Learn how to respond in case of an active-shooter situation and empower your team to save lives!
With AVIRT –
Active Violence Immediate Response Training – you’ll learn how to recognize the signs of danger, react appropriately, and make rapid survival decisions when every second counts. AVIRT goes beyond active shooter response training by also teaching how to get life-threatening bleeding under control.
AVIRT gives you the tools to react in an emergency.
When a violent situation occurs, you can’t always wait for EMS to arrive because it may be too late. AVIRT empowers you to become an immediate on-scene responder by giving you the tools react quickly in life-threatening situations and be prepared for potentially violent situations. After an AVIRT training session (approx. 2.5 hours), your team will be able to:
- Recognize potential warning signs using situational awareness
- Decide what to do: Escape, Evade or Attack
- Apply critical bleeding control techniques in life-saving situations
- Respond quickly and confidently in an emergency situation
- Develop and review an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) for your team
Unfortunately, active shooter incidences are on the rise.
Active shooter situations in the U.S. are happening more frequently, and you never know where or when you may be the victim of a violent situation. AVIRT takes training that was originally created for first responders and makes it accessible for anyone. You’ll learn to recognize the warning signs of potential violence, and you’ll practice the three important techniques for reacting to an active shooter.
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Learn how to prepare your organization to anticipate and respond quickly in real life-threatening situations.
Who can benefit from taking the AVIRT program?
Everyone will gain important knowledge and skills from AVIRT’s unique combination of active shooter response training and bleeding control techniques designed to stop the bleed in an emergency. AVIRT training is beneficial and appropriate for all industries and types of venues, such as:
- Corporations
- Places of Worship
- Government
- Healthcare
- Schools
- Venues
- Retail
- First Responder
AVIRT was developed by professionals with expertise in law enforcement, private security and medical training. The skills that were once reserved for first responders are now made accessible to the public, providing critical training skills and teaching people how to help themselves and others.
How the AVIRT program works:
AVIRT is delivered in a “blended” course format. This means participants will first receive online training introducing them to the subject. This will ensure preparedness for the instructor-led session. The instructor-led session lasts approximately three hours, is in-person, and includes dynamic hands-on training, realistic drills and education as well as encouraging feedback. Class sizes are limited to a maximum of 15 people or less per instructor. Our goal is that every participant will leave the AVIRT program having the confidence to respond.

Class topics
- Active shooter response training
- Emergency bleeding control techniques
- Situational awareness
- Typical reactions when faced with violence
- How to quickly decide whether to escape, evade, or attack
- Techniques for escape and evade
- Techniques for attack and defend
- Interacting safely with law enforcement after an attack
- Recognizing types of weapons
- How to immediately respond to life-threatening bleeding
- Direct pressure
- Wound packing
- Tourniquets
- Bleeding control kits—best practices
- Best practices for how to equip your space
- Acknowledging active violence events











