Academy

Emergency management, public safety, and security professionals face a lot of challenges in preparing their organizations to respond to and recover from disasters and crises. Having access to the tools, resources, and knowledge to advance their organization’s readiness through exercises shouldn’t be one of them.

The “Academy” section on this site is for paying subscribers to access exclusive articles, videos, and resources to help them get left of bang. Affordable and asynchronous access to the tools, resources, and exercise shouldn’t be a challenge that professionals face in their jobs.

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Articles About Disaster Preparedness

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This section is where professionals can find the tools and guidance they need to lead their organization through disaster preparedness events and responses successfully. When the process is clear, professionals can turn their attention back to what really matters: how they are preparing their teams and their organization for an uncertain future.

Disaster Response Resources

• Comprehensive Planning for Active Threat Incidents

• Developing the Incident Situation Report (with report template)

• Developing a Plan Activation Checklist (with example checklist)

Choosing An Exercise Type

• Tabletop Exercise (Public Article)

• Drill

• Functional Exercise

• Full-Scale Exercise

• Why Words Matter: Choosing an Exercise Type

Exercise Conduct: Tabletop Exercise

• Sending the “Reminder Email”

• Setting Up The Room and The Final Checklist

• The Opening Player Brief

• Five Ways an Executive Can Deliver Powerful Opening Remarks

• The Exercise Hotwash and Closing

Designing an Exercise Scenario

• Choosing a Specific and Detailed Scenario, or a General One

• Designing a Module-Based Discussion

And Many More

• Over the coming year, this list of articles will expand to include all of the resources and considerations needed to prepare for, conduct, and complete exercises as new articles get added each week.

Behavioral Analysis Practice Exercises

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This section is where subscribers can develop expertise in behavioral assessments and threat recognition, master the process of establishing baselines, and put into practice the observations taught in the book Left of Bang and Tactical Analysis Course.

Baselining Exercises

Exercises that put the hasty and deliberate search into action.

• Conduct A Hasty Search In An Outdoor Mall

• Personas At The Movie Theater

• Making Time Slow Down In The Hasty Search

• Personas In A Doctor's Office

• Communication Exercise: How To Use Real Life Events – Part 1

• Communication Exercise: How To Use Real Life Events – Part 2

• A Practice Video – A Robbery In A Mall Food Court

Assessing Individual People

Exercises that deepen your file folders for assessing people as being in the Dominant, Submissive, Uncomfortable, and Comfortable Clusters.

• Assessing Dominance in the Airport

• Distinguishing Between Comfort and Discomfort

• Identifying Discomfort While Waiting In Line

• Being Aware Of the Stressors You Provide To Others

• Identifying Triggers To The Escalating Intensity of Behavior

• Exercise: Assessing Individual People Using a Bottom-Up Analysis

• Reading Behavior In Conversation: Part 1

• Reading Behavior In Conversation: Part 2

• Reading Behavior In Conversation: Part 3

• Reading Behavior In Conversation: Part 4

• Reading Behavior In Conversation: Part 5

• Reading Behavior In Conversation: Part 6

• Behavior of the Boston Marathon Bomber

• Who Is Aware Of Their Surroundings - Uncovering Good Guys And Bad Guys

Assessing Groups of People

Exercises to practice assessing and identifying the four relationships observed in groups: intimate, personal, social, and public in real settings.

• Assessing Groups in the Airport

• Assessing Group Dynamics During A Conversation

• Assessing Groups In Emergency Conditions

• Assessing Groups and Mapping An Organization

• Close Proximity Limits Reaction Time

Assessing the Environment

Exercises to better understand whether the area you are observing is a habitual area or an anchor point.

• Identifying The Criteria For An Anchor Point

• Mapping A Restaurant

• Identifying Anchor Points and Insiders With Violent Intent

• Identifying people who are familiar and unfamiliar with their surroundings

Exclusive Content

Articles reserved for Left Of Bang Academy subscribers.

• Hand-to-Hand Combat and The Danger of Entering Condition Red

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