David Hicks

Lead Graphic Designer of "Introduction to Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response" and "Live Fire Instructor"

January 10, 2022

David Hicks is a graduate of NEO A&M and Oklahoma State University with degrees in Commercial Art and Graphic Design. Hicks is an adjunct Instructor at Meridian Technology Center for Adobe products including InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere. Hicks started his career in classified advertising (1988), then the newspaper business with Stillwater NewsPress (1995). Went on to be the Pre-press Technician for CareerTech Printing (2008). He is now a member of the Graphics team at Fire Protection Publications since 2018.

About "Introduction to Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response"

This manual will serve as an introduction to Active Shooter/Hostile Events (AHSE) and meet the fire service requirements of NFPA 3000. It will define how to establish an ASHE training program on the local level, how to conduct threat assessment of your community, how to coordinate response with other responders and how to recover from an ASHE event.

About "Live Fire Instructor"

The purpose of "Live Fire Instructor" is to familiarize both instructors and participants with general safety requirements; evolution procedures to follow pre-, during and post-training; essential equipment and PPE needs; training structure types and limitations; pre and post training structure inspecting; fuel requirements; medical monitoring; forms; and instructor role responsibilities. The audience for the manual includes:

• College students
• Fire service personnel
• All others seeking information on procedures for conducting live fire training

The scope of this manual is to provide up-to-date information on live fire training procedures. This manual is written using current job performance requirements outlined in NFPA 1403, Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions.

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Last Updated: 2 March 2022