Mass Casualty Incidents
The Mass Casualty Incidents topic page provides news, videos and expert columns about dealing with large-scale incidents including terrorist attacks, dirty bombs, natural disasters and more.
The amount and specificity of specific skills training must be increased in regularity and intensity for all sworn officers from recruit to chief of police
Following the Uvalde school shooting, the question of whether teachers should carry firearms is in the news again
Initial responding officers must evaluate quickly, move to the sound of the guns, gathering intelligence on the move
It is important for law enforcement and other public safety personnel to know how to carry an injured person efficiently and effectively over distance
San Jose’s emergency action plan calls for deploying FirstNet to both first responders and other city agencies like transportation and public works
The agency provides 93 recommendations in a newly released after-action review
The Secret Service studied 27 incidents where a total of 91 people were killed and 107 more injured in public spaces in 2018
How to leverage nontraditional resources to assist law enforcement operations
The lawsuit is the latest case to challenge a federal law shielding gun manufacturers from liability
Union does not believe the officer should have been fired and is fighting to get him reinstated
The network separates public safety communications traffic from commercial traffic and supports functions like priority and preemption
It takes a community to help a troubled kid – before they shoot up a school
In this free guide, we outline how to prepare your agency and personnel for communications in the FirstNet era
Defense attorney Joseph DiRuzzo III said Scot Peterson is being made a scapegoat
Implementing a flexible response policy is key to effective management of critical events
Scot Peterson faces charges that carry a combined potential prison sentence of nearly 100 years
Gov. Ralph Northam is summoning lawmakers back to the state Capitol to consider a package of gun-control legislation in the wake of last week’s mass shooting
Officials say the gunman opened fire with a handgun in the building, killing 12 people on three floors
Lawmakers are on the brink of not passing any new gun restrictions or firearm storage laws a year after the tragedy
The webinars will cover security for places of worship and how to prepare for complex attacks
Police arrested the man about a mile from one of the two crime scenes investigators describe as “horrific” and “gruesome”
Reports say the gunman told a co-worker that morning that he would kill everyone at the manufacturing plant and “blow police up” if he was fired
Police are investigating whether the suspect captured after an hourslong manhunt knew the victims
At least 290 were killed in a series of explosions at churches and hotels
When responding to an active shooter incident, you need the right stuff, you need to take out the right target and you need to address the threat right now
While hindsight is 20/20, looking back over the past two decades we can identify several red flags that could have been raised on the Columbine shooters
Police response to school shooters has changed dramatically since Columbine, but what work remains to be done to protect our schools?
Doug sits down with Chief Bill Harvey to discuss response to large-scale events
“Columbine today is a model and example of resiliency,” current principal Scott Christy said
When a 911 comms center becomes overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of incoming calls during a disaster, TERT teams provide support
Survivors and family members of the shooting are claiming negligence allowed the massacre to happen
Following evidence from surveillance video, police have arrested a man accused of slaying four people at a property management business
Police say someone other than the four people who were found dead is responsible for the killings
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