C3 Podcast: Active Shooter Incident Management

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

Episode 38: Tips for Working Together at Tactial, Triage and TransportA discussion about tips and tricks at the tactical, triage and transport location.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your host of the podcast. Today's topic, we are going to be talking about some tips and tricks for working together at the tactical, triage, and transport location, which is an interesting challenge. We've got quite a laundry list of things I think we're going to be able to go through here today.We have with us three of the instructors from C3 Pathways, Ken Lamb, on the law enforcement side. Ken, good to have you back in the house.Ken Lamb:Yes, sir. Happy to be here.Bill Godfrey:All right. And we've got our world traveler, Bruce Scott, from the fire EMS side, like myself. Bruce, good to have you back in town.Bruce Scott:Thanks a lot, Bill. Glad to be here.Bill Godfrey:And we have Pete Kelting from the law enforcement side. Peter, good to have you back.Pete Kelting:

Episode 37: Other Uses of ASIM ChecklistA discussion about uses of the ASIM Checklist beyond active shooter events.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your host of the podcast. We're happy to have you back with us. Today, we have three of the instructors with us to talk about the uses of the ASIM checklist beyond just Active Shooter. We have, as many of you know, the Active Shooter Incident Management checklist which lays out this process. But just because it's titled Active Shooter doesn't mean that that's the only thing it's usable for. We're going to talk a little bit about that today. I'd like to introduce you to the three instructors that are with us. We have Terrence Weems from the law enforcement side. Terrence, good to have you back in the house.Terrance Weems:Thanks for having me.Bill Godfrey:Absolutely. We have, of course, Adam Pendley also from the law enforcement side. Many of you know Adam. Adam, good to have you back.Adam Pendley:Happy

Episode 36: IntelligenceA discussion about the Intelligence function in Active Shooter Incident Management (hint: it's not just a law enforcement issue).Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name's Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. Thanks for being with us today. We are going to be talking about intelligence related to active shooter events and active shooter incident management. I have with me today three of the C3 Pathways instructors. We've got Stephen Shaw from law enforcement. Steve, thanks for being here.Stephen Shaw:Thank you for having me, Bill. Good afternoon.Bill Godfrey:Absolutely. And we have Adam Pendley, also from law enforcement. Adam, good to have you back.Adam Pendley:Thank you, Bill. Glad to be here.Bill Godfrey:And our newest C3 instructor joining us. Been around ... I won't say how long, Leanna. That wouldn't be kind. Leanna Mims, a retired fire chief, like myself. Also a paramedic. A lot of years in the business and just recently retired from some servi

Episode 35: Rural ResponseA discussion about how small and rural communities can respond and structure their response to active shooter events.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your host of the podcast and today's topic we are going to talk about active shooter response and active shooter incident management in smaller communities or rural communities where there's not a lot of resources. I've got with me today three of the C3 Pathways instructors. We've got with is Joe Ferrara, who has not been in for a while. Joe, it's good to see you back here. Thanks for being here.Joe Ferarra:Good to be back.Bill Godfrey:Absolutely, and we've got Adam Pendley from law enforcement. So Joe's with fire, I guess I should say that, fire EMS. We got Adam Pendley, one of our law enforcement instructors. Adam, good to see you.Adam Pendley:Yes, sir. Nice to be here.Bill Godfrey:All right. So guys, the question of the day is, and the discussion point that we want to ha

Episode 34: 5 Common MistakesA discussion about five common mistakes in active shooter events response and active shooter incident management.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast, my name is Bill Godfrey, I'm your host of the podcast. Today's topic we are going to talk about five common mistakes in active shooter events response and active shooter incident management. I've got with me three of the instructors from C3 Pathways, Stephen Shaw from law enforcement, Steve thanks for coming it.Stephen Shaw:Thanks for having me, Bill.Bill Godfrey:Absolutely. We got Tom Billington on the Fire EMS side, Tom good to see you again.Tom Billington:Good morning.Bill Godfrey:And Robert McMahan from the law enforcement side, Robert good to see you.Robert McMahan:Good to be here again, thanks.Bill Godfrey:You doing well today?Robert McMahan:I am.Bill Godfrey:All right, fantastic. So today's topic, five common mistakes. And I'm going to take these in the order of how the response goes and not

Episode 33: Emergency ManagementA discussion about the role of emergency management and the emergency manager in active shooter events.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, I'm your host of the podcast. Today we're going to be talking about the role of emergency management and the emergency manager in active shooter events. Something that doesn't always get a lot of coverage, but certainly an important topic. We're glad to have you with us today. I've got with me three of the instructors from C3 Pathway. Stephen Shaw out of North Carolina. Steve, it's good to see you again. Been awhile.Stephen Shaw:Good to see you, Bill. Thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:Absolutely. And we've got back with us Robert McMahan. Retired out of Colorado, now living in Oklahoma.Robert McMahan:Yeah, it's a great place to be. Thanks for having me again.Bill Godfrey:And a familiar voice, we've got with us Bruce Scott out of Jacksonville, retired, but down here in the house.

