David Kohl, the founder and owner of Household HQ held a free event today for local nonprofit professionals to learn the proper way to handle an active shooter situation.

Kohl used the acronym A.L.I.V.E for his active shooter training program.

  • Assess, you situation.
  • Leave, once you know it is safe.
  • Impede, to stop the shooter.
  • Violence, use it if necessary to avoid casualties.
  • Expose, when the situation is over show where you are.