Active Shooter Training for Colleges & Universities

Empowering those on college campuses with life-saving, proactive training.

College campuses are vibrant, dynamic environments where students, faculty, and staff come together to learn, teach, and grow. However, they’re also open spaces, often making them uniquely vulnerable to an active shooter situation. In the face of this reality, ALICE Training® offers proactive strategies designed to equip colleges and universities with the tools and knowledge to respond confidently and effectively.

Why Colleges Need Active Shooter Response Training

The open nature of a college campus and the diversity of its population make it critical to prioritize active shooter response training.

Preparedness Saves Lives

Colleges often host thousands of students, faculty, and staff in expansive spaces. Proper training ensures they know how to act quickly and effectively during an active shooter incident.

Seamless Collaboration with Law Enforcement®

ALICE Training® fosters coordination between colleges and law enforcement, creating a unified and effective emergency response plan.

Confidence for Faculty and Staff®

Providing faculty and staff with active shooter response training builds trust and assurance, enabling them to guide students to safety during an emergency.

The ALICE Method

In the critical moments between when an active shooter situation begins and law enforcement arrive, individuals need options. ALICE Training® emphasizes a proactive, multi-option response to active shooter incidents. Unlike traditional lockdown-only methods, ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) empowers participants to make informed decisions based on the situation at hand.

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Alert – Recognize danger and communicate the threat clearly and quickly to others.

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Lockdown – Enhance lockdown measures by barricading doors and creating a secure environment.

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Inform – Share real-time information to support decision-making and responses.

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Counter – Distract, confuse, and gain control of the situation if evacuation or lockdown is not possible.

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Evacuate – Prioritize leaving the danger zone if it is safe to do so.

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What Colleges Are Saying About ALICE Training®

“ALICE really puts the process down that’s easy to understand, easy to learn, and just makes complete sense to me. Hopefully, we will never have to use it, but if we do, we’ll be ready because of ALICE.”
Richard Brown

Professor, Business & IT, Mountwest Community & Technical College

“I enjoyed ALICE Training®, and it taught me the importance of being prepared. I suggest everyone ask your professor what their plan is in the event of an active shooter.”
Student/RA

Southeast Missouri State University

“You can no longer say it’s not going to happen here. It could absolutely happen anywhere. That’s really empowering to a staff member to know that someone actually cares that much about our safety here at Mountwest.”
Jennifer Porter

Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator, Mountwest Community & Technical College

Tailored for the Higher Education Environment

ALICE Training® understands the unique challenges of college campuses and provides active shooter response training customized for the higher education environment. From large lecture halls to dorms, ALICE strategies are designed to be adaptable, trauma-informed, and effective.

Prepare your campus to respond to the unexpected with ALICE Training®—a solution trusted by colleges and universities nationwide.

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