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safetyPolicy_22306 Active Shooter Response Safety Policy | Revised 7/2021 Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety – 4180 CCN: 22306 | Reimbursement Plan: II | Certification Plan: II The Student Safety Policy concerning Active Shooter Response Training shall be in writing and given to all instructors. All students shall be informed of the policy prior to each training session. Facility Guidelines Active Shooter Response Training may take place at several sites, all of which shall be adequate in size for the number of students to be trained, and contain a safe area in order to deploy a blank firing handgun. 1. Department of Public Safety Building 500 City Center Drive Rohnert Park, CA 94928 Lt. Andrew Smith 707-584-2600 a. The training facility consists of a 3-story building with office and meeting space along with a gated parking lot. b. The floor is a mixture of polished concrete, asphalt and carpet c. The interior is climate controlled with ventilation and lighting controls. d. The area is gated off from the general public. e. The facility includes restrooms, water fountains, and separate locker rooms for male and female students, each with showers. f. Hand-sanitizer dispensers are located at the main doorways leading into the building near the locker room access. g. The training area has a readily accessible first-aid/ trauma kit and AED. h. The facility is a second run firehouse equipped with fire extinguishers. i. There is a telephone in the training room for quick communication with emergency dispatch center. j. The condition of the facility and equipment is regularly monitored by instructional staff for any safety issues. Nearest emergency room to the training facility: Trauma Center: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital 1165 Montgomery Drive Santa Rosa, California 95405 (707) 546-3210 Kaiser Permanente 401 Bicentennial Way Santa Rosa, California 95403 (707) 571-4000 1 | Page Active Shooter Response Safety Policy | Revised 7/2021 Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety – 4180 CCN: 22306 | Reimbursement Plan: II | Certification Plan: II 2. Rancho Cotate High School 5450 Snyder Lane Rohnert Park, CA 94928 a. The training facility consists of a school campus. Multiple classrooms and sports facilities. b. The floor is a mixture of polished concrete, asphalt, carpet and sport court flooring. c. The facility is climate controlled with ventilation and lighting controls. d. The facility is set back from the street and access can be limited. e. The facility has a sink and water fountain as well as separate restrooms for male and female students. f. A readily accessible first-aid/ trauma kit will be provided by the instructors and an AED is located on site. g. Hand sanitizer will be available at the training site. h. The facility has multiple fire extinguishers that are readily accessible. i. Cell phones will be carried by instructors to ensure immediate access to emergency communications. j. The condition of the facility and equipment is regularly monitored by instructional staff for any safety issues. Nearest emergency room to the training facility: Trauma Center: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital 1165 Montgomery Drive Santa Rosa, California 95405 (707) 546-3210 Kaiser Permanente 401 Bicentennial Way Santa Rosa, California 95403 (707) 571-4000 3. Sonoma Mountain Village Complex 1100 Valley House Drive Rohnert Park, CA 94928 Gerard Giudice 707-665-9472 a. The training facility consists of a mix of commercial warehouse and office buildings. b. The floor is a mixture of concrete, asphalt and carpet. c. The interior is climate controlled with ventilation and lighting controls d. The area can be segmented off from the general public and access can be restricted. 2 | Page Active Shooter Response Safety Policy | Revised 7/2021 Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety – 4180 CCN: 22306 | Reimbursement Plan: II | Certification Plan: II e. The facility includes restrooms, water fountains, and separate restrooms for male and female students. f. Hand- sanitizer will be provided by the instructors and made available to students. g. A readily accessible first-aid/ trauma kit and AED will be provided by the instructors. h. The facility is equipped with fire extinguishers i. Instructors will carry cellular phones and verify they are in working order for emergency communication. j. The condition of the facility and equipment is regularly monitored by instructional staff for any safety issues. Nearest emergency room to the training facility: Trauma Center: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital 1165 Montgomery Drive Santa Rosa, California 95405 (707) 546-3210 Kaiser Permanente 401 Bicentennial Way Santa Rosa, California 95403 (707) 571-4000 4. City of Rohnert Park Community Center Complex 5400 Snyder Lane Rohnert Park, CA 94928 Lt. Andrew Smith 707-584-2600 a. The training facility consists of a performing arts center, community center with meeting spaces and a fitness center. b. The floor is a mixture of concrete, asphalt and carpet. c. The interior is climate controlled with ventilation and lighting controls d. Access can be restricted to training attendees only. e. The facility includes restrooms, water fountains, and separate locker rooms for male and female students, each with showers. f. Hand-sanitizer dispensers are located at the main doorways leading into the buildings. g. The training area has a readily accessible AED. A readily accessible first-aid/ trauma kit will be provided by the instructors. h. The facility is equipped with fire extinguishers i. There is a telephone in each building available for quick communication with emergency dispatch center. 3 | Page Active Shooter Response Safety Policy | Revised 7/2021 Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety – 4180 CCN: 22306 | Reimbursement Plan: II | Certification Plan: II j. The condition of the facility and equipment is regularly monitored by instructional staff for any safety issues. Nearest emergency room to the training facility: Trauma Center: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital 1165 Montgomery Drive Santa Rosa, California 95405 (707) 546-3210 Kaiser Permanente 401 Bicentennial Way Santa Rosa, California 95403 (707) 571-4000 5. Santa Rosa Junior College Public Safety Training Center 1743 Skylane Blvd Santa Rosa, CA 95492 Elexis Ozols 707-836-2907 a. The training facility consists of b. The floor is a mixture of concrete, asphalt, carpet and linoleum. c. The interior is climate controlled with ventilation and lighting controls d. Access to the facility is restricted. e. The facility includes restrooms, water fountains, and separate locker rooms for male and female students, each with showers. f. Hand-sanitizer will be provided by instructional staff and made available to all students. g. The training area has a readily accessible AED. A readily accessible first-aid/ trauma