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.
Even if a detailed plan for every contingency isn’t possible, just having the idea of what might happen can lessen the shock and improve response
Public safety leaders reflect on the 21st anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the legacy of 9/11 in the emergency services
While the report covers many areas of improvement, one devastatingly important factor current LEOs should consider is the need to share intelligence and information
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
The man serving a life sentence for fatally shooting seven people at a California college has died in prison
The bill is inspired by last year’s school in Parkland that left 17 people dead
A second lawsuit has been filed against Illinois police for issuing a firearm license to the convicted felon who killed five people at a warehouse last month
The rapid movement of the killer from one scene to the next made the attacks incredibly disorienting and highly complicated the police response
Conn. Supreme Court ruled Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used in the Sandy Hook massacre
Police apprehended four suspects, but only three were connected with the shootings
Police have reportedly defused multiple IEDs left on vehicles around the mosques
The bill would require paramedics to obtain a concealed-weapons license and to complete LE-established training and deployment practices
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