"Shots Fired on Campus"...When Lightning Strikes

- Student Edition -

The Center for Personal Protection and Safety Introduces Shots Fired On Campus...When Lightning Strikes. This new training program provides the individual student with critical guidance on how to recognize and survive an active shooter situation.

Spokane, WA - August 27^th, 2008 -

Shots Fired On Campus...the last sound you'd expect to hear on a college campus. Unfortunately, this contemporary, violent event is occurring in our schools with catastrophic results. Although there has been a dramatic increase in preventive measures, prevention systems can never be perfect. Research shows that in those initial, heart-stopping moments, the first instinctive responses to gunfire are startle and fear. Through training, students can overcome these emotions and learn they have what it takes to survive when their life is on the line.

The Center for Personal Protection and Safety is proud to announce the release of an instructional DVD and training program designed to empower students with knowledge and strategies for preventing and surviving an active shooter situation. Mr. Steve Romano, retired Chief of the Crisis Negotiation Unit for the FBI, observed throughout his career that "Survivors make a commitment. They take a personal stake in their own safety and security. They do whatever it takes emotionally and mentally to survive a critical incident." With this training program, students will learn how to look at their unique campus environment through the lens of survival.
Shots Fired on Campus includes training on the following topics:

Recognizing pre-incident indicators ("red flags") in the workplace
The survival mindset, a belief that you can take control and survive
Courses of action during an active shooter incident

View the Shots Fired on Campus trailer at http://campus.shotsfireddvd.com/. The program can be purchased from the Center for Personal Protection and Safety by calling 1-800-990-4541.

About the Center for Personal Protection and Safety:

The Center for Personal Protection and Safety is composed of former U.S. Department of Defense and FBI officials, responsible for much of the US Government’s current teaching and training on crisis negotiations, workplace violence, abduction prevention, and hostage survival situations. It is the parent organization of the Safe Travel Institute (http://www.safe-travels.com/) and National Hostage Survival Training Center. Program developers, Randy Spivey, Jim Sporleder, Eugene Rugala, and Steve Romano, are recognized leaders in personal safety issues; are in demand as speakers, and appear regularly in media outlets including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Live, New York Times, USA Today, and Forbes Magazine.