Active Shooter
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“For person after person, it was the firefighters over and over again trying to be helpful in some way,” Second Assistant Chief Rob Sibley recalls of members’ support for the community
“I needed to help them. I needed to make sure that our people were good and we could take care of these people, and that’s why I chose to stay.”
CAL FIRE Captain Chris Wetzel and his treating mental health provider detail his road from defeat to appreciation in the aftermath of tragedy
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
Erie County Sheriff: “This was pure evil. It was straight up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community.”
North Catawba Fire and Rescue’s Brian Fagen has had five blood transfusions and four surgeries since the incident, which took place at gathering with friends
Josh Owens helped his family members to safety before working to control a critically injured person’s blood loss
One citizen was a nurse on his way to work and fashioned a makeshift tourniquet
First responders traveled from miles around to honor the memory of Roy “Drew” Barr who was shot and killed in the line of duty
The video shows medics treating cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed by a live round fired by Alec Baldwin from a prop gun
From “armadillos to zombies,” unified command tabletop exercises prepare public safety personnel for real-life mass casualty incidents
Andrew Barr, 28, was a captain with the Monetta Volunteer Fire Department and an officer with with Cayce Public Safety
Assistant Police Chief Stuart Emerman said the victims include two men and a girl who suffered a “minor gunshot wound”
Before first responders could arrive, Kimberly Stubbs left the barbershop where she works to help the wounded
Nine of the victims were hit by gunfire and five others were hurt as people fled to exits
Six children were transported to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, and most had been released by Sunday afternoon
None of the injuries were life-threatening; police have taken a suspect into custody
Jeremic Medina-Dorta, 27, was engaged in a struggle against an EMT, a paramedic and a police officer when he grabbed the officer’s weapon and fired
Police officers secured the scene and took suspects into custody; EMS providers transported the injured to hospitals
The officer, who was fired, faces three counts of felony wanton endangerment for allegedly blindly firing 10 shots from outside the building
Vidal “Max” Fortuna was a 20-year veteran of the Stockton Fire Department
“This guy was 1,000% about to shoot us. I’m still shocked that he didn’t,” one of the EMS providers said
Police were called to a Forsyth County EMS station after a man with a gunshot wound walked to the facility seeking medical treatment
Lawton first responder Leif Johnson said an assailant fired a shot that struck the rig “about four inches from my right shoulder”