Practical firearms training for active shooter calls

August 29, 2005 11:04 AM •

A recent study of active shooter situations showed that 66 percent of them occur inside and 41 percent occur in schools, which are typically filled with long hallways. You can use this information to focus your firearms training on distances and settings you may realistically encounter during these types of calls.

One way to determine how far you must be able to accurately fire your handgun, shotgun and/or patrol rifle is to locate the longest hallway in your local school and begin practicing with targets set at that distance. If you’re accurate at that range, you will be better prepared to respond at shorter ranges as well.

Tactical strategies for responding to active shooter calls, both as a single responding officer and as part of a team of first-responders, will be covered in-depth at the Survival American Style seminar in Lafayette , IN on November 7 and 8. You can register online or by calling toll-free: (888) 765-4231.

Scott Buhrmaster

Scott Buhrmaster is the CEO of Calibre Press, one of the leading law enforcement training and information providers in the industry. Scott’s 30-year tenure began in 1989 when he originally signed on with Calibre where he was involved in the creation and marketing of the organization’s popular training courses and award-winning textbooks, videos and online publications.

In 1999, Scott launched The Buhrmaster Group, an organization focused on helping law enforcement training companies develop, market and expand their training efforts. Among his clients was Police1.com, which he signed on with full time as their vice president of training and editorial. During that period, Scott was named to the National Advisory Board of the Force Science Institute, at the time a newly developing organization which was also among his list of clients. Following a seven-year tenure at Police1, Scott signed on with Force Science full-time, initially serving as their vice president of operations and most recently serving as their COO.

Scott has been a long-time contributor to Police1 and has written extensively for other publications and Web sites in the law enforcement market. Additionally, he helped launch two of the most popular e-newsletters in the industry; the Street Survival Newsline and Force Science News. While at Police1, Scott served as the publisher of Police Marksman magazine and a contributing editor for Law Officer magazine.