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.
For emergency responders, trauma from responding to an act of mass violence can create a cyclical pattern of negative thinking
New training program educates students, parents and teachers on how to recognize the warning signs that a student may be progressing toward violence
At Urban Shield, a Las Vegas Metro PD SWAT commander shared key takeaways from the police response to the massacre
Officials have confirmed the death toll at an elementary school shooting has reached 26 plus the gunman
Department has learned from past tragedies not to wait for SWAT to arrive
Ex-girlfriend and family shocked at the actions of the man they described as happy and easy-going
Suspect had armed himself with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and had several fully loaded magazines when he arrived at a Portland mall on Tuesday
The gunman fatally shot two people, and another person was wounded, in the Tuesday afternoon shooting
In a year that saw many important developments in public safety communications, there was one that really stood out
The call alerted campus police to the presence of the unopened package in the campus mail room
Authorities cornered the suspect about six hours after the Saturday night shootings where he was killed
Four others, including two young girls, have been wounded after a shooting on an Indian reservation in Central California
A moment of silence is planned for 7:55 a.m. local time on Friday, marking the moment the bombing began
The city’s homicide total had already has surpassed last year’s before the 4 murders
A 911 call led police to an unlicensed boarding house where they discovered 4 bodies on a side yard
With 306 homicides since January, the city is on track to post a higher homicide rate in 2012 than last year
State police are launching a criminal investigation of a company after finding the explosive material was stored illegally
Homicide detectives are investigating the scene after victims were discovered around 4 a.m.
Authorities say the suspect used an edged weapon in at least one of the killings Friday morning
The bomb threats forced the evacuation of 24 courthouses across the state, including the federal building in downtown Memphis
The vet was driving a flatbed truck that investigators say edged across a railroad crossing despite warning signals of a fast approaching train
Two of the men arrested told a confidential FBI informant they would consider American jihad
Police found receipts dated Nov. 8 for items found in the garage where the five family members died from carbon monoxide poisoning
They survived gunshots, explosions and grenade attacks serving several times in Iraq and Afghanistan
Suspects mother contacted authorities saying she was concerned her son had purchased weapons similar to those used in the Aurora shooting
Disbursement amounts have been finalized for the families of 12 Aurora shooting victims
At least 4 were killed and 16 injured at a train crossing
His attorneys claimed that he had been taken to a hospital for unspecified reasons
Right-wing protesters threw stones and metal objects at police in Warsaw, leaving 3 officers hospitalized
Some of those shot and their families spoke to the killer at his sentencing
The killer showed little response to the sentence, which he’d agreed to in a deal that kept him from a federal death sentence
Director ordered crew to remove tree from his driveway shortly after storm hit
Officers are searching for anything out of the norm where the suspect is believed to have fired on two dozen vehicles
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