Episode 32: Command Post vs Tactical, Triage and TransportAn important discussion on the fundamental difference between the work that gets done at the tactical, triage, and transport area versus the work that gets done at the command post.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, I'm the host of the podcast and I'm here today with three of the C3 Pathways instructors I got with me on the law enforcement side, Ron Otterbacher. Ron, thanks for coming in.Ron Otterbacher:Thanks for having me.Bill Godfrey:Absolutely. We also got Don Tuten, coming in from Jacksonville. Don, how you doing?Don Tuten:Hey Bill, doing great. Thank you.Bill Godfrey:And a familiar voice to many of you Mark Rhame, like myself on the fire EMS side. Mark, how's it going?Mark Rhame:Very good. Thanks Bill.Bill Godfrey:Okay. So, let's start off talking about what is the fundamental difference between the work that gets done at the tactical, triage, and transport area versus the work that ge

Episode 31: ZonesThis episode is about Zones in Active Shooter Response and how they help us communicate the threat picture.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast, my name is Bill Godfrey. I'm your host of the podcast. I've got with me three of the other instructors from C3 Pathways, Ron Otterbacher, retired from law enforcement. Ron, thanks for coming in, I know it's been a while since we've had you on the podcast.Ron Otterbacher:Thanks for having me.Bill Godfrey:Good to have you back. And of course we have Bruce Scott, a familiar voice to those. Bruce, how're you doing?Bruce Scott:I am very blessed Bill and yourself?Bill Godfrey:I'm doing well. And we're thankful to have back Pete Kelting in the house, also with law enforcement. Pete still is not retired, still active duty. How long have you got left Pete?Pete Kelting:About seven months Bill, but thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:Thanks for being here. So folks today's subject, we are going to talk about zones in an active

 Contact information for Dr. Metz:Sara Metz, PsyDPublic Safety PsychologistCode-4 CounselingFacebook (@code4counselingllc)Code-4 Counseling YouTube channel videosEpisode 30: Emotional Responsibility for Each OtherAn important discussion on emotional responsibility for your fellow first responders.Bill Godfrey:Welcome back to our next podcast. Thanks for joining us. You're back with the Active Shooter Incident Management podcast series. Now a few weeks ago, we recorded a podcast on what we called an Emotionally Responsible Room Entry. And that subject came up specifically from one incident where responders made... Well Robert, how would you put that?Robert McMahan:There was a lot of dynamics during some of those entries that were causing problems for people that were in those rooms. And we got some negative feedback from some of the students and teachers following that incident.Bill Godfrey:So essentially that podcast, which if you haven't heard it, please go back and give it a listen, was about how to make so

Episode 29: Staying in Your LaneA discussion about staying in your lane during active shooter events and what that means.Bill Godfrey:Welcome back to our next podcast. Today's topic, we're going to talk about staying in your lane for active shooter events and what that means. Thanks for joining us today. My name is Bill Godfrey. I'm the host of your podcast, one of the instructors here at C3 Pathways. I'm joined with us by three fabulous other instructors, Robert McMahan.Robert McMahan:Hi Bill. How are you doing?Bill Godfrey:Good. Good. Good to have you here, Robert. Thanks for coming down. We have Adam Pendley.Adam Pendley:Yes, sir. Thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:Thanks for being heard, Adam. And Mark Rhame.Mark Rhame:Thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:All right, guys. So today we're going to talk about staying in your lane, which really is our way of talking about span of control and why that matters. And it's not because it's just an ICS NIMS thing, there's actually a really, really practical fashi

