Proactive State of Mind: Situational Awareness and Preparedness Training Manual

Unfortunately, an active shooter incident can occur in any organization or company. The question is, how prepared are you as an individual or organization to identify the threats, warning signs, risks, and vulnerabilities? Once identified, how ready are you to take action before a threat escalates to an active shooter incident? In this comprehensive guide, Luis A. Ramirez provides a complete toolkit for ensuring implementation of safety and security strategies before a human-caused threat escalates to a catastrophic crisis. Proactive State of Mind: Situational Awareness and Preparedness (Second Edition) offers proactive strategies and methods to empower each individual. The book will help prepare you and your organization with a safety and security toolkit before an incident leads to an accident, injury, or death.Business executives, senior leadership, employees, superintendents, principals, teachers, students, and parents have had to live with the new norm in the United States of America, manage workplace violence and the aftermath of an active shooter incident. Luis A. Ramirez uses his expertise and experience in risk mitigation and management to help you: - Understand how situational awareness methods can help with your proactive state of mind - Learn fundamental strategies to empower your skillset to remain proactive instead of reactive - Develop the skillset to stay safe while in public or at work- Develop the strategies needed to identify the warning signs of workplace violence and active shooter threats - Learn through the case studies highlighting multiple scenarios - Learn crucial tactics to respond to an active shooter incident Luis A. Ramirez is the author of Your Options, Proactive Thinking in an Uncertain World and Proactive State of Mind. He is the founder of Fidelis NA, LLC, a safety and security firm. Before Fidelis, Luis worked in the remarketing and risk management of luxury products. Luis is a United States Marine Corps veteran with a background in diplomacy and crisis management. Luis served on embassy security duty assigned to the U.S. Embassies in Moscow, Russia and Sarajevo, Bosnia-i-Herzegovina. During his assignment, he was responsible for the protection of personnel, prevention of the compromise of national security information, and physical property. Read more