kit will be provided by the instructors. h. The facility is equipped with fire extinguishers i. Telephones are available for quick communication with emergency dispatch center. j. The condition of the facility and equipment is regularly monitored by instructional staff for any safety issues. Nearest emergency room to the training facility: Trauma Center: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital 1165 Montgomery Drive Santa Rosa, California 95405 4 | Page Active Shooter Response Safety Policy | Revised 7/2021 Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety – 4180 CCN: 22306 | Reimbursement Plan: II | Certification Plan: II (707) 546-3210 Kaiser Permanente 401 Bicentennial Way Santa Rosa, California 95403 (707) 571-4000 The instructors and staff of all Active Shooter Training courses shall inspect the facility prior to the start of each training day to detect and correct safety hazards. Equipment Guidelines Every student shall wear appropriate training attire consisting of a training shirt, load bearing vest (If used on patrol), duty belt, duty pants, and duty boots. If instructors, students, or role players are in close proximity to the area the blank firing handgun is to be deployed, they will wear appropriate hearing and eye protection. The only live weapons allowed into the safety zone are two (2) clear, safe, and empty handguns and two empty magazines if needed, for the purpose of firing blanks. The only live ammunition allowed into the safety zone will be blank ammunition. The handguns and blank ammunition will be possessed and discharged by instructors only. Instructional staff shall conduct a safety check of all weapons and ammunition prior to training, following any break in training, or where students or role players have been allowed to leave the training site. There will be a designated armed Safety Officer acting as site protection. There will be adequate signage on the perimeter of the scenario site, to read “Law Enforcement Training in Progress”. Procedures for weapon malfunctions will be reviewed prior to shooting. All firearms will have be safety checked prior to entering or leaving the safety zone. All firearms will be treated as loaded. All firearms will be pointed in a safe direction at all times and will not be fired unless pointed in a safe direction with the intent of being discharged. At no time will, a handgun designated to be a blank firing weapon for the purpose of scenario training, be pointed at another person, student, instructor, or role player. 5 | Page Active Shooter Response Safety Policy | Revised 7/2021 Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety – 4180 CCN: 22306 | Reimbursement Plan: II | Certification Plan: II Communication equipment (portable radios and/ or cell phones) to be utilized in the event of an emergency will be carried or shall be easily accessible by each instructor. In the event there is limited cell phone service at an indoor range, the location of facility landlines will be made known to all Firearms Instructors and students prior to the start of training. Instructor Qualifications All lead instructors for Active Shooter Response Training shall be a POST certified Active Shooter Instructor or the equivalent with required updates prior to training classes. Instructional Staff to Student Ratios Instructor to student ratio will be 1 to 5. An instructor shall be present with any suspect throughout each scenario. Presentation Guidelines The safety rules concerning Active Shooter Training shall be emphasized to the students prior to any training. All Instructors will be responsible for adhering to all applicable safety guidelines, policies and approved course outlines and lesson plans. Before any scenario is run, the students will be orientated to the course by the Instructors. Instructors shall conduct a briefing of role players before the application phase of incident simulations or field scenarios. Instructors shall be aware of physical fatigue factors that affect the ability of the student to perform safely. Tactical operations training is inherently tiring. Instructors shall be aware that long periods of training, environmental conditions, or other factors may fatigue students and increase injury potential. Adverse climatic conditions, for example, could suggest a reduction in instructional intensity. The instructional staff shall conduct a pre-training inspection of student clothing and personal equipment prior to its use in the tactical operations training program. All instructional staff shall wear distinctive clothing so they may be easily identifiable during training. The instructional staff and the students share responsibility to stop action when a safety breach is observed or other problem occurs. 6 | Page Active Shooter Response Safety Policy | Revised 7/2021 Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety – 4180 CCN: 22306 | Reimbursement Plan: II | Certification Plan: II Water is provided by onsite drinking fountains or bottled water supplied by the Instructors. Response to Injury All injuries will be attended to as they occur and documented appropriately on the Departments “Supervisor’s Report of Injury” form or a City’s Worker’s Compensation form. Any injury beyond basic first aid shall be reported to the training bureau and notification made to the Department’s POST consultant in writing within (5) days of report of the injury. ILLNESS OR INJURY GUIDELINES I. Participants A. MINOR ILLNESS OR INJURY: ROUTINE RESPONSE 1. On Site Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) provides immediate evaluation and First Aid. (Rohnert Park is a Public Safety Agency and therefore Police Officers are trained as certified Fire/EMS personnel. This allows for on-site EMT’s during all training.) 2. Instructors notify on-duty supervisor. (707)-584-2628 or (707)-584-2611 B. IMMEDIATE, NON LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS OR INJURY: URGENT RESPONSE 1. On Site Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) provides immediate evaluation and First Aid. (Rohnert Park is a Public Safety Agency and therefore Police Officers are trained certified Fire/EMS personnel. This allows for on-site EMT’s during all training.) 2. Instructors activate EMS by calling 911. 3. Instructors notify on-duty supervisor. (707)-584-2628 or (707)-584-2611 C. IMMEDIATE, LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS OR INJURY: EMERGENCY RESPONSE On-Site Emergency Medical Technician SHALL: 1. Provide immediate evaluation and First Aid. (Rohnert Park is a Public Safety Agency and therefore Police Officers are trained certified Fire/EMS personnel. This allows for on-site EMT’s during all training.) 7 | Page Active Shooter Response Safety Policy | Revised 7/2021 Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety – 4180 CCN: 22306 | Reimbursement Plan: II | Certification Plan: II 2. Activate EMS by calling 911. 3. Notify the Department of Public Safety’s Administration. (707)-584- 2611 or (707)-584-2612 8 | Page