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.
The science of active shooter response is relatively new; is there a better model?
During a mass casualty incident, or when EMS isn’t available, survival of the wounded may depend on quick action
10 years later, we continue to grieve, reflect on the power of resilience, and appreciate our first responders
How first responders give hope and comfort beyond emergency scenes
This week’s photo shows leaders with Northwest EMS training for MCIs, including active shooter situations
Police said the patient took out a small gun while secured to a gurney in a hallway after Harris County Emergency Corps crewmembers transported her
Four members rappelled down to start providing medical care and others built rope systems to lower the patient to the ground
I encourage EMS leaders to start local Be SMART Public Safety Task Forces to educate families about safe gun storage
An ACS panel’s recommendations include background checks, firearm education and training, safe storage, red flag laws, and addressing mental health issues
No one was hurt in the incident, and the ambulance was found afterward
An American Medical Response and UBMD Emergency Medicine partnership is designed to get trauma doctors to scenes of high-severity incidents
A grocery store assistant manager said she was berated for whispering; the call taker said she is “being attacked for one side of the story”
In this episode, our co-hosts reflect on the recent mass shootings in New York, Texas and Oklahoma and how providers should prepare to respond
Capt. Richard Meulenberg said multiple people were wounded and the medical complex was a “catastrophic scene”
Chattanooga police officers began rendering aid to the victims before several patients were transported to a hospital
“You have to go in immediately. The kids were calling 911 for help,” said former Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo
Amerie Jo Garza, 10, “was a hero trying to call 911, to save her and her friends,” her grandmother said
Mike Taigman and Nicole Holm join the podcast to discuss resiliency and chaplaincy
It is important that you process the loss and what you experienced with your support network
Focusing on swift triage, being good at the basics and having a plan for exfiltrating the wounded are essential steps to immediate lifesaving measures
An outpouring of support from the first responder community follows the fatal shooting of 19 children and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school
“Sadly, this isn’t the last time we will see these headlines, but for us, today, put the tourniquet away and focus on the heart and soul of those in our charge.”
Public safety leaders: invite and encourage your personnel to get support from mental health clinicians, peer-support teams and other resources as they have a need
Police and others responding to the attack broke windows to help students and teachers escape, said Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety
EMT Richard McMahon praised his partner’s response and said he expects to undergo “a lot of physical therapy but also emotional therapy”
Thomas McCauley also faces multiple charges of criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the shooting of EMT Richard McMahon
A crowd of about 150 firefighters, EMTs, hospital staffers and members of Staten Island motorcycle clubs greeted Richard McMahon as he exited the facility
Charges are pending against the suspect, who reportedly shot the 25-year-old EMT in the ambulance
The EMT was working on the patient in the Richmond University Medical Center rig while en route when the patient pulled out a gun and shot the EMT in the back
Reflecting on the pain of 10 killed in a hate-driven shooting, 100,000 dead of drug overdoses and 1 million lost to COVID-19
The incident at an open-air market arose from a fight that involved at least two guns and all five of the people, according to the Harris County sheriff
At least 30 people were gathered when gunfire erupted, but by the time deputies arrived, parishioners had the gunman hog-tied
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