C3 Podcast: Active Shooter Incident Management

Adam Pendley, Mark Rhame, Don Tuten, and Bill Godfrey discuss the Active Shooter Incident Management model policy  (available for free download from the C3 Pathways website) along with common implementation challenges and trying to get multiple agencies on board. You do not want to miss this conversation.Download the ASIM Model Policy as an MS Word document from https://c3.cm/policyView this episode on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYTj8maOJM

NEW! Watch this show on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/EV0xRrmByK8Podcast Host Bill Godfrey is joined by Mark Rhame, Adam Pendley, and Don Tuten to discuss "The Key to Success" in an active shooter event. Their answer may surprise many, but it centers around making sure every responder arriving at the scene has a task and purpose. Whether you're resource rich or resource poor, it's crucial that responders are assigned to the task you need done, where you need it done, and when you need it done.

NEW! Watch this show on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/t2Qhoz7WTg4Bill Godfrey, Jill McElwee, and Ron Otterbacher discuss valuable medical insights from battlefield experiences which can be applied to active shooter scenarios. The trio takes a deep dive with easy to understand explanations about the value of using the military’s BATH assessment technique and the mechanics of tension pneumothorax, how it can kill, how you can fix it, and how to know the difference.Whether you’re a responder with little medical training or a paramedic, you don’t want to miss this discussion! Knowing these things and the differences between them can help you save lives!

NEW! Watch this show on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaVr4fSJHLUBill Godfrey, Ron Otterbacher, and Jill McElwee discussed the challenges of terminology and the importance of simplifying it in a potentially chaotic active shooter incident. We must use straightforward terms that everyone understands and limit conversations between Command, Law Enforcement Branch, and Medical Branch to avoid confusion. Cultural differences between Law Enforcement and Fire and EMS are discussed, with an emphasis on simplifying terminology and having one Command for everyone involved.The group reflects on the experience of crafting a checklist, noting their inclusion of the fifth man concept to get resources organized into teams.Using the correct terminology is essential to ensure clear communication.Local jurisdictions should determine staffing for their Contact Teams and RTFs based on their resource levels in the first 10 minutes of response.How different jurisdictions may staff differently for urban, suburban and

NEW! Watch this show on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/9DR97VXLPmIBill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. Thank you for being with us today. I am being joined by Adam Pendley, here to my left, from the law enforcement side. Adam, thanks for coming in.Adam Pendley:Thank you.Bill Godfrey:And across the table of us, we got Mark Rhame from Fire and EMS. Mark, good to see you again.Mark Rhame:Yeah, thank you too.Bill Godfrey:We just spent a fun little weekend out in Vegas.Mark Rhame:We did.Bill Godfrey:That was...Mark Rhame:Not talking about what we did.Bill Godfrey:No, we cannot. No, we're not allowed to.Mark Rhame:No pictures.Bill Godfrey:And then next to Mark is Don Tuten, like Adam, also from the law enforcement side. Don, it's been a minute since we've had you in the studio. It's good to see you.Don Tuten:Yes, sir. It's good to be back.Bill Godfrey:All right. And for two of you, for Don and Adam, this is the first time you guys a

NEW! Watch this show on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/N2B8yMdlueoBill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host, and I am joined today by two of our fantastic C3 Pathways instructors. Sitting next to me is Jill McElwee, like myself also on the Fire and EMS side. And across from us is Ron Otterbacher. Welcome, Ron, Jill. Thank you guys for coming in and being part of this today.Ron Otterbacher:Thank you.Jill McElwee:You're welcome. It's a pleasure.Bill Godfrey:Today's topic I wanted to talk about keeping it simple. Don't make this more complicated than it needs to be. As we travel the country and we're doing our training, it seems like we've frequently run into people that are just introducing unnecessary confusion and extra terminology. And I'll give you some specific examples. We talk about contact teams and rescue task force and using those as building blocks, but then you hear things like a rescue team as a unique entity from a rescu

NEW! Watch this show on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/iXHgu7zomfoBill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. I am joined today by three of our wonderful C3 Pathways instructors. On my right here is Tom Billington, one of our Fire/EMS instructors. Welcome, Tom.Tom Billington:Good to be back.Bill Godfrey:It is good to have you back. Been a minute, that's for sure. We're also joined across the table from us. Russ Woody, one of our law enforcement instructors. Russ, welcome from North Carolina.Russ Woody:Yeah, glad to be down, Bill.Bill Godfrey:Good to have you here. And then we've got Travis Cox, also one of our law enforcement instructors and our training director. Travis, it's good to have you here in the studio.Travis Cox:Hey, it's good to be here. Good to see you guys again.Bill Godfrey:It's exciting. It has been a minute. It feels good to be back doing podcasts again. And of course, we've upped the game a little bit. I looked, it

