Prevention
Actions taken to avoid an incident. Stopping an incident from occurring. Deterrence operations and surveillance.
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Mitigation
Measures that prevent an emergency, reduce the chance of an emergency happening, or reduce the damaging effects of unavoidable emergencies. Typical mitigation measures include establishing warning codes, public boundaries, and safe zones.
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Preparedness
Activities increase a hospital's ability to respond when an event occurs. Typical preparedness measures include training for both hospital staff and response personnel, conducting aggressive person and active shooter events exercises to include AR and VR simulations. Reinforce training and test capabilities with all-hazards education campaigns and developing inter-department security protocols.
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Response
Actions carried out immediately before, during, and immediately after an event, which are aimed at saving lives, reducing economic losses, and ease suffering. Response actions include safe exit, shooter apprehension, secondary facility threat review, internal search and rescue, and providing mass care, emergency rescue and medical care.
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Recovery 
Actions taken to return a hospital to normal or near-normal conditions, including the restoration of basic care services and the repair of physical, social and economic damages. Typical recovery actions include facility cleanup, staff and patient assessment to determine any physical and emotional needs of those in the event zone for further care and recovery.

IRATE Emergency Management
A framework that reduces vulnerability to hazards and helps cope with violence within a hospital's walls. Senior Management and Security are responsible for reducing the effects of violence before they occur through mitigation, planning for and coordinating the operations and response to violence, managing resources, and coordinating recovery efforts following a traumatic event. We provide Security with the tools it needs to coordinate response efforts, make decisions, and gather and disseminate information appropriately.

The program includes an initial risk assessment, video segments utilizing local and national police segments, past active shooter hospital stories, and live on-screen facility walk-troughs for interactive audience participation and round table discussions. Post event surveys and video reminders encourages viewer retention and provides leadership with training analytics.