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.
Even though Jack Sawyer made elaborate plans and purchased weapons and ammo to shoot up a school, attempted murder and assault charges were dropped because of an over-century old Vermont law
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Crisis actors do exist – just not the ones popularized by conspiracy Twitter
Chief William Bratton, LAPD (ret.) says of the effort to build a nationwide public safety wireless broadband network, “If we don’t get that D-Block now, we’ll never get it.”
Findings are first to possibly link work at Ground Zero to cardiovascular problems
Workers face a difficult decision in the $657 million settlement offer
Judge to hear plan to pay $657 million to WTC responders
Few arguments against using plain language and common terminology are defensible anymore
During a complex and changing major incident, the entire specialized unit package must act, think, and work as one in order to succeed
At least two died as several passangers were ejected from a tour bus
Many photos taken from police helicopters
Hundreds of thousands of cops have been impacted by a seminar that began with a dozen officers crammed into an elementary school classroom
The emergency drill is part of a broader effort to bolster security in the rail system
The Joint Operations Center houses more than 200 officers from 68 agencies
Law enforcement officers need to be vigilant against the use of biological weapons
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The 13 officers have families in Haiti and are asking for donations for the quake victims
The tactical emergency division applies on-the-scene trauma care to civilian settings
U.S. Army base, the largest U.S. military installation in the world, is home to both the 1st Cavalry Division and the First Army Division West
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