Active Shooter
This directory provides essential articles on Active Shooter response, tailored for the EMS workforce. Topics include response protocols, coordination with law enforcement, and strategies for managing mass casualty incidents. Understanding how to effectively respond to an Active Shooter situation is critical for ensuring the safety of both victims and responders. For further reading, explore our mass casualty incident management resources, which closely relate to Active Shooter scenarios. Equip yourself with the knowledge needed to handle these high-stress situations effectively by accessing our comprehensive collection.
Planning active shooter response training with police, fire, EMS and medivac helicopters is a complex and challenging task
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission draft report has active shooter survival recommendations for EMS, police and school leaders
Anticipating potential targets, and preplanning a coordination and communication plan are keys to an organized response
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A study found that 2.2 percent of shooting and stabbing patients who arrived in a private vehicle died versus 11.6 who were transported via ambulance
Police radio communications indicated that workers on the bridge called 911 after seeing the man jump into the water
Clinton First Aid and Rescue Squad is deploying its ASAP, or Alternate Support Apparatus, unit to help in rescue efforts
Twenty-seven members of the Task Force 1 FEMA Urban Response Team have been called to go to Puerto Rico and help rescue and recovery efforts
People aboard the vessel, the Ferrel, sent out a distress signal Wednesday saying they were disabled and adrift in 20-foot waves
The study suggested that dispatchers begin asking callers if they have a car and can take victims to the nearest trauma center
Some callers were taking cover in an office or closet during the Aug. 28 attack
One woman was seen being helped into an ambulance while a call for air ambulances could be heard over police radio traffic
The ambulance was en route to the hospital when gunfire erupted; no one was injured in the incident
The woman was in her car when the water rose and caused her car to flip, pushing it against a tree
Emergency responders attempted CPR on the child, who was pronounced dead at a local clinic
One paramedic was treated at the hospital after getting hit by shards of glass when the bullet passed through the windshield
There have been at least 391 homicides this year, four more than last year when violence reached levels not seen in two decades
Justine Damond called 911 after hearing what she thought was a sexual assault behind her home
9-year-old son was inside an SUV when someone inside a car pulled up and shot the boy and a 31-year-old man
Joshua Rapolla shot his stepson, 19, during an argument and then accidentally hit his 12-year-old stepson
One caller told a dispatcher: “There’s a whole lot of people here shot”
The pregnant woman said she lost her baby after being shot in the leg
William An thanked everyone who helped save him after being shot while responding to a call
Dr. Henry Bello warned his colleagues when he was forced out in 2015 that he would return someday to kill them
Little Rock police chief said that the incident was not terror related
The gunman was identified by law enforcement officials as Dr. Henry Bello, a family medicine physician at the hospital
The victims of the shooting in Potrero Hill were Benson Louie, 50; Wayne Chan, 56; and Michael Lefiti, 46
Spokesman Steve Gaut said he believes the shooter “turned the gun on himself”
The service was closed to the public and was held for survivors, victims’ families, club employees and local officials
Larry Barton, a threat assessment instructor for the FBI, said the strategy saves lives, but people need to make decisions quickly
William An was all smiles while talking to colleagues after being discharged
Most recently, a 34-year-old man was shot in the back and taken to the hospital
The man was arguing with his wife when he went on a house-to-house killing spree
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