ASOA Webinar: ALICE Active Shooter Response Training – Developing Emergency Operations Procedures for Your Office
When: May 24, 2016 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Gary Kamp will present an overview of the ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate) Program for implementing appropriate and federally recommended proactive response strategies in the event of an active shooter on your work premises. It is vital to have an emergency response plan for businesses so that employees are not at risk in the event of an active shooter situation due to lack of knowledge and preparation.
To mitigate risk, employers should take precautions to ensure that every employee is safe. Employers should also adopt practices that teach employees how to react should a violent situation arise. Ultimately, these measures can help protect the company from lawsuits that often follow workplace violence – while significantly improving employee safety.
Gary Kamp will be discussing these measures. In addition, he will speak to the various aspects of inclusion of this best practice and nationally renowned approach into your existing Emergency Operations Procedures. The ALICE Program is the first civilian response training program for active shooter response and has since been supported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the U.S. Department of Education. The ALICE program is common sense practices designed to increase your chances of survival; unfortunately, however, it is not always common knowledge.
The webinar will focus on the unique challenges faced by eye doctor facilities where you also have patient care in mind when developing safety protocols. The webinar will last one and a half hours and will also include a Q&A session at the end.
Webinar Presenter – Gary Kamp, ALICE Training National Trainer
Gary has spent over 29 years in uniform as a south Florida law enforcement officer and military member. He served in the Special Operations division for 22 of those years and worked his way though from an entry member to the Division Commander. His background includes Patrol, Canine, Detective, SWAT, and Training assignments. Gary holds a BAS in Public Safety Administration and Criminal Justice. Gary also has multiple instructor certifications in weapons and less lethal systems.
About ALICE:
ALICE training is the original options-based response program that was designed to replace an inadequate secure-in- place mandated response plan. ALICE addresses the fallacies of a one-size- fits-all response plan by explaining the truths and realities of Violent Intruder events. The reality is that extremely tragic outcomes in these events can be mitigated. They are very much survivable. Through training and empowerment, citizens can apply the ALICE strategies and improve survival chances in any environment where they may find themselves confronted by an active shooter or violent intruder. ALICE strategies are now also mirrored and recommended by many Federal and State official guidelines.
About ASOA:
The mission of the American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) is to advance the skills and professionalism of ophthalmic practice management. Founded in 1986 by administrators for administrators, ASOA is the premier organization for the business side of the ophthalmic practice. Serving administrators, managers, physicians, and office staff – ASOA offers avenues for personal and professional growth and provides support, tools, and resources for the daily challenges of managing a practice.
About ASCRS:
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery is an international, educational society with more than 9,000 members. Its mission is to advance the art and science of ophthalmic surgery and the knowledge and skills of ophthalmic surgeons by providing clinical and practice management education and by working with patients, government, and the medical community to promote the delivery and advancement of high-quality eye care.
Since its founding in 1974, ASCRS has led the field through significant advances in technology and clinical science through its educational programs, publications and on-line resources. ASCRS has become the surgeons’ primary source of up-to-date clinical information, published research, and regulatory information affecting the practice of medicine.
