All Staff Have Opportunity to Complete ALICE Online Training in 2017

Over the past several years our country has seen an increase in school and workplace violence. As our agency learns more from the experts who have studied these events, the Agency’s Emergency Response & Safety Team (new name of the Crisis Committee) has made several recommendations that have been enacted across the Agency to help keep us safe in the case of an emergency. Examples include:

•    Emergency Procedures Flip Charts in conference rooms and common areas
•    Increased signage in agency-owned buildings
•    ALICE Training offered to agency leaders and crisis responders
•    ALICE PechaKucha at All-Staff Meeting

As our agency continues to make improvements in our agency’s safety and security, we are taking the step to offer ALICE online training to all staff. By the end of the 2017 calendar year, all Heartland AEA staff members are asked to take the hour-long online training to become familiar with the ALICE program and the techniques it teaches in response to an armed intruder event. Even if you completed the in-person training, you are asked to complete the online training, as there are a few items of new learning not included in the live training.
 
ALICE Overview
ALICE stands for:

• Alert: Get the word out! “Armed Intruder in building” instead of “Code Red,” or “Bring the purple folder to the office.” Use clear, concise language to convey the type and location of the event.
• Lockdown: Good starting point. We will continue to lockdown in secure areas.
• Inform: Communication keeps the intruder off balance and allows for good decision-making.         
• Counter: Apply skills to distract, confuse and gain control.
• Evacuate: Reduce the number of potential targets for the intruder and reduce chances of victims resulting from friendly fire when help arrives.
  

In short, using the ALICE method, we will give you more tools to use in the event of an armed intruder/active shooter. We want to provide you with the knowledge that if faced with a life or death situation there are methods that can be applied to greatly enhance your chance of survival.

Again, you are asked to complete the ALICE online training by the end of the 2017 calendar year. To access the training:

• Visit the AEA PD Online Moodle site.
• Login with your Google username and password by clicking on the Google logo if you’ve never been to the site before.
• If you've taken an online course from AEA PD Online in the past two years, login with the username and password you created to take the course.
• Once in the site, find the banner named "Individual AEAs and Partners" and look for the Heartland AEA logo. Click on the logo, and you'll be taken to a page where the ALICE logo is shown.
• Click on the ALICE logo to be taken to a screen where you can then click the "Enroll me" button to be enrolled in the training.
• If you need any assistance with accessing the site, contact Shelley Christensen, Registrar/Licensure Assistant, at ext. 14668.
  

If you have any questions about the training or the ALICE program in general, contact Dustin Gean, Operations Manager, Emergency Response & Safety Team Lead and Certified ALICE Trainer.