Active Shooter Incident Management
This course provides incident management skills for Active Shooter Events, while also certifying new instructors to continue to deliver this crucial hostile event training in your area.
STOP THE KILLING. STOP THE DYING®
ASIM Basic Train-the-Trainer is a performance level course serving two missions:
- Certify 10 Trainer Candidates who are then able to deliver and train others in the ASIM Basic course, and
- Provide the ASIM Basic 4-hour course for up to 115 other participants.
ASIM Basic addresses:
- The ASIM Checklist process
- Staging
- Tactical & Contact Teams
- Casualty Collection Points
- Triage & Rescue Task Forces (RTF)
- Transport & Ambulance Exchange Points
By combining theoretical knowledge with practical application, ASIM Basic effectively prepares emergency responders to handle active shooter incidents with greater coordination and efficiency.
ASIM Basic
Train-the-Trainer
Train-the-Trainer
Active Shooter Incident Management
(16 Hr for Instructor Candidates)
(4 Hr for All Other Participants)
125 PARTICIPANTS
10 Trainer Candidates
LE and Fire/EMS – 16 Hours
70 Law Enforcement – 4 Hours
45 Fire / EMS – 4 Hours
3 Functional Exercises
2 Days / 2 Instructors
Exercise Tool COUNTERSTRIKE™
Trainer Candidates participate in the 2-day, 16-hour course.
115 other first responders (police, fire and EMS) receive 4 hours of training on either day one or two.
Over the course of 2 days, Trainer Candidates will learn instructional methodologies for teaching/coaching and conduct teach-backs to practice these new skills and start teaching classes immediately. At the conclusion of the course, all course materials to conduct ASIM Basic training are left behind including PowerPoint presentations, Instructor and Participant Manual PDF files, and two (2) Counterstrike™ Basic kits.

Day ONE Morning: 25 Responders
4 Hour ASIM Basic delivered by NCIER® Instructors
- 10 Trainer Candidates
- 15 Other Participants (law and Fire/EMS)
Day ONE Afternoon: 10 Trainer Candidates only
Train-the-Trainer instructor methodology and development
Day TWO Morning: 50 Responders
4 Hour ASIM Basic taught by Trainer Candidates under guidance of NCIER® Instructors
- 30 Law Enforcement
- 20 Fire/EMS
Day TWO Afternoon: 50 Responders
4 Hour ASIM Basic taught by Trainer Candidates under guidance of NCIER® Instructors
- 30 Law Enforcement
- 20 Fire/EMS
COUNTERSTRIKE™

TRAIN-THE-TRAINER
Tabletop Training tool COUNTERSTRIKE™ created by NCIER®.
® Stop the Killing, Stop the Dying is a registered trademark of Texas State University and is used with permission.
A Validated Active Shooter Checklist and supporting materials