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.
NFPA 3000 is a framework for preparing EMS agencies, fire departments, other responders and communities for active shooter incident response and recovery
Paramedic chiefs and field providers have much to learn from the FBI’s ongoing summary and analysis of active shooter incidents
All organizations should develop an emergency action plan and train to respond to active shooter scenarios
A National Academy of Medicine paper describes best practices for EMS responses to active shooter, bombing and terror attacks
One police officer remarked that members of the dept. insisted on reaching wounded officers during live gunfire
The ballistic kits will be used in conjunction with police support for active shooter situations
First responders, officials discuss tactics and challenges associated with active shooters
Party for middle and high school students attacked; victims ranged in age from 12 to 27
Officials said a manhunt has begun in search of the shooter or shooters
Officials said one suspect is dead and another is still at large
High fidelity mannequins lay scattered in the grass behind the armory representing dying and desperate victims requiring EMTs’ help
Philadelphia hospitals, paramedics begin research to randomize stabbing and gunshot victims to ALS care or no ALS care during transport
Pittsburgh EMS has begun to consider sending in medics right behind police, before a scene is deemed safe
Mourn the deaths of five Dallas police officers, but don’t lower your standards by responding emotionally to provocation
The EMT was at a stoplight when a shooter opened fire with a BB gun
As we mourn the deaths of five Dallas police officers paramedics are reminded of the importance in being cautious, calm and conspicuous as caregivers
Chris Cebollero and Greg Friese, MS, NRP, discuss EMS MCI response lessons learned from protests turned violent in Ferguson and Dallas
Four shooters “planned to injure and kill as many officers as they could” during a protest and march in downtown Dallas
The Winthrop Ambulance Service and surrounding fire departments are equipping personnel with EMS body armor for everyday use
Florida man says the “stupid and freaky” fatal incident at a shooting range could have been prevented
Once the shooter is dead or apprehended, the top mission for police and EMS is to stop the dying from bleeding and airway compromise
In 911 logs, released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, dispatchers describe calls from victims who were trapped inside the club
The confusion was heightened by a planned active shooter drill that had not yet begun and was planned for later in the morning
The Naval and Air Force Joint Base in Maryland tweeted order to all personnel to shelter in place
EMS organizations must have a HIPAA policy to direct when and who can provide information about a patient
EMS leaders and providers need to study successes and failures as an opportunity to reduce death and disability from the next mass shooting
After last weekend’s mass shooting in Orlando, first responders reevaluate their planned MCI response
The ACEP High Threat Emergency Casualty Care Task aims to reduce death and disability from mass shootings and active shooter incidents
Images from a bomb detection robot of a battery part next to a body mistakenly led police to believe the gunman had strapped explosives to a body
The president said no effort will be spared to determine whether the shooter was affiliated with terrorist groups
EMS leaders, field personnel should review and reconsider their preparedness to respond to active shooters
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