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.
With 2020 about to commence, Jim and Doug reflect on some of the topics that rose above the rest in the past 12 months
Here are the events and technologies the P1 team and our readership viewed as having the most significant impact on the profession in the last decade
Can police, fire and EMS overcome the challenges we faced in the 2010s to prosper in the 2020s?
President Obama rejected a bill that would have allowed the 9/11 victims’’ families to sue the Saudi Arabian government, arguing it undermined national security
Authorities are looking for the gunman who shot and killed three people at a mall north of Seattle
An effective rescue task force response to reduce active shooter casualties starts with planning and training between all public safety responders
In a handwritten journal, Ahmad Khan Rahami warned that bombs would resound in the streets and prayed he’d be martyred rather than caught
The Islamic State-run news agency claimed the attacker was a “soldier of the Islamic State”
The motive of Saturday’s attack is still unclear, but the FBI is investigating it as a “potential act of terrorism” and ISIS claimed responsibility
NJ police were responding to a call of a man sleeping in a doorway, believed to be Ahmad Khan Rahami, when the man opened fire, injuring two officers
A man in a private security uniform stabbed nine people, reportedly mentioning Allah and asking at least one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty cop shot and killed him
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called the blast an ‘intentional act,’ but said there was no terrorist connection
SWAT teams should keep a watchful eye on the future in order to prepare for the worst
Regional SWAT teams aren’t for every agency, but they can provide a great service to those who need it
When the public, the press and politicians say police don’t need tanks, these strategies can help you make that critical purchase
The radicalized lone-actor who resides in the United States is an increasing threat
Many trainers are either forgetting a very important element of active shooter tactical response or are simply unaware of it
Audio recordings of 911 calls were released Tuesday
The officers tracked the suspects and prevailed in a gun battle, preventing the attackers from doing further harm and rescuing a fellow LEO in the effort
The man who shot and killed three people was so unfamiliar with his newly purchased AR-15 that he parked his car across the street and read the manual
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said in a statement Sunday that his department is working to identify and arrest the person responsible for the shootings
Police officials piecing together a portrait of the shooter said he was seeing a doctor up to last month for treatment of depression and psychiatric problems
It was not immediately clear what triggered the violence
The video shows a deputy helping a Pulse patron escape
There is mounting evidence that Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel had recently absorbed extremist ideas and had become radicalized
The first officer on scene at the San Bernardino attack shares his hard-earned lessons from that horrific day
The “Run, Hide, Fight” model lacks efficiency and flexibility to permit someone to evaluate the problem and choose the appropriate response
This Police1 Digital Edition focuses on how the past and present will shape the future of SWAT in the United States
Since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 in Colorado, paramedics have struggled with how close they should get to active shooter scenes
Their lawsuit accuses the federal government of errors that enabled Dylann Roof to buy the .45-caliber handgun used in the June 2015 shootings
Some criticize LE over Pulse nightclub terrorist attack in Orlando in June. Jim & Doug discuss incident and why Orlando police did an excellent job in response.