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.
Following 9/11 and subsequent natural and man-made disasters, LE agencies have embraced new responsibilities associated with disaster preparedness and response
After a school shooting, the community’s guard is up and calls for service increase for disturbances and suspicious activity
The 2018 IPSA Mass Casualty Incidents Training Symposium provides cross-disciplinary training for police, fire, EMS and telecommunicators
After saving his father, girlfriend, baby and others, he drowned in his basement
Six were rescued after being trapped on roofs from rising waters
Two flooded NJ towns set off frantic rescue, as first responders are moved to neighboring businesses
Sergeant hopes America gets a good look at what Hurricane Sandy did
Officers were honored for helping restore order after devastating storm
Detective remembered surveillance images from tragedy as a familiar man walked by his car
Five schools kept children off playgrounds and nervous commuters changed their routes Monday as authorities searched for a suspect in more than 20 random, unsolved shootings
The evacuation order was posted on the university’s website Friday as a “Code Maroon” warning
Firefighters found four women and one man dead inside the bar
A panelist told reporters that many had “potential to survive”
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Commission says authorities could have prevented or interrupted the attacks by far-right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik
For Anders Breivik, a 21-year sentence for the wanton slaughter of 77 innocents was a victory and gave his monstrous act political credibility
Every law enforcement officer in this country should be trained in tactical lifesaving skills so they can immediately render aid to trauma victims
One officer in an urgent voice bluntly demanded ambulances, another said he would take a victim in his car
We need to energize the public and educate them on how they can do a great deal to prevent these shootings
During Operation Aztec, state, local, and federal entities will conduct a series of activities next week to test and enhance coordinated response capabilities to wide-spread threats
Calls between dispatch and police reveal officers trying to save the lives of victims in the chaos that followed the cinema shooting
Police and witnesses describe what happened during and immediately after the “Dark Knight Rises” rampage
Opened fire inside a suburban movie theater, also wounding 59 others in worst attack in state since Columbine
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