Active shooters: History, planning and action to ensure a proper fire and emergency medical service response

Author's Biography

Randall W. Hanifen is an Assistant Chief of Operations for West Chester (OH) Fire, an associate professor at the American Public University’s Emergency Management Program, and chief executive of a national fire service consulting company. Randall is also Executive Director of a regional special operations team, President of the Institution of Fire Engineers-USA Branch and Chair of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Company Officers Section. Randall is a Fellow with the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE), a Member of NFPA 1021 and NFPA 1026, and is credentialed as a Chief Fire Officer by the Center for Public Safety Excellence. He is the associate author of the textbook ‘Disaster Planning and Control’. Randall has provided presentations to the Ohio Fire Chief’s Association, Fire Rescue International, Emergency Management Institute, IFE Caribbean and South America Branch, Firehouse Expo, and is a contract instructor for the National Fire Academy, teaching courses in Executive Fire Officer Program. He has a BS in fire administration, an MS in fire service executive leadership and a PhD in executive management of homeland security.