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.
Progress has been made in developing active shooter protocols since Columbine, but the Pulse attack shows we still haven’t anticipated all the possibilities
The After-Action Review is an extremely effective method of analyzing what occurred and how to improve performance in the future
The LE response to an active shooter at YouTube’s HQ illustrates why all officers need tactical training
After more than a week of searching, the missing family members were found stuffed into garbage bags and hidden in a hollow tree
OTM is a delightful little acronym for illegal immigrants who are ‘Other Than Mexican’ — SIA stands for ‘Special Interest Aliens’ from terrorist nations like Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, and Yemen
The defense does not plan to present any evidence on behalf of the Hasan, who is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder
Wisconsin’s undaunted ALERT Team is equipped and prepared to respond to and mitigate terrorist, WMD, or other catastrophic events
An active-shooter situation doesn’t absolve you of putting a plan together; it just has to be a hasty plan
The 24 year old shot and killed his father during a 13-minute rampage and then turned the gun on himself
The shooting was the latest in a spike of violence in the city that has frustrated, police, politicians and community leaders
The gunman, who allegedly snapped because his eggs were cold, went on a shooting spree Saturday morning, chasing down his wife and killing her and four other people
As she walked in the plant, she fired at an employee who had followed her in and had yelled, “Hide, she’s got a gun!”
The suspect beat a 73-year-old man to death because he thought there was “something going on” romantically with the man and his girlfriend
The man’s two children were found safe with family in California
The shooting leaves the town of Hoonah, population 800, with just one officer
Marines at highway checkpoint were alerted and fought the cartel gunmen, resulting in the death of 1 marine and 3 suspects
The hostage-taker was killed with a sniper shot to the head after he wounded a police sharpshooter
The shooter and his family had an ongoing dispute over a 1.5-acre lot after his mother died without leaving a will
Recommendations include improving communications between government agencies and military installations regarding potential threats, and expanding military bases’ emergency response capabilities
House fire was the largest single-event loss of life in the 89-year history of the Wash. State Patrol
Omar Thornton told a 911 dispatcher that the beer distribution company was racist, so he took it into his own hands and ‘handled the problem’
Omar Thornton killed eight people and wounded two before killing himself
He quietly signed a letter of resignation and was headed for the door when he pulled out a gun and started firing
A warehouse driver opened fire after he was asked to resign his beer distribution job early Tuesday morning
Cops were investigating reports earlier in the day of a man carrying an assault rifle in the neighborhood, but had found no one
Says he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man for backing out
There will be no solution until ordinary people, tired of washing blood stains off sidewalks, refuse to tolerate the violence
In Chicago, forty people were shot in a span of 59 hours between April 18-20 in 2008; not one has faced charges
The bomb could have killed untold numbers of people in the heart of New York
Robert Reza shot through the building as employees scrambled
Shooter opened fire, sending employees fleeing for cover as police locked down the entire neighborhood
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