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.
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From “armadillos to zombies,” unified command tabletop exercises prepare public safety personnel for real-life mass casualty incidents
A deeper dive into Unified Command and its common terminology, plus best practices
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Even though Jack Sawyer made elaborate plans and purchased weapons and ammo to shoot up a school, attempted murder and assault charges were dropped because of an over-century old Vermont law
Here’s how to integrate the NFPA 3000 Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response Program standard into your agency’s training and response plans
The shooter killed 58 people and injured hundreds more from the windows of his hotel suite last fall
Crisis actors do exist – just not the ones popularized by conspiracy Twitter
Following the horrific Parkland school shooting, a renewed discussion is occurring over the strategy and tactics around solo officer active shooter response
“He let my daughter get shot nine times at point-blank range,” Andrew Pollack said
In the event of an MCI, there may be a number of victims who require immediate treatment to stop life-threatening hemorrhaging
A mobile command center is one of the most significant equipment purchases a public safety agency can make
The development came after the Nevada Supreme Court rejected a bid by police to delay the release of records
Red flag laws may help prevent homicides, suicides and mass murders by taking firearms away from high-risk individuals
Union members voted 534-94 on a symbolic measure expressing no confidence in Sheriff Scott Israel
We need to consider policies that address prevention of mass murder as a possible reason an officer might open fire on a moving vehicle
The newly released report suggests the problems with BSO’s response to the Parkland shooting go beyond the school’s resource officer
Chief Mark Saunder said the officer’s behavior reflected the “high-caliber training” that the department’s officers undergo
Police said 29-year-old Travis Reinking was arrested not far from his apartment
James Shaw Jr. wrestled the gun away from the killer
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said authorities are searching for 29-year-old Travis Reinking
The Coral Springs police released reports from officers, who say Broward County deputies got there first but had not entered the building where people were attacked
An SRO at a Florida elementary school jumped into action Feb. 14 after hearing a colleague scream “shots fired” at a nearby high school where 17 were killed
By aggressively problem-solving this deadly phenomenon, we become part of the solution
Curtis Brown reunited with Kristina Anderson, whom he carried out of a campus building after she had been shot three times in the 2007 incident
There are some critical actions that need to be taken before arriving on the scene to guarantee the greatest chance of success
The percentage of schools with a security guard, an SRO or other LEOs on campus at least once a week went up from 42 percent in 2005-06 to 57 percent a decade later
Chief Tony Jones said police will “engage the threat without waiting for backup”
The video offers no outward sign that Paddock would carry out the Oct. 1 shooting that killed 58 people and injured hundreds
The move comes after Nikolas Cruz’s brother was arrested on campus, two students were caught carrying knives and another made online threats
Zachary Cruz reportedly told officers he came to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to “reflect on the school shooting and soak it all in”
Deputy Blaine Gaskill is credited with stopping Tuesday’s shooting
Great active shooter incident training takes a concerted effort to make exercises real, relevant, interesting and captivating for all participants
