SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — In an active shooter training session, community leaders will be treated to a workshop hosted by Seminole County Emergency Management and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.

Leaders of faith organizations, nonprofits, and local businesses requested this workshop after active shooter events in Uvalde, Texas, and Highland Park, Illinois.

In May, 19 students and two teachers were killed by a shooter at Robb Elementary in Uvalde; then on the Fourth of July, six members of the public were shot and killed at random in Highland Park, Illinois. More than a couple dozen others were injured at the Chicago-area Independence Day celebration.

Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris explains the reason for the active-shooter workshop.

“Just like a flight attendant does before they take off, they don’t want to scare the people there on the plane. They’re simply letting them know the proper actions to take so people aren’t scared in the unlikely event something happens. We want this to be very similar to that,” Harris said.

“We decided we were going to do just smaller scale events at those organizations that requested it. When those became too much, we just simply couldn’t make every request. We decided to do a larger community invite and invite people to come to us,” Harris remarked on the demand for Thursday’s training.

Pre-registration was required for the event. It is from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Northland Church at 522 Dog Track Rd., Longwood.