DenverREADY: Preparedness Program

Active shooter incidents are on the rise across the country and the Denver Office of Emergency Management wants to ensure you and your loved ones have the best known tactics to increase your chances of survival should you experience a real-world incident. Join us for an Active Shooter Class. 

Visit our Training Calendar to sign up. 

DISCLAIMER: The information provided in the DenverREADY trainings is intended to provide guidance and best practices for active shooter situations and bleeding control incidents. The City and County of Denver is not liable for death, bodily injury, or property damage should the individual experience a real-world incident after participating in and/or deployment of the tactics learned in a DenverREADY training. By participating in this training, you agree to take full risk and liability, using your own discretion in deploying the tactics taught to increase your chances of survival should you experience a real-world incident.

This class is held monthly and will teach individuals and families the importance of having a household plan for emergencies. An instructor will lead the class through a downloadable workbook that will guide the participants through creating a simple emergency plan for themselves, their household members and pets. 

Visit our Training Calendar to sign up. 

A key component to being prepared for emergencies is having the right supplies. Participants of the hour-long Build a Kit class will learn what those supplies are, and how to create a supply cache that will sustain you through the emergency regardless of your income level.

Visit our Training Calendar to sign up. 

Regardless of income level, bouncing back from an emergency can be a financial challenge. Our Financial Preparedness Training class is held monthly and will help participants identify ways to reduce the financial impact of disasters and teach basic financial preparedness principles that can help make households less vulnerable to unexpected events.

Visit our Training Calendar to sign up. 

When someone is severely bleeding, minutes count! Join us for a Stop the Bleed class to learn about bleeding control and how to keep blood in the body to increase someone's chances of survival. 

DISCLAIMER: The information provided in the DenverREADY trainings is intended to provide guidance and best practices for active shooter situations and bleeding control incidents. The City and County of Denver is not liable for death, bodily injury, or property damage should the individual experience a real-world incident after participating in and/or deployment of the tactics learned in a DenverREADY training. By participating in this training, you agree to take full risk and liability, using your own discretion in deploying the tactics taught to increase your chances of survival should you experience a real-world incident.

This class will teach participants what they can do to prepare for an emergency that happens while travelling-- whether you're commuting to work, traveling abroad, stranded roadside in severe weather, or taking a road trip with friends-- it's important to always be ready!

Visit our Training Calendar to sign up. 

Preparing your pets for an emergency makes sense. Join us for our Pet Preparedness class where you will learn how to create a plan and build an emergency kit for your pet. 

Visit our Training Calendar to sign up. 

Our Resilient Neighborhood Response Program is hosted in various properties, neighborhoods, and communities throughout the city of Denver. Residents attend a total of 4 classes to learn about emergency preparedness, as well as create their own emergency response plan for their communities. At the end of the program, residents will go through a tabletop exercise to test out their newly acquired skills and emergency response plans. 

Are you interested in signing your community up to become a Resilient Neighborhood Response Team? Contact us at OEM_Outreach@denvergov.org.

The Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) is a program implemented by the Colorado Emergency Planning Commission (CEPC) and the EPA. The LEPC emphasize local awareness and ensures that all businesses and organizations which store hazardous materials have emergency plans to assist emergency responders in the safe handling of material spills on their property.

LEPC activities include emergency response planning, training, education and outreach, program administration, and local program initiatives. LEPC membership includes elected officials, emergency responders, community members and industry leaders.

Your Responsibility as Business

Under the EPCRA facilities which deal with hazardous materials that meet or exceed certain threshold amounts are required by federal law to submit documentation of said materials on an annual basis. This documentation is now required to be submitted electronically through the submission program “TIER2Submit”. This program is free and available online on EPA’s website. The purpose of Tier II Reports form is to provide State, local officials, and the public with specific information on potential hazards. This includes the locations, as well as the amount, of hazardous chemicals present at your facility during the previous calendar year.

Have Questions About LEPC? Please email us at David.Powell@denvergov.org. 

Denver OEM, in partnership with Denver Police, is pleased to offer an "Active Shooter Program" to empower individuals to help play a role in enhancing our community’s safety. This program is delivered by trained instructors from Denver Police and provides individuals with the basic tools they need to recognize suspicious activity in our communities and place of work. 

The "Run, Hide, Fight" Program is available to groups and organization throughout Denver and lasts approximately 45 minutes. The program is guided by the principle that every individual can use.

We host these classes on a monthly basis. To register for a class, visit our training calendar. Additionally, the Denver Police teaches these classes to large groups as they're able. To schedule a class, contact Sgt. Carla Havard via email at Carla.Harvard@denvergov.org.

DISCLAIMER: The information provided in the DenverREADY trainings is intended to provide  guidance and best practices for active shooter situations and bleeding control incidents. The City and County of Denver is not liable for death, bodily injury, or property damage should the individual experience a real-world incident after participating in and/or deployment of the tactics learned in a DenverREADY training. By participating in this training, you agree to take full risk and liability, using your own discretion in deploying the tactics taught to increase your chances of survival should you experience a real-world incident.