North Idaho Firearms Training

🇺🇸 NRA Range Safety Officer Training Curriculum

(Instructor-Led — North Idaho Firearms Training format)

📘 Course Length

10AM to 7PM 9 Hours Total

🔴 MODULE 1 — Course Introduction (30 min)

Objectives

• Explain purpose of RSO certification
• Define RSO authority & responsibilities
• Establish safety expectations
  
  
  

Topics

• Role of the NRA RSO
• Instructor vs RSO distinction
• Legal responsibility & liability awareness
• Range culture and professionalism
  
  
  
  

🔴 MODULE 2 — Range Safety Fundamentals (1 hr)

Core Concepts

3 NRA Rules for Safe Gun Handling

1. Always keep gun pointed in safe direction
2. Always keep finger off trigger until ready
3. Always keep gun unloaded until ready
   
   
   

Additional Range Safety Rules

• Muzzle discipline enforcement
• Safe loading/unloading zones
• Cease-fire authority
  
  
  
  

🔴 MODULE 3 — Range Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) (1 hr)

Topics

• Written range rules
• Emergency procedures
• Incident reporting
• Medical response planning
• Range commands standardization
  
  
  

Practical Exercise

Students review sample SOP and identify safety weaknesses.

🔴 MODULE 4 — Range Inspection & Setup (45 min)

Topics

• Safe backstop requirements
• Target placement safety
• Firing line layout
• Safe spectator positioning
• Environmental hazards
  
  
  
  
• indoor range
• outdoor public range
• private training range
  
  
  
  
  

🔴 MODULE 5 — Range Commands & Shooter Control (1 hr)

Standard Commands

• “Load”
• “Ready on the firing line”
• “Commence fire”
• “Cease fire”
• “Unload and show clear”
  
  
  

Student Exercise

Have students:

• Practice giving commands
• Practice stopping unsafe shooter
  
  
• (VERY important skill for real-world RSOs)
  
  
  

🔴 MODULE 6 — Malfunctions & Emergency Procedures (1 hr)

Cover:

• Squib load response
• Hangfire protocol
• Misfire protocol
• Catastrophic firearm failure
  
  
  

Medical Topics

• Trauma kit requirements
• Basic bleeding control
• Emergency call procedures
  
  
  
  

🔴 MODULE 7 — Firearm Stoppages & Clearing Procedures (45 min)

Students learn:

• Failure to fire
• Failure to feed
• Double feed
• Stovepipe
  
  

Instructor demonstrates safe clearing.

🔴 MODULE 8 — Range Safety Scenarios (1.5 hr)

Critical Training Block

Run scenario discussions:

• Shooter turns with loaded firearm
• Unauthorized person crosses firing line
• Shooter drops loaded firearm
• Unsafe muzzle sweep
  
  

Students must explain:

1. What command to give
2. What action to take
3. How to secure the scene
   
   
   
   

🔴 MODULE 9 — Live Range Safety Exercise (Recommended if possible)

(Optional but strongly advised for your program)

Students act as RSO while others shoot.

Evaluate:

• command clarity
• shooter observation
• intervention timing
  
  
  
  

🔴 MODULE 10 — Written Exam & Review (45 min)

• NRA official written test
• Review incorrect answers
• Final Q&A
  
  
  
  

📦 Materials Required




INSTRUCTOR PROOVIDED:

• dummy rounds
• inert firearms
• sample SOP
• incident report forms
• trauma kit example
  
  

STUDENT MATERIALS:

• notebook
• pen
• NRA handbook
  
  
  
  

🏆 Certification Requirements

Students must:

✅ Attend full course

✅ Pass written exam

✅ Demonstrate safety command knowledge

DEPOSIT for class is $20, is non refundable, but can be transferred to another class. The remaining $80 can be paid day of class.