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.
Implementing a flexible response policy is key to effective management of critical events
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
Shootout erupted among rival biker gangs at a Central Texas restaurant, sending patrons and bystanders fleeing for safety
The new course teaches medical skills for active shooter and mass casualty response
A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a “kid”
Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured when two bombs exploded near the marathon finish line in 2013
Jury was expected to begin its deliberations later in the day after hearing from Tsarnaev’s attorneys and the judge
The prosecution wrapped up its case as well Monday. The two sides will return on Wednesday to give closing arguments
In all, five of Tsarnaev’s family members are expected to take the witness stand in federal court
Chief said the shooter was among those who died
Sgt. Gerald Jonsgaard identified James Holmes as the man he found on the ground in the theater parking lot wearing a helmet and body armor
Gripping testimony made clear the state’s determination to make sure jurors know the carnage Holmes caused inside the suburban Denver theater
Was growing volatile well before he put on a gas mask and body armor, strapped on a rifle, shotgun, pistol and ammo, and slipped into a premiere
We asked our Police1 audience to tell us about their department’s spending habits when it comes to communications gear in command units
Former President Bill Clinton and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin were among those who spoke at Sunday’s service at the Oklahoma City National Memorial
Police believe a man shot and killed his mother, two brothers and one of their wives before taking his own life
Said that sentencing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death “could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives”
Report released Tuesday suggests there’s been progress in how federal and local law enforcement officials share information following the Boston bombings
The bill is a response to several fatal school shootings, most recently a 2013 shooting at Arapahoe High School in Littleton
The video teaches employees and civilians how to respond during an active shooter incident
Jurors in federal death penalty trial saw gruesome autopsy photos and heard a medical examiner describe devastating injuries suffered by an 8-year-old boy
A man shot the owners of a house where he was living, killing two and wounding three others
Parents of 3 victims suing county, sheriff’s department and killer’s landlord, contending they ignored warning signs that gunman was violent and unstable
36-year-old Joseph Jesse Aldridge used a .45-caliber handgun to kill two people each at three homes
Gunman killed seven people and wounded an eighth person in an overnight house-to-house rampage in a small Missouri town
Jason Hendrix was suspected of killing his family execution-style last week before fleeing his small Southern town
One of two suspects shot himself as police surrounded his house
Two others who were shot, both children, are in critical condition
Even as an unprecedented 9,000 prospective jurors were summoned for questioning, both sides in the mass murder trial are worried about letting too many potential jurors go
Gunfire erupted during a crowded party in a vacant house in Omaha early Saturday, leaving three people dead and five wounded
Two women in their 20s were dead at the scene and six others were taken to the hospital in critical or serious condition
A man is suspected of killing his daughter, wife, and the child’s grandmother, and a second young daughter was wounded
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