Episode 51: Listener Question - Who Sets Tactical?This week are live on the road with the ASIM team in New York City. Today we are answering a former ASIM student's question on "Who sets tactical with only three or four officers on duty?"Bill Godfrey:Bill Godfrey: Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. I have with me today, three of the C3 instructors, Kevin Burd, our Director of Training. Kevin, thanks for being here today.Kevin Burd:Thanks for having me, Bill.Bill Godfrey:All right. And we got Jason Kelley. Jason, good to have you here.Jason Kelley:Thank you, sir.Bill Godfrey:Or, as we call him, Slide Deck. And we have Coby Briehn. Coby, welcome back.Coby Briehn:Thanks for having me.Bill Godfrey:All right, so today we got something a little bit different for our topic today. We actually have an audience question. The question comes from a former student of ours from an ASIM course, and he says, "I work for a university police department in a ci

Ep 50: Implementing the ASIM ProcessSheriff Michelle Cook and Police Chief Terry Nichols share their experiences implementing the Active Shooter Incident Management Checklist process and their tips for success. Don't miss this discussion!Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. It's good to be back with you today. My name is Bill Godfrey. I'm your podcast host, and I have with me today two former C3 instructors as our guest stars today, both of them law enforcement leaders, and hoping that one day when they do retire-retire, we might actually get them back as C3 instructors; hint hint, Chief Nichols, who just retired in the last few weeks. So I have with me Michelle Cook. She is currently serving as the Sheriff in Clay County. She also did ... Michelle was almost 30 years at Jacksonville?Michelle Cook:26 years at Jacksonville, yeah.Bill Godfrey:Yeah, so 26 years at Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Police Department as the operations chief, so she had an awful lot of responsibility

Ep 49: ASIM Checklist Endorsed as National Standard by NTOASPECIAL EPISODE - We have exciting news on this week's podcast! Our guest is Thor Eells, Executive Director of the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA). Today, Thor shares the news NTOA is endorsing the C3 Pathways Active Shooter Incident Management Checklist as the national standard of incident management of active shooter events. We discuss the importance of setting national standards for first responder training. Thor also tells us what NTOA is working on, including a neuroplasticity program to help first responders make decisions faster and more accurately while under stress.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey. I'm your podcast host. It has been a minute since the last podcast we've done. I'm excited to be back, but I'm even more excited that we're back with a very special guest today. I would like to introduce you to Thor Eells, the executive director of the National Tactical Of

Episode 48: Interview with TEEX's Jesse WatkinsOn this week's podcast we have our sponsor of the Active Shooter Incident Management Advanced and Intermediate courses, TEEX's Jesse Watkins. In this episode we talk about the courses and training available to the first responder community.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. We have a special guest with us today. Today, we have Jesse Watkins, the director of operations for NERRTC. That's the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center over at TEEX out in Texas. Jesse, thanks for joining us today.Jesse Watkins:Oh, it's my pleasure Bill. Thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:So obviously NERRTC and TEEX are the sponsors of the Active Shooter Incident Management advanced and intermediate courses that we developed that is DHS funded. And people who've heard me tell this story before, it's a little convoluted, the money flow, but it DHS to NERRTC to or, DHS to TEEX NERRTC, then

Episode 47: Interview with ALERRT's John CurnuttThis week we are interviewing John Curnutt from ALERRT. We discuss how ALERRT started, it's mission, and how it works together in the active shooter picture.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. Today I've got with us a special guest. We've got John Curnutt, assistant director of the ALERRT Center over in San Marcos, Texas, and our sponsor for the ASIM class along with TEEX. John, it's good to have you here.John Curnutt:Oh man, it is great to be here. Thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:So John, thanks for joining us today. Why don't we start off ... I'd be actually surprised if any of our audience didn't really know who ALERRT was or how you guys fit into the active shooter picture but talk a little bit about ALERRT and the mission and how everything fits together.John Curnutt:It's great to be here. Thank you for having me. It's interesting, our starts are very humble. Back in 2000,

Episode 46: ASIM Basic and Counterstrike (Part 2)We are picking up from last week's topic about ASIM Basic to talk about the Counterstrike training system. Bill and Adam give some tips and tricks that will enhance your training as you run scenarios.Bill Godfrey:Today, we're going to pick up where we left off. You may remember, last week we were talking about the ASIM basic class, some tips for instructors that are either new or maybe a little rusty. We're going to pick up talking about the Counterstrike exercise system and how we facilitate that, and some tips and tricks that both Adam and I use when we're running those scenarios. There may be some people listening that are not familiar with the Counterstrike system, Adam, can you describe it for the audience?Adam Pendley:The Counterstrike board itself comes as a kit and it includes a large overhead view of a typical city or environment. The one that we typically use is the 29th Street mall, which is your typical outside, open-air, count center type mall. We

Episode 45: ASIM Basic and Counterstrike (Part 1)We are splitting this week's topic in two parts. First, we are discussing some tips and suggestions for instructors teaching ASIM Basic classes. Next week we will continue with the Counterstrike System we use for training scenarios.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. I've got with me today one of our C3 instructors, Adam Pendley, who's joining us from the law enforcement side. And today's topic, we're going to talk about... We're actually going to talk about two things. We're going to talk about the ASIM Basic class and some tips and suggestions for instructors that are either new or maybe a little rusty. And then, we're also going to talk about the Counter-Strike system that we use for doing the training scenarios. And so, we're going to split this podcast into two parts. Part one, we're going to talk about ASIM Basic, and part two, we're going to talk about the Counterstrike syste

