Emergency Response Team – Initial Training (ERT-IT) – Las Vegas, NV

Course Overview

This five-day certification program includes three days of handgun skills training, two days focused on security saturation and crisis response tactics, and scenario training. The first three days of training, Module 1, are tailored for armed security officers who are expected to carry a handgun while performing their duties. The training involves classroom instruction, practical drills on the range, and assessment methods designed to evaluate individual knowledge, safety, and proficiency with a semi-automatic handgun.

The topics covered in this initial module of instruction include, but are not limited to:

• Assignment Orientation & Qualification Standards
• Use-of-Force Doctrine & Legal/Training Considerations
• Firearms Safety
• Responsible Concealed Carry Practices & Procedures
• Responsible Duty Weapon Storage & Transport
• Handgun Nomenclature & Operation
• Administrative Gun-Handling
• Disassembly, Maintenance, Reassembly & Function Testing
• Fundamentals of Marksmanship
• Handgun Ready & Carry Positions
• Open & Concealed Carry Handgun Presentations
• Defensive Shooting Responses & After-Action Procedures
• Combative Marksmanship & Ranges of Engagement
• Combative Gun-Handling (reloads & malfunction clearances)
• One-Handed Pistol Operation
• Multiple Threat Engagements & Reactive Movement Drills
• Threat Discrimination & Deadly Force Decision Drills
• Limited Scope Performance Test (LSPT) Introduction, Practice, & Qualification
• Handgun Live Fire Skills Tests (LFST) – Introduction & Practice

Module 2 aims to transform a competent weapons carrier into a safe, responsible, and effective armed first responder. This module builds on the instruction from Module 1 by teaching students to make sound decisions and employ effective tactics during violent, rapidly unfolding crisis events. Knowing how to shoot is not sufficient. Armed security professionals tasked with saving lives must understand when, where, and whom to engage—and how to do so effectively amidst other first responders and innocent bystanders.

Training presented in this second module includes, but is not limited to:

• Crisis Event Elements & Scenarios
• Active Violence Case Studies/Incident Debriefs
• First Responder Roles & Responsibilities
• ERT Actions, Expectations, & Rules of Engagement
• Advanced Marksmanship Drills & Precision Shooting Skills
• Barricade Tactics
• Moving & Shooting Tactics
• Shooting-On-The-Move
• Rapid Deployment Actions
• 4 Cs of Threat Management – Contact, Cover, Control, Communicate
• Principles of Active Violence Enforcement Response
• Active Violence Enforcement Response Tactics
• Individual Crisis Response Tactics & Drilling
• Team Crisis Response Tactics & Drilling
• Handgun Live Fire Skills Tests (LFST)
• ERT-IT Written Examination
• Crisis Scenario Training; Force-On-Target Exercises
• Crisis Scenario Training; Force-On-Role-player Exercises
• ERT-IT Final Testing & Evaluation Practical (FTEP)

All applicants must be approved to register:

Please submit a Restricted Program Approval Request.

Length: 5 Days

Enrollment: Open to active security professionals, law enforcement, the Department of Defense, government agencies, eligible government contractors, and approved civilians with a security industry affiliation.

Pre-requisite: TBD

Cost: $1625.00 per student

Student Equipment

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

• TRAVELING – If you are traveling from out of town, please contact Training Coordinator, Amanda Dunn at Amanda@pfcgoc.com or call 702-647-1126, to confirm enrollment requirements for the course have been met BEFORE booking any travel. 
• WEAPON RENTALS – If you require weapon rentals from PFC, please be sure to add the rental to your ticket at the time of purchase, and immediately notify Training Coordinator, Amanda Dunn at Amanda@pfcgoc.com or call 702-647-1126, to confirm rental availability and pickup details. 
• AMMO – If you require ammo from PFC Loadout, please purchase at pfcloadout.com, adding course name and date in the notes, and notify Training Coordinator, Amanda Dunn at Amanda@pfcgoc.com or call 702-647-1126, to confirm availability and pickup details. 
• DEADLINE – Rentals and ammo MUST be purchased NLT 2 days prior to the course beginning. 
• QUESTIONS – If you have any questions or concerns, please feel reach to reach out to Training Coordinator, Amanda Dunn at Amanda@pfcgoc.com