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Active shooter preparedness: Run, Hide, Fight

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for all employees. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 30 minutes, 6 lessons, 10-question final check. Last reviewed 8 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Course outline at a glance

  • Explain why preparation improves survival and what an active shooter incident looks like
  • Video
  • Tabs
  • Quiz

  • Recognise behavioural warning signs and report concerns before violence occurs
  • Flashcards
  • Process
  • Sorting activity
  • Quiz

  • Choose Run, Hide or Fight based on the situation, in that order of preference
  • Step-by-step
  • Video
  • Accordion
  • Sorting activity
  • Multi-select quiz

  • Apply the options to your own building and role
  • Scenario
  • Quiz

  • Act correctly when law enforcement arrives and support recovery afterwards
  • Tabs
  • Checklist
  • Video
  • Accordion
  • Quiz

Final check: 10 questions, 80% to pass

Try some questions from the course

Question 1 of 3

What is normalcy bias?

 

Normalcy bias makes people delay. Knowing about it helps you act sooner.

Lesson 1, Why preparation matters, teaches this. See the outline

Question 2 of 3

A coworker says "they'll be sorry" after being fired. What is the best step?

 

You never have to be sure. Reporting early lets trained people look into it.

Lesson 2, Before it happens: know the signs, teaches this. See the outline

Question 3 of 3

You are hiding and someone knocks, saying they are police. What should you do?

 

Do not open the door until you are sure. Follow your site plan on how verification works.

Lesson 3, Run, Hide, Fight, teaches this. See the outline

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Active shooter preparedness: Run, Hide, Fight

Completed on12 October 2026
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Everyone who finishes gets a certificate with their name, the course title and the completion date. Add your own logo, colours and signer.

Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 9 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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The Active shooter preparedness: Run, Hide, Fight course as a learner first sees it

Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's result on the 10-question final check, against the 80% pass mark.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 30 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why preparation matters · 6 min

    Explain why preparation improves survival and what an active shooter incident looks like.

  • Lesson 2: Before it happens: know the signs · 4 min

    Recognise behavioural warning signs and report concerns before violence occurs.

  • Lesson 3: Run, Hide, Fight · 6 min

    Choose Run, Hide or Fight based on the situation, in that order of preference.

  • Lesson 4: Practice · 4 min

    Apply the options to your own building and role.

  • Lesson 5: Your site & when police arrive · 6 min

    Act correctly when law enforcement arrives and support recovery afterwards.

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 4 min

    10 questions, 80% to pass. The result is saved to the learner's record.

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

The course itself is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session. Whether online delivery meets your local rules depends on the law that applies to you, so check the rules that apply to you or ask your own counsel.

At hire + annually; refresh after any change to the site emergency plan.

All employees in offices, retail, hospitals, schools, venues and hotels.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when. Check the retention period that applies to you in the rules that apply to you.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply. Keep anything your own law requires you to cover.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Evacuation routes
  • Safe rooms
  • Mass notification system
  • Threat assessment team / security / HR
  • Bleeding control kit locations
  • EAP contact
  • Reunification site
  • Required in CA
  • LMS or record system
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