B10: Sources & Resources
This is the website which has the template for creating a Business Continuity Plan. DHS NPPD
(Critical Manufacturing Section) and FEMA recently developed the Business Continuity
Planning Suite. It can be found at http://www.ready.gov/business-continuity-planning-suite.
This software was created for any business with the need to create, improve, or update its
business continuity plan. The Suite is scalable for optimal use by organizations of any size and
consists of a business continuity plan (BCP) training, automated BCP and disaster recovery plan
(DRP) generators, and a self-directed exercise for testing an implemented BCP. Businesses can
utilize this solution to maintain normal operations and provide resilience during a disruption.
New DHS Active Shooter webpage
DHS released a new website dedicated to Active Shooter Preparedness. The site is located at the
following link: http://www.dhs.gov/activeshooter . Please keep for your own personal reference
and feel free to share with your partners and stakeholders as widely as possible.
The purpose and a list of resources currently included on the site are listed below:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) aims to enhance preparedness through a “whole
community” approach by providing training, products, and resources to a broad range of
stakeholders on issues such as active shooter awareness, incident response, and workplace
violence. In many cases, there is no pattern or method to the selection of victims by an active
shooter, and these situations are by their very nature are unpredictable and evolve quickly. DHS
offers free courses, materials, and workshops to better prepare you to deal with an active shooter
situation and to raise awareness of behaviors that represent pre-incident indicators and
characteristics of active shooters.
On this page:
 Active Shooter: What Can You Do Course
 Active Shooter Webinar
 Active Shooter Workshop Series
 Active Shooter: How to Respond Resource Materials
 Options for Consideration Active Shooter Training Video
 U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Active Shooter Related Research
 Active Shooter Resources for Law Enforcement and Trainers: Request for Access to Joint
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Portal
Active Shooter, What You Can Do
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces the availability of a new Independent
Study Course titled: Active Shooter, What You Can Do (IS-907), a no-cost training course
developed to provide the public with guidance on how to prepare for and respond to active
shooter crisis situations. An active shooter is defined in the course as an individual “engaged in
killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area. In most cases, there is no
pattern or method to their selection of victims.”
This new online training is available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) at
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS907.asp
The training is targeted to reach a broad range of individuals, including managers and
employees, so they can prepare to respond to an active shooter situation.
The Active Shooter course was developed by the Office of Infrastructure Protection through a
collaborative process that included representatives from the Commercial Facilities Sector and
FEMA EMI. Development also included consultation with the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center.
The course is self-paced and takes about 45 minutes to complete. Upon completion of Active
Shooter, What You Can Do, employees and managers will be able to:
 Describe the actions to take when confronted with an active shooter and responding law
enforcement officials.
 Recognize potential workplace violence indicators.
 Describe actions to take to prevent and prepare for potential active shooter incidents.
 Describe how to manage the consequences of an active shooter incident.
A certificate from FEMA EMI is awarded to participants who complete the course and pass a
short final exam.
This is the second in a series of critical infrastructure cross-sector training courses; DHS
announced the availability of IS-906, Workplace Security Awareness, in early March. Access IS906 on the FEMA EMI Web site: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS906.asp.
For more information about Office of Infrastructure Protection training courses,
contact: IP_Education@hq.dhs.gov.
For more information on DHS critical infrastructure protection and resilience programs visit:
www.dhs.gov/criticalinfrastructure.
NEW DHS TRAINING COURSE AVAILABLE: “SURVEILLANCE AWARENESS:
WHAT YOU CAN DO”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just announced the availability of a new
Independent Study Course titled, Surveillance Awareness: What You Can Do (IS-914), a nocost training course developed to provide awareness to critical infrastructure employees of
actions to take to detect and deter hostile surveillance situations.
This course provides guidance to individuals, including managers and employees, on ways to
enhance critical infrastructure protection through increased awareness, detection and reporting of
suspicious behavior that may be linked to hostile surveillance activities.
This training is available at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is914.asp
The target audience for this course is all critical infrastructure employees, including managers
and employees who may have little to no physical or operations security background knowledge.
The Surveillance Awareness: What You Can Do course was developed by the National
Protection and Program Directorate’s (NPPD) Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), through a
collaborative process that included representatives from the Sector Outreach and Partnership
Division (SOPD), the Office of Bombing Prevention (OBP), and Private Sector Industry Subject
Matter Experts (SMEs).
The course is self-paced and takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Upon completion of
Surveillance Awareness: What You Can Do, critical infrastructure employees and managers
will be able to:
• Identify assets that may be of interest to adversaries
• Recognize indicators of hostile surveillance within the everyday environment
• Identify steps that employees can take to detect potential hostile surveillance incidents
• Describe the importance of identifying and reporting suspicious activities associated with
surveillance
• Specify actions employees can take to report potential hostile surveillance incidents
A certificate from FEMA is awarded to participants who complete the course and pass a short
final exam.