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48 <br /> <br />• Faith-based and community organizations; <br />• Nonprofit groups; <br />• Schools and academia; <br />• Media outlets; and <br />• All levels of government, including state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal partners. <br /> <br />The phrase “Whole Community” often appears repeatedly in preparedness materials, as it is one of the <br />guiding principles. It means two things: <br /> <br />1. Involving people in the development of national preparedness documents; and <br />2. Ensuring their roles and responsibilities are reflected in the content of the materials. <br /> <br />Additional information on incorporating whole community preparedness is available in the relevant <br />program-specific appendix to this Manual, as applicable. <br /> <br />Active Shooter Preparedness <br />DHS aims to enhance national preparedness through a whole-community approach by providing the <br />necessary products, tools, and resources to help all stakeholders prepare for and respond to an active <br />shooter incident. To that end, DHS has developed a comprehensive Active Shooter Preparedness website, <br />which includes informational resources, available at Active Shooter Preparedness | CISA. <br /> <br />An additional resource, the Joint DHS and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Countering Violent <br />Extremism (CVE) and Active Shooter Web Portal is located within the Homeland Security Information <br />Network (HSIN). The portal provides a restricted-access forum to share Unclassified, For Official Use <br />Only (FOUO), Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU), and Law Enforcement Sensitive (LES) information. The <br />portal provides users and training practitioners with accurate, appropriate, and relevant CVE and Active <br />Shooter training development resources, subject-matter expert information, and outreach initiatives. It <br />also has forums to provide feedback, products useful to others, and allows participants to ask questions <br />concerning CVE or the Active Shooter Program. Persons with a job-related duty, public service interest, <br />or who support a CVE and/or Active Shooter program can request access to this Portal. Additional <br />information can be found at: CVEAS Portal | Homeland Security (dhs.gov). <br /> <br />States and high-risk urban areas are encouraged to review the referenced active shooter guidance, <br />evaluate their preparedness needs, and consider applying for funding to address any needs identified in <br />this area (please see the most current NOFO for allowable costs). To address training needs associated <br />with active shooter incidents, FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute provides a free, web -based <br />training course entitled IS-907: Active Shooter: What You Can Do, available at FEMA - Emergency <br />Management Institute (EMI) Course | IS-907: Active Shooter: What You Can Do. <br /> <br />Soft Targets and Crowded Places <br />There are continued and growing threats facing Soft Targets and Crowded Places (ST-CP) throughout the <br />nation. ST-CPs are those locations or environments that are easily accessible to large numbers of people <br />on a predictable or semi-predictable basis that have limited security or protective measures in place. <br />These locations are vulnerable to attack using simple tactics and readily accessible weapons such as small <br />arms, edged weapons, vehicles, improvised explosive devices, and unmanned aircraft systems. ST-CPs <br />can include places such as town centers, shopping malls, open-air venues, outside hard targets/venues <br />perimeters, and other places of meeting and gathering. DHS is committed to reducing the risk of attacks <br />against ST-CPs and the impact of attacks if they do occur. However, the protection and security of ST-