Episode 44: 911 Communication Center Challenges in Active Shooter Events (Part 2)In Part 2 of this week's podcast, we are continuing our topic of 911 and the dispatch center during an active shooter event.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. Today we're picking up part two coming back to our topic of 911 and the dispatch center during an active shooter event. I've asked our three instructors that were here for part one to come back and join us again. We've got Ken Lamb from the law enforcement side. Ken, thanks for coming back.Ken Lamb:Yes, sir. You're welcome.Bill Godfrey:Tom Billington from fire EMS.Tom Billington:Glad to be here again. More good information to cover.Bill Godfrey:Fantastic. And Leeanna Mims. Good to see you again.Leeanna Mims:Glad to be back.Bill Godfrey:All right, so let's get into part two. Let's talk about the non 911 phone calls that have to be made and come in. I'm talking about, I need mutual aid but I don'

Episode 43: 911 Communication Center Challenges in Active Shooter Events (Part 1)In Part 1 of this week's podcast, we talk about some of the challenges in the 911 dispatch center during an active shooter event. A few topics we cover are the best sense of location, radio traffic, and recognizing when the active shooter event happens.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your host of the podcast. Thank you for being with us today. We are going to be talking today about what it's like in the 911 dispatch center during an active shooter event and some of the challenges that go with that. Thank you for joining us. I got three of the C3 Pathways instructors with me today. Ken Lamb from law enforcement. Ken, thanks for being here.Ken Lamb:Yes, sir. Happy to be here.Bill Godfrey:All right, we got Tom Billington back in the house. Tom, it's been a minute since you were in. Good to have you back.Tom Billington:Good to be here, Bill.Bill Godfrey:All right, and L

Episode 42: Common Day One Training ProblemsOn this week's podcast, we discuss the common obstacles you may encounter during day one of training.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey. We appreciate you tuning in today and today's topic, we are actually going to spend some time talking about some of the common challenges that we see on the first day of training.Our goal here is for those out there that are ASIM basic trainers, or they have a departmental responsibility for conducting some sort of active shooter training, or you're trying to do some internal training on active shooter incident management, we wanted to share with you some of the common things that we see, some of the common problems, so that you can watch out for them, and maybe try to adjust in your curriculum.As usual, I've got three of the fantastic instructors from C3 Pathways here with me today. On the law enforcement side, we got Robert McMahan in the house. Robert, how are you?Robe

Episode 41: Micro TrainingFor this week's podcast topic, we discuss different types of micro training to help reinforce active shooter incident management methods.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey your podcast host. We're happy to have you with us today, where we're going to be talking about micro training. Things that you can do in 10 to 15 minutes during your roll calls or briefings to help people stay on top of Active Shooter Incident Management. I have with me today, three of the other instructors from C3 Pathways, Robert McMahon from the law enforcement side. Robert. Good to see you.Robert McMahan:Good to see you, Bill.Bill Godfrey:All right. We've also got Mark Rhame on the fire/EMS side, Mark. Good to have you back.Mark Rhame:Yeah, always enjoy it.Bill Godfrey:And Billy Perry, Billy it's been a little while.Billy Perry:It hasn't been. It's been a minute, but I'm glad to be back.Bill Godfrey:Oh, it's good to have you. Good to have you back in

Episode 40: SSAVEIMIn this podcast with John-Michael Keyes from the I Love U Guys foundation, we talk about school safety and violent event incident management.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast. Thank you for being with us today. We have a special guest today. I'm excited to welcome back to the fold John-Michael Keyes with the "I Love U Guys" Foundation. John-Michael, thanks for taking the time to join us on the podcast today.John-Michael Keyes:Oh, thanks for the opportunity, Bill. I always look forward to conversations with you.Bill Godfrey:It is so exciting to have you back. We got some really, really great comments about the last series you and I did, which ironically, we had recorded just before COVID shut everything down.We'll talk a little bit more about that, but I know I'm catching you literally after you've just finished the last day of your briefings. How did it go? Well, you know what? Tell everybody what the briefings were about. I'm anxious to hear how it went

Episode 39: ASIM IntermediateSheriff Michelle Cook shares her experience hosting the Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Intermediate course remotely for Clay County (FL) on the NCIER Campus virtual platformBill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter incident management podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. We appreciate you tuning back in with us this week. We have a special guest, one of our instructors who has been on a little bit of a leave of absence, Michelle Cook. Now, most of you will remember, if you've been with us for a long time, Michelle's done some podcasts in the past, and was a police chief up in the north Florida area. Not too long ago, she was elected sheriff in Clay County in the north Florida area, and is taking the time to talk with us today. Kind of catch us up, what's going on, and tell us a little bit about her experience with the Active Shooter Incident Management, intermediate class. Michelle, welcome, and thank you for taking the time to join us. Michelle Cook:Th