Name: How to Protect Your House of Worship
Start: 2025-09-30T17:00:00-05:00
Location: North Chicago Public Library

What You'll Learn
This mini-class focuses specifically on lessons which can help to better protect your House of Worship by learning how to identify a mass shooter, create an emergency operations plan and how to treat traumatic injuries that may occur.
The lesson covers specific considerations related to Houses of Worship, how to evaluate the current level of security at a House of Worship, and offers practical exercises which can be done with students to practice the lessons being taught.
Topics Covered:
1. Learn how to identify a person who may be planning a mass shooting
2. Determine the steps to create an emergency operations plan
3. Special safety and knowledge considerations for Houses of Worship
4. Better evaluate the current House of Worship security, determine safe rooms and improvised weapons, and how to treat the wounded after the attack
Bring water, note-taking materials, and your questions!
Join USCCA Certified Instructors Vern Estes and Dominick Catinella as we discuss safety tips and procedures as it relates to Protecting Your House of Worship.