What are you looking for?

ASIM Advanced is a 3-day, 24-hour simulation-based course for up to 60 responders. Run 10 complete active shooter and complex coordinated attack incidents using the NTOA-endorsed ASIM Checklist.

ASIM Advanced (PER-353) is developed and owned by NCIER. TEEX NERRTC is a National Training Provider that delivers this course under the DHS/FEMA Homeland Security National Training Program.

ASIM Advanced (PER-353) is developed and owned by NCIER. ALERRT at Texas State University is a National Training Provider that delivers this course as part of its active shooter response training prog...

ASIM Advanced (PER-353) is developed and owned by NCIER. DHS/FEMA lists and funds this course through the National Training and Education Division for eligible agencies nationwide.

Reviews from ASIM Advanced course participants.

11 scenarios, 3 days, 60 participants – a $62,000 class you can get for free! Today’s episode breaks down the participants, facilities, and logistics needed to host an Active Shooter Incident Manageme...

This video takes you inside a three-day, simulation-based active shooter training where police, fire, EMS, and dispatch all train together instead of in silos. Using a high-fidelity virtual environmen...

ASIM Advanced (PER-353) was developed and is owned by NCIER. Through a small group of National Training Providers, agencies can access this course under DHS/FEMA and related programs.

Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) at the University of Illinois is licensed by NCIER to deliver ASIM Advanced, ASIM Basic, and SSAVEIM courses under formal agreement.

Compare ASIM active shooter courses — QuickStart, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. Find the right training level for your agency.

Side-by-side comparison of ASIM active shooter courses. Find the right training level — QuickStart, Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced.

Read course evaluations from emergency responders who completed ASIM training. See what first responders say about our active shooter courses.

Apr 13, 2026 to Apr 17, 2026 — Multiplex at Cramton Bowl, 220 Hall Street, Montgomery, AL 36104

ASIM QuickStart is a free on-demand 1-hour course delivering essential active shooter response tactics. Built on the ASIM Checklist (NTOA endorsed, NIMS compliant).

ASIM Basic Train-the-Trainer is a 1-day, 8-hour course that builds your internal ASIM instructor team so you can deliver active shooter incident management training on your schedule across law enforce...

ASIM QuickStart Classroom Edition — free instructor-led 1-hour course for classrooms. Essential active shooter tactics built on the ASIM Checklist.

ASIM Authorized Training Partners (ATPs) are organizations licensed by NCIER to deliver ASIM-branded training in their region. Find an ATP near you or learn how to become one.

Learn how to become an ASIM Authorized Training Partner (ATP). Licensed ATPs deliver ASIM Basic and SSAVEIM courses in their region with full NCIER support, branding, and curriculum.

Answers to common questions about ASIM training, costs, funding, the ASIM Checklist, and how NCIER differs from other active shooter programs.

The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is licensed by NCIER to deliver ASIM Basic and SSAVEIM courses to Virginia law enforcement and public safety agencies.

...they are introduced to the SRP or SRM, very brief overview, stay two of the ASIM advanced, or maybe their district had an SRP or SRM come in. But I look at SSAVEIM and the beauty of tabletop...

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.

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 Syste...

Sheriff Michelle Cook shares her experience hosting the Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Intermediate course remotely for Clay County (FL) on the NCIER Campus virtual platform

A discussion about uses of the ASIM Checklist beyond active shooter events.

This video is a step‑by‑step explainer of the Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Checklist using real‑style radio traffic from a fictional school shooting scenario. As the incident unfolds over...

This video walks through the major updates in Version 3.0 of the Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Checklist and explains why they were made. Instructors Bill Godfrey and Joe Ferrara use a sho...

Reviews from ASIM Basic course participants.

Reviews from ASIM QuickStart course participants.

...easy, but it's certainly easier for law enforcement to be pushing the idea of ASIM. When it's fire EMS trying to convince law enforcement it's a great idea, kind of like pushing water uphill....

...But again, you have a standardized process. We talked about the checklist, the ASIM checklist. That's a good start of getting everybody on the same page, having the same policies. We actually offer...

...where you can stand up and use some of these things? Kami Maertz: For the ASIM terms specifically is, because obviously incident management's every day, no matter if we think we're using it or...

...who's going? And then, we start doing medical, and... Nothing changes, just advanced is the basics mastered. Bill Godfrey: So it's kinda like a casualty collection point minus the casualties...

...medical component to be... Bill Godfrey: Medical people? Ron Otterbacher: Advanced medical. But there may be times when it's strictly law enforcement going in as the RTF and in that respect the...

...that decision maker here, at least early on. But on our boards, we teach this advanced class, there's a, on the incident command board it says, "Fix it now," right? There's a whole list of things...

...reps allowing for that hybrid, virtual, and hands-on environment that the ASIM class delivers, it'll, it gives them the tools to overcome that cognitive overload. But the short answer to your...

...to do police, fire, and EMS. And at age 13, I learned some pretty advanced medical stuff. I got my CPR rating. I learned how to do bleeding control, do airway management, do all of...

...task force concept. We need to have a brief on this. Hey, we haven't done the ASIM Basic in two years. Let's get everybody back on Counterstrike and get going again on this." So I think that it'd...