Episode 28: Importance of the Public Information OfficerA discussion about the Public Information Officer and why it is critical in Active Shooter Event ResponseBill Godfrey:Welcome back to our next podcast. Today's topic, we are going to talk about the public information officer and the role of media and press briefings and social media, oh my, in an active shooter event. Thanks for joining us. My name is Bill Godfrey. I'm the host of the podcast. One of the instructors here at C3 Pathways. I've got, joining me today, three of the other instructors, Harry Jimenez.Harry Jimenez:Hello, Bill. Thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:Thanks, Harry, for being here. I appreciate it. And we've got Adam Pendley. Adam, thanks for being here today.Adam Pendley:Thank you. Glad to be here.Bill Godfrey:And of course, somebody that's familiar to our audience, Mark Rhame. Mark, thanks for coming back in.Mark Rhame:Thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:So years ago, when we first started this process and began working on active

Episode 27: Emotionally Responsible Room EntryRoom entry tactics are a delicate topic in law enforcement, but this discussion is about considering the impact of a full dynamic entry on children. You don't want to miss this!Bill Godfrey:Thank you for joining us on our next podcast. Today we are going to pick up on a topic that we briefly discussed a few weeks ago in the staging podcast. It was an odd place for it to come up, and we want to revisit that a little bit. My name is Bill Godfrey, I'm the host of the podcast, one of the instructors here at C3 Pathways. I've got three of the other instructors with me today, Harry Jimenez?Harry Jimenez:Hello Bill. Thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:Thanks for being here Harry. We have Robert McMahan.Robert McMahan:Hi Bill.Bill Godfrey:Hey. And Kevin Burd.Kevin Burd:Hi Bill.Bill Godfrey:All right. So we've got today, aside from myself, a law enforcement group, because this by and large is a law enforcement topic for the most part. And the issue is this, you have an ac

Episode 26: CommunicationsDispatch, Radios, Face-to-Face, Chain of Command, and MoreBill Godfrey:Hello, welcome back to the next installment of the podcast. Today, we are going to be talking about communications and we are going to be talking about all kinds of communications, radio communications, face to face, chain of command, who talks to whom and more. My name is Bill Godfrey, I'm the host of the podcast with me today are three of the instructors from C3 Pathways. We've got Mark Rhame.Mark Rhame:Thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:Glad to have you here Mark. Kevin Burd.Kevin Burd:Hello, I'm glad to be here as well.Bill Godfrey:And we have Billy Perry.Billy Perry:Hey, good afternoon. And thank you for having me.Bill Godfrey:Okay. So we are going to start with where it begins from the beginning, which is right at the radio dispatch, which I think is going to lead us right into talking about some radio discipline stuff. Mark, lead us off. What are the things that jump out at you right off the bat, when we

Episode 25: StagingWhy Staging is so important in an Active Shooter Event, how it works, and how it can save youBill Godfrey:Welcome back to our next podcast. Today's topic is going to be staging. That probably sounds a little boring to some of you, but it turns out it's pretty important to having a successful response to an active shooter event. My name is Bill Godfrey, your host for the podcast. I'm one of the instructors here at C3 Pathways. And I am joined by three of our other instructors, Ken Lamb law enforcement Sergeant. Actually Ken you're up for promotion, aren't you?Ken Lamb:I am, a couple of months. Looking forward to it and looking forward to talking about staging today.Bill Godfrey:Well, welcome, Ken. We're also joined by Robert McMahan recently retired as chief deputy out of Colorado. How's retirement feeling Robert?Robert McMahan:It's awesome. It's awesome. Really enjoying it.Bill Godfrey:Absolutely. And of course, many of you are familiar instructor to the podcast, Bruce Scott, retired from t

Episode 24: Rescue Task ForceThis show is all about Rescue Task Force (RTF), their role in an Active Shooter Event, key tasks the RTF needs to execute, and lessons learned.Bill Godfrey:Welcome back to our next podcast. Today we are going to follow our pattern of going back to the basics here. As the country starts to get kids back into school, we're going back to the basics of actor shooter incident management. Today we are going to talk about rescue task forces, and we're going to dive in a little bit deeper than we have in the past. My name is Bill Godfrey. I'm the host of your podcast today. With me, I have Bruce Scott, one of our instructors here at C3. Bruce, thanks for coming in.Bruce Scott:Thanks for having me.Bill Godfrey:We have Tom Billington, another one of the instructors. Tom?Tom Billington:Hello, thank you.Bill Godfrey:And Terrance Weems. Terrance, this is your first time, another one of our instructors, but this is your first time doing one of the podcasts, isn't it?Terrance Weems:Yes, sir, it