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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...

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...

Reviews from ASIM Basic course participants.

Bill Godfrey: Now let's shift gears and talk about ASIM Basic. 'cause. Oh boy, we made a lot of changes to ASIM Basic. Kevin Nichols: We did not the least of which was we reduced that two and a half...

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.

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.

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.

...take advantage of that in-person face-to-face training that we talked about in ASIM Basics. The morning of day one, there are multiple practical exercises where we get up out of our seats and we...

...the least valuable. And so when we ask people who were participating in the ASIM Basic course, what was the most valuable? Now this is a course where it's a four hour course, two hours of it was...

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 15, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026 — Roanoke

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

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.

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.

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

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.

...we're doing is we're kind of giving it the same treatment that we gave the ASIM Basic course. We're going to put together a QuickStart version for SSAVEIM that will front load a lot of that...

...communities and their grant funding sources and secured some grant to pay for ASIM basic train the trainer. And over the course of 12 months, they not only implemented a countywide plan that...

The Active Shooter Incident Management Checklist is designed for basic through moderate complexity active shooter events. NTOA endorsed, NIMS compliant.

Every street cop, firefighter, EMT, and paramedic needs to know basic tactics for operating in a tactical environment.

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 Advanced course participants.

Reviews from ASIM QuickStart course participants.

...medics or is it a medic and an EMT or is it just an EMT in the back? Are they basic life support? Are they advanced life support? Are they the old style ambulances that have the cot and the bench...

...level trained. There are others that are EMT level trained and provide basic life support, but there's also an awful lot of fire departments out there, both paid combination and volunteer...

...the situation immensely. Kevin Nichols: It's really kind of the magic of the ASIM checklist, ASIM active shooter checklist, it's really a redundancy built into it. If you have that tactical group...

...who was asking about the perimeter group supervisor. And his question was basically, where is the best spot for the perimeter group supervisor to set up and why? And it turns out it's a little...

...but I didn't know who was where. I didn't know what was going on.' He was basically saying, I didn't have situational awareness. And then he said, 'I think it might have worked better if the...

ASIM QuickStart™ Classroom Edition Copyright Permission. Please retain this record — it is a legal document.

ASIM Checklist App is a mobile app designed for basic complexity through moderate complexity Active Shooter Events.

ASIM QuickStart™ Classroom Edition is a one-time instructor registration. All fields must be completed.

Calendar of Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) courses being conducted across the nation with hosting agency contact information.