident stabilization. Criminals and terrorists have used FAAW in many incidents, including well-known incidents such as: Waco TX, 1993; Mumbai India, 2008; Ferguson MO, 2014-15; and Honolulu HI, 2020 as well as many smaller incidents. FAAW incidents are continually evolving, both in magnitude and frequency, and the training to mitigate FAAW must also continually evolve.

This course satisfies the TCOLE requirements for course #3356 and will count as 4 hours of TCOLE training. This course does count toward the SB1852 mandate. TCOLE credit takes up to 30 days to report from the completion date. 

Mandated Courses

The goal of this course is to provide leaders in first response and emergency management agencies with strategic leadership and integrate response strategies that will prepare them to not only “stop the killing” but to also “stop the dying” in active attack events. Participants will also be able to recognize the need to prepare their communities for an active shooter attack and use this as an opportunity for positive outreach and community engagement.

This course was designed in conjunction with TEEX (Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service) 

This course satisfies the TCOLE requirements for course #667371 and will count as 4 hours of TCOLE training. This course does count toward the SB1852 mandate. TCOLE credit takes up to 30 days to report from the completion date. 

Mandated Courses

This course was designed in conjunction with TEEX (Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service) to provide telecommunicators, first responders, and other professionals with information on effective dispatching to better prepare them to save lives and reduce chaos in an active attack event. 

This course satisfies the TCOLE requirements for course #78052 and will count as 3 hours of TCOLE training. This course does count toward the SB1852 mandate. TCOLE credit takes up to 30 days to report from the completion date.