First Responder Defense
Defensive Training for First Responders
Our First Responder Defensive Training Workshops are designed to equip EMS and other first responder personnel with strategies, context-flexible frameworks, and the physical / technical skills necessary to prevent injury or harm to themselves or those in their care by criminal elements.
Essential Defensive Training for First Responders
Course Options and Content
2-Hour Defensive Essentials Workshop for First Responders
Duration: 2 hours
Fee: R847-00 per participant
Workshop Content
Module 1: Responder Safety Related to Subjects Under Care
- Situational analysis and decision making steps
- Defensive perimeter considerations at the scene of a response
- Ethical, legal, and non-violent restraining techniques for violent subjects under care
Module 2: External Threat Defensive Component
- Criminal encounter: compliance vs active defense
- Basic targets, strikes, and immobilization techniques
- Escapes and counters vs grabs, holds, and chokes
- Defenses and counters vs attempted sexual assault
Module 3: Armed Threats
- Basic disarming and defensive techniques vs an armed subject or criminal intruder
Please note: we require a minimum of 4 participants in order to facilitate a workshop.
Workshops are presented throughout the greater Johannesburg and Cape Town areas. Workshops further afield may incur a travel fee. Please contact us directly for a quotation tailored to your requirements.
3-Hour Defensive Essentials Workshop for First Responders
Duration: 3 hours
Fee: R1170-00 per participant
Workshop Content
Module 1: Responder Safety Related to Subjects Under Care
- Situational analysis and decision making steps
- Defensive perimeter considerations at the scene of a response
- Ethical, legal, and non-violent restraining techniques for violent subjects under care
Module 2: External Threat Defensive Component
- Criminal encounter: compliance vs active defense
- Basic targets, strikes, and immobilization techniques
- Escapes and counters vs grabs, holds, and chokes
- Defenses and counters vs attempted sexual assault
Module 3: Armed Threats
- Basic disarming and defensive techniques vs an armed subject or criminal intruder
- Anti-Abduction physical defense techniques
- Compliance and escape protocols in event of vehicle hijacking
Please note: we require a minimum of 4 participants in order to facilitate a workshop.
Workshops are presented throughout the greater Johannesburg and Cape Town areas. Workshops further afield may incur a travel fee. Please contact us directly for a quotation tailored to your requirements.
Please note that standard workshop content can be tailored to suit specific client requirements – you are most welcome to let us know if you would like certain elements omitted, or additional necessities included.
