Homeland Security Consulting News
May 2017
Dave Hunt was interviewed for an article in the May 2017 Security Management Magazine on Active Shooter recovery issues. Read it here.
Mr. Hunt recently authored a book with members of the Electromagnetic Pulse Special Interest Group of FBI’s Infragard. Powering Through “From Fragile Infrastructures To Community Resilience” serves as a guide for jurisdictions, businesses, government agencies on response and recovery from long-term electrical grid outages. Powering Through is available on Amazon.com.
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Dave Hunt is a national expert in the field of emergency response with a 30 year background in law enforcement, terrorism response, fire/arson/explosives investigation, hazardous materials response, and emergency medical response. He has worked in every area of national preparedness in the development and delivery of nationwide assessments, all-hazards plans, training programs, national preparedness guidance, including active shooter and active threat prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
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In 1993, Mr. Hunt began instructing for the National Fire Academy in fire and arson investigation. In 1996, he assisted in the development of the first counter-terrorism training for the nation’s responders. In 1999, he supported development of the nationwide online assessment tools used for grant programs, including development of the nationwide threat assessment tool with the FBI. He worked with several states to develop their strategic plans for terrorism response. In 2003 he helped DHS develop the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) process and remains an HSEEP-certified Train-the-Trainer, conducting hundreds of exercises across the nation.
Mr. Hunt is a subject matter expert on active threat preparedness. Over the past two years, he led the effort to develop and deliver a completely revised Active Shooter Preparedness curriculum for the DHS Office of Critical Infrastructure, addressing the needs of critical infrastructure partners in developing and implementing prevention, response and recovery capabilities. He served as lead instructor for the program and also hosted a new DHS 96-minute video on active shooter preparedness.