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Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post

Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 15 January 2025

Faith-Based Security Headlines

These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action To Combat Emerging Firearm Threats And Improve School-Based Active Shooter Drills

The Biden-Harris Administration announced that it completed the work required under the Executive Order President Biden signed in September 2024, directing federal agencies to: 1) help schools improve school-based active shooter drills; and 2) combat the emerging threats of machinegun conversion devices and unserialized, 3D printed firearms. 

The White House release includes a link to the 13-page  Considerations for Education Leaders in Preparing for Active Shooter Drills in.

A link is also provided for the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Resource: Active Shooter Drills Research: An Annotated Bibliography | HHS.gov

CISA’s 4-page CISA K-12 Active Shooter Drills and Programs Landscape Assessment is also provided.

Analyst Comments:

The above resources can be used by Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) that operate schools. These resources can improve active shooter drills.

When planning active shooter drills, FBOs should consider taking precautions to prevent traumatizing students and faculty. The Resource: Active Shooter Drills Research: An Annotated Bibliography | HHS.gov states:

There seemed to be concerning consensus that drills involving simulations, high intensity or fear tactics were harmful to the students. Although drills related to simply practicing behaviors of lockdown while informing the students it was a drill did not seem to have the same consensus of negative results on the student and their fear. There is not enough high-quality research to identify if all types of active shooter or lockdown drills contribute to or cause stress among school-aged children, in either a negative or positive way.

Weekly Security Sprint EP 94. LA fires, LV and NO updates, ransomware and more

The Gate 15 Security Sprint is a weekly rundown of the week’s notable all-hazards security news, risks and threats and some of the key focus areas for organizations to consider behind the headlines. Gate 15 team members discuss physical security, cybersecurity, natural hazards, health threats and other issues across our environment.

In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:

  • Los Angeles Fires:
  • Ransomware:
  • Health:
  • Inauguration Workplace Considerations

The above Gate 15 Weekly Security Sprint website also provides links to many security-related items of interest, including:

Information on other Gate 15 podcasts can be found at Podcasts (gate15.global).

Select All Hazard Stories

‘Particularly dangerous’ winds warning for L.A. area returns Wednesday morning and Contaminated drinking water is a growing concern for cities facing wildfires

Lone actors are greatest security threat on Inauguration Day, officials say

Biden Aides Warned Putin as Russia’s Shadow War Threatened Air Disaster

Minnesota Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Assault Against Black Man (Occurred Feb 2024)

FBI Releases Investigative Update in Bourbon Street Attack

NC: Durham man supported ISIS, intended to travel to Morocco to join group, federal prosecutors say

ADL: The Terrorgram Collective: International Terrorists Promoting Violence and White Supremacy

ISW: The Islamic State’s Global Long Game and Resurgence in Syria Poses an Evolved Threat to the West

FBI Releases Violence Against American Indian or Alaska Native Females, 2021-2023 Special Report

FEMA Bulletin Week of January 14, 2024

Colonial Pipeline shuts main gasoline artery after potential gasoline spill

Critical Fire Weather Conditions Continue for Southern California; Much Colder in the Central and Eastern U.S. NWS

Report: The Biden-⁠Harris Administration Roadmap for Pandemic Preparedness and Response

Investor Alert: Be Vigilant for Possible Investment Scams Related to the California Wildfires

Allstate car insurer sued for tracking drivers without permission

TikTok prepares for US shutdown from Sunday, sources say

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