Active Threat Awareness

Part of the TPD Threat Ready Series
If something happened where you work, worship, or shop, would you know what to do?

How to Start
– To begin, you need to be enrolled in this course and logged in. There is no separate login or special link — everything is right here on this page. Once you’re enrolled, scroll down to the Course Content list at the bottom of this page. Click the first lesson and watch that video. When you finish a lesson, click the Mark Complete button at the bottom of the lesson page. That unlocks the next lesson in the list. Work down the list in order: Foundations and Recap, Prepare, Escape, Restrict, and Defend, After the Event, and then the Active Threat Awareness Knowledge Check. Your progress is saved as you go, so you can stop and come back any time. Course Content at the bottom of this page will show you where you left off.

What’s Included:

✅ Four online video lessons, self-paced

✅ What an active threat is: any threat, not one kind of weapon

✅ A short recap of the awareness and de-escalation skills that apply here

✅ Prepare: warning signs, reporting concerns, and planning your space

✅ Escape, Restrict, and Defend (last resort only)

✅ Calling 911, when police arrive, helping the injured, and aftercare

✅ A short Knowledge Check to confirm what you learned

What You’ll Learn:

Foundations and Recap. What an active threat is and why it means any threat, not one weapon. Lessons from history and an overview of Prepare, Escape, Restrict, Defend. Then a short recap of the awareness and de-escalation skills that apply here, including everyday habits like knowing your exits and not getting boxed in, and when talking is no longer the tool.

Prepare. Recognizing warning signs: the path to violence, behavioral warning signs, leakage, and pre-attack indicators at the scene. Reporting concerns and how threat assessment teams work. Then planning and your space: exits, safe rooms, your family plan, and planning at work, church, and public places.

Escape, Restrict, and Defend. Escape when there’s a safe way out: your route, leaving belongings, and helping others. Restrict when you can’t: lock and barricade, cover versus concealment, lights off and phones silent. Defend only as a last resort, committing as a group with improvised items.

After the Event. Calling 911 and what to do when police arrive. Helping the injured with bleeding control awareness. Aftercare: reunification and taking care of yourself and others. Plans and practice for organizations. Then the key takeaways and your personal action plan.

Active Threat Awareness Knowledge Check — A short Knowledge Check on what you learned, mostly true or false with a couple of multiple-choice questions. You need 80% to pass, and you can retake it.

Why It Matters:

⭐ Most attacks are planned, not sudden. Warning signs, reporting, and planning are where most lives are protected.

⭐ Practical planning for work, church, home, and public places, built around one simple model: Prepare, Escape, Restrict, Defend.

⭐ Taught by Walt Mayfield — 20+ years teaching safety and defensive tactics, known for plain, practical instruction.

Important Notes:

This is an educational course, not legal advice. It does not replace your organization’s emergency plan, if you have one, and it does not include firearm instruction. Every situation is different; use your judgment. In an emergency, call 911.

The instructor, Walt Mayfield, is the owner and lead instructor of Train Protect Defend. Walt brings over 20 years of experience teaching safety, defensive tactics, and Texas firearms laws, and holds Texas civilian firearms instructor certifications plus NRA and USCCA credentials.

Questions? Call or text 940-222-8534, or email info@trainprotectdefend.com. Same-day or next-business-day response.