Church Safety & Security Consulting
Assessments, team development, prevention, and emergency preparedness for your congregation.
No dates are scheduled yet. Leave your contact information and DMEC will let you know when the next class is posted.
- Duration
- Tailored to your team
- Level
- Church leaders and volunteers
- Format
- On-site assessment, consulting, and training blocks
- Who can attend
- Church security
About this course
DMEC partners with churches to strengthen their safety posture without compromising their welcoming atmosphere. The approach is ministry-minded, professional, and rooted in the understanding that preparation supports, not replaces, faith.
Consulting includes written threat assessments and guidance on written safety policies, response frameworks, use-of-force considerations, and volunteer accountability. Whether you are starting from the ground up or refining an existing ministry, DMEC helps with team structure, role definition, communication protocols, and policy development.
Training blocks for greeters, ushers, and safety volunteers cover situational awareness and de-escalation, active shooter response principles, scenario-based and tabletop exercises, and hands-on emergency medical instruction including Stop the Bleed and basic trauma care. Grant options are available for houses of worship.
What you’ll work on
- Written threat assessment
- Building and sustaining a safety team
- Written safety policies and response frameworks
- Situational awareness and de-escalation
- Active shooter response, scenarios, and tabletop drills
- Stop the Bleed and basic trauma care
Prerequisites
Contact DMEC to confirm the experience, eligibility, and documentation required for this course.
Before you attend
- Training is delivered at your church or at DMEC’s facility, scheduled around your ministry calendar.
- Live-fire blocks, where included, follow DMEC’s range rules; most church training blocks require no firearm.
What to bring
- Nothing is required for consulting and classroom blocks. DMEC provides the equipment list for any hands-on medical or range session.