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Jason Killens, chief executive of the UK’s Welsh Ambulance Service, discusses the complexity of response to an 800 casualty incident across four separate locations
Lessons for the incident commander gleaned from the 7/7 2005 London terrorist attack
Five years has made a world of difference to first responders on the ground in Boston on race day
A security K-9 at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center discovered the device
The man who allegedly carried three explosive devices into Stony Brook University was apprehended after the EMT reported him to hospital security
The threats led to brief evacuations of five EMS stations in Manhattan; police responded to similar threats at two EMS stations in the Bronx
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
Hazmat crews and a bomb squad determined there was no threat; investigators are trying to determine how the object got inside the rig
Officials aren’t sure if it’s a coordinated effort or a number of copycats, but with nearly a dozen threats in a week the sheer number is a concern
The threat that was phoned in was considered “low to no threat,” officials say, and the evacuation was precautionary
One of nearly 30 attempted bombings this year, the suspected terrorist attack sent bodies flying as bystanders fled the scene
He said he was going to come back with “a couple loaded guns” and “shoot and kill as many people as he can” and cause “bloodshed”
He made a threat to the rescue crew as they were pulling up to the ER; a police dog and bomb unit clear the hospital and he will be charged