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School Safety and Security Workshop with Defend Systems
Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM EST
Category: Workshop

School Safety and Security Workshop

Registration Closes February 12th

Feburary 19, 2025  |  Knoxville, Tennessee

Active shooter scenarios have become a tragic part of our modern world. Multiple shootings have taken place in K-12 schools and on college campuses across the nation and around the world, and they continue to raise the issue of safety and security at educational institutions.

While schools continue to be targeted, forward thinking school administrators are looking at safeguards that can be taken to protect our children. Development of design standards for new schools, as well as hardware, software, safety protocols, and high-quality training for faculty and staff, will aid in providing a safe haven for all who enter our school buildings.

This School Safety & Security Workshop will take a deeper dive into the issues related to school safety and security as well as the short/ long term solutions that are impacting the education sector. With layered pricing for participant choice in engagement level, this dynamic training workshop is comprised of four main elements: A History Lesson for Educators, D.E.F.E.N.D., Confronting the Assailant, and Rapid Response Medical.


When: February 19, 2025
Where: Knoxville, Tennessee
Facilitator: Defend Systems
Cost: TAIS Members: $45 (Half-Day Only) or $85 (Full Training)  |   Guests: $65 (Half-Day Only) or $125 (Full Training) Snacks and lunch are included with registration.

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This dynamic training workshop is comprised of four main elements:

A History Lesson for Educators

During part one, we'll explore past events, utilizing accurate and specific data points, and discuss how lessons learned from tragedy should be shaping our future.  Utilizing detailed case studies of historical events, attendees will learn about extremely important missteps during past events and how we can improve moving forward.  History is out greatest educator. Back to top 

D.E.F.E.N.D.

Phase two launches into the D.E.F.E.N.D acronym of Deter, Evade, Fortify, Evaluate, Notify, and Defend, to give attendees specific and actionable steps to take during an active violence event.  The steps are easy to learn, applicable in any location, and easy to recall during an emergency. Back to top 

Confronting the Assailant

Phase three involves some light “hands on” training that empowers attendees with valuable insight and knowledge about certain weapon control techniques and simple, yet effective, strategies for disarming an attacker.  Attendees will also learn the valuable skillset of how to render an assailant unconscious in a matter of seconds, regardless of size and strength. Back to top

Rapid Response Medical

The last phase transitions to the trauma medical and pre-hospital care training.  Often, victims of these attacks do not die instantly, but die quickly from massive blood loss.  We incorporate extensive bleeding control training into our curriculum for this very purpose.  The training is designed for civilians and does not include any type of graphic imagery. 

Our founder and all of our team members have chosen careers in law enforcement and emergency medicine because we are truly passionate about keeping people safe.  We understand the severity of this topic and we also understand our audience.  We know that everyone we train comes from a different walk of life with different experiences, differing political views, and differing opinions on safety in general and we tailor all our programming with these things top of mind.  It is our goal to empower EVERY person that we train regardless of what pre-conceived notions they had prior to the training.  Our goal is to save lives through education and empowerment so that when a critical incident occurs, not only will you react, you will RESPOND. Back to top