{"id":19756,"date":"2013-01-12T21:21:53","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T03:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=19756"},"modified":"2013-03-04T21:22:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T03:22:36","slug":"what-is-the-school-attacker-response-program-and-how-can-it-help-teachers-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/what-is-the-school-attacker-response-program-and-how-can-it-help-teachers-students\/19756\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the School Attacker Response Program and how can it help Teachers and Students?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/what-is-the-school-attacker-response-program-and-how-can-it-help-teachers-students\/19756\/sarc_full_transparent\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19757\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19757 alignleft\" alt=\"SARC_full_transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SARC_full_transparent.png\" width=\"267\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SARC_full_transparent.png 928w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SARC_full_transparent-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SARC_full_transparent-600x588.png 600w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SARC_full_transparent-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a>The SARC Program is primarily meant for teachers and staff in the US public school system. It is a step beyond the &#8220;hide &amp; hope&#8221; policy at most schools<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>While others are looking for ways to place armed professionals on campus, take the steps necessary to educated and responsibly arm school staff members or find ways to lower the chances of violence occurring in schools, SARC is offering solutions that will empower Teachers and Students NOW. The attacker is now on campus. The answer is not to delegate an individual&#8217;s safety to someone else; it is to make them responsible for, and capable of, defending themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This seminar is being offered for free by a coalition of Certified Instructors to public school faculty and staff in order to give them practical alternatives\u00a0to the &#8220;Hide &amp; Hope&#8221; strategies that are commonly being provided.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe seminars last from 2-4 hours and can be taught during or after school hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Topics will include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overview of typical School Attacks\u2026\u201dLet\u2019s Remember that these events are INCREDIBLY RARE\u201d \u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe reason we reference incidents from the past is that these attacks are far from common and they are incredibly sensationalized because of the emotional components of the scale of the tragedy.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Escape &amp; Evasion\u2026 \u201cTeach your students that IF they hear or see shooting at your school: <b>GET AWAY<\/b>.\u00a0 Go around as many corners or behind as many doors as they can.\u00a0 Windows and a one story drop may not be a big deal if the bad guy is about to break through the door.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Barricading\u2026 \u201cGet out of the way and out of sight.\u00a0 Lock and\/or block doors if you can.\u00a0 \u2018Hiding\u2019 might be as simple as remaining still and quiet in the corner of a room with a looked door, or a corner that can\u2019t be seen through any window.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Improvise Defensive Tools\u2026\u201dIt could mean a fire extinguisher, a chair, a heavy book, a bat, a broom, a bucket, scissors\u2026virtually anything you have available to you.\u00a0 You will learn to get the thought process going for you and your students to think about what can be used as defensive tools.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Empowering Others to Act\u2026\u201dTell your children to fight.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Unarmed Defense\u2026\u201dTell your children to do whatever they can to survive.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Group Defense Response\u2026\u201dTell them to recruit others in the effort, and if nothing else, swarm the bad guy.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more, visit our Facebook page at\u00a0www.school attackerresponse.com where you will be able to contact local instructors available to present this important information to your school\/district\/business. \u00a0SARC is an I.C.E. Training Company program.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19759\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/what-is-the-school-attacker-response-program-and-how-can-it-help-teachers-students\/19756\/sarc_newspaper\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19759\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19759\" alt=\"Students and Teachers CAN make a difference!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SARC_newspaper-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SARC_newspaper-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SARC_newspaper-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SARC_newspaper-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students and Teachers CAN make a difference!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From one of our attendees at the Instructor Development course:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you to everyone one involved in making this happen. Rob thank you for teaching me to expand and change my perceptions as a teacher as to what truly is the best ways to help my students and other teachers and classes in the event we ever get caught in some crazy person&#8217;s insanity. I can&#8217;t wait to eventually becoming a certified instructor and being a part of this training to empower other educators!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SARC Program is primarily meant for teachers and staff in the US public school system. It is a step beyond the &#8220;hide &amp; hope&#8221; policy at most schools. 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