Ep 113: What Is Your Mission?

C3 Podcast: Active Shooter Incident Management · Jun 9, 2025 · 22m

In today’s episode our panel dives into the essential mission for all responders—law enforcement, fire, and EMS—when confronting an active shooter event. The discussion centers on understanding and executing the three core priorities that define a successful response:

1. Deal with the Active Threat

The immediate mission for law enforcement is to neutralize the threat—stop the shooter and end the active killing. This requires rapid assessment of where the threat is, what’s driving it, and decisive action to intervene.

2. Rescue the Injured

Once the active threat is under control, the focus…