Author: Kevin T Doss and C David Shepherd
ISBN No: 9780128027844
Review date: 19/04/2024
No of pages: 304
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Publisher URL:
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Year of publication: 09/11/2015
Brief:
Active Shooter: Preparing for and Responding to a Growing Threat, by Kevin T Doss and C David Shepherd, published 2015 by Butterworth-Heinemann, 304 pages, £44.38, ISBN 9780128027844. Visit store.elsevier.com.
Active Shooter may well be a book that you wish you don’t have to read.
While we hear of US campus shootings, any workplace can be a target, as this book by two American trainers sets out. The authors go through the reasons someone may become an active shooter; what personality traits and behaviour to look out for; what to do in the emergency; how to use social media, for one thing. While naturally the life and death response matters, the authors stress also the need for planning beforehand; how to risk-assess, train and plan, taking in HR, counselling and communications. They recommend and offer checklists for processes – so you don’t miss something, above all during the shock and disbelief when put under pressure. Don’t trust to your experience, they advise: “Checklists help especially when under pressure.”
Active Shooter: Preparing for and Responding to a Growing Threat, by Kevin T Doss and C David Shepherd, published 2015 by Butterworth-Heinemann, 304 pages, £44.38, ISBN 9780128027844. Visit store.elsevier.com.
