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.
Steps to implementing unified command, staging and access learned from the Route 91 Harvest Festival attack
Safariland instructors showed a group of trainees how to react when “hide and hope” is not an option in an active shooter situation
After DHS announced a grant for high school tourniquet training, EMS1 readers weighed in on if students should be trained to help their peers in a mass shooting
The family drove the injured child, who is in serious condition, to the hospital rather than waiting for EMS
Four people were taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries; a man was hospitalized with serious injuries
An argument erupted in gunfire outside a school for dropouts seeking high school diplomas
A judge ruled the calls involving the Pulse nightclub shooter should be released, but has not ruled on the other 911 calls
Lt. Leon Michel was celebrating with colleagues at the bar after passing a department exam
Two other shooting victims who went to the fire station were hospitalized
The boy was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
A panel of law enforcement, EMS and medical experts discussed the implications of administering patient care in the warm zone at IACP 2016
The bullet passed through the left breast of his younger sister, narrowly missing her spine but leaving six holes in her stomach and intestines
Responders will do their best, get through it and go home when they are through, but home will never be the same
Our co-hosts discuss the high points from this year’s conference in New Orleans
Our co-hosts discuss what EMS personnel must know about being part of a task force
The shooter, a 14-year-old boy, has been charged with murder in the death of 6-year-old Jacob Hall, who bled to death
After a car crashed into the ambulance, the rig hit two parked cars and critically injured a pedestrian
Jacob Hall, 6, died from his injuries Saturday; his funeral will be held Wednesday
During the 911 call, a man told the dispatcher his brother was high and had a knife
One of the students was shot in the leg and the other in the foot when a teenager opened fire at the school, after shooting his father
Of the nine people hurt, a Houston Fire Department spokesman said six were shot and three had minor injuries related to glass
The “Run, Hide, Fight” model lacks efficiency and flexibility to permit someone to evaluate the problem and choose the appropriate response
Police spotted Arcan Cetin Saturday evening after a statewide manhunt
Authorities said four females, ranging in age from teens to seniors, died after the gunman opened fire
Authorities are looking for the gunman who shot and killed three people at a mall north of Seattle
The job of the tactical EMS is not to kick the door, but to be behind the police officers and give medical attention to an officer who may be down.
You responded as the first-in ambulance on a suspected active shooting scene; did you make the right call?
You are dispatched to a law office for multiple shooting victims
One chief tells how quarterbacking an MCI with police fatalities changed her professionally and personally
High-fidelity, full-scale exercises for SWAT and EMS at Urban Shield 2016 create a unique and memorable MCI and active shooter training experience
Paramedics decided to enter the hot zone and retrieve wounded officers during an active shooter situation
Officials performed an active-shooter drill using the new kits, which are intended to help civilians treat gunshot wounds until first responders arrive
