Mass Casualty Incidents
As the military saying goes, “Prior planning prevents poor performance.” This phrase can be applied to preparing for mass casualty incidents. Check this page for articles and resources on ensuring you and your department are ready for the unexpected, as well as the latest updates on major incidents in the United States and across the world.
Calls involving celebrities, chemical restraint, protests and mass shootings are just some of the scenarios that will put you in the public eye
The chief officers, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics who responded to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol describe responding to the ill and injured
Have we taken the lessons learned from 9/11 and truly changed our practices?
This timely and important event offers a significant cross-disciplinary training opportunity for all public safety officials
What the U.S. can learn from other countries about emergency response to terrorist events
In the scenario posed to emergency responders, a student’s father who was upset with another student entered the school with firearms and began shooting
“Our mission with this program is to eliminate or reduce casualties in active shooter or life-threatening incidents,” Ping4 CEO Jim Bender said
New York State Police say two vehicles were involved in the crash Saturday afternoon
“Your whole concept is around speed, stop the bleeding and stop the killing,” Central Fire Department Deputy Chief Charles Mondrick said
“Statistics show that if someone does something, more people survive,” Youth Officer Tom Paige said in describing the deficiencies of the old plan
Community Ambulance Special Operations Director Glen Simpson said he’s still processing his memories of responding to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history
The Mesa City Council voted to spend $262,000 on body armor for firefighters and paramedics
Dr. Allan MacIntyre spoke about his experience in the ER after the Las Vegas shooting at the California Hospital Association’s Disaster Planning Conference
Safariland instructors showed a group of trainees how to react when “hide and hope” is not an option in an active shooter situation
The Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Course is training paramedics and EMTs to provide better care when there’s an active threat
The Parkland school has had one code red (active shooter) drill, two fire drills and five false alarms since school began on Aug. 15
Each year at ground zero, victims’ relatives infuse the ceremony with personal messages of remembrance, inspiration and concern
Police Chief Eliot Isaac said the shooter opened fire at the loading dock of the Fifth Third Bank building
Training rescue task force medics and SWAT medics for responding to mass casualty incidents
A task force commissioned in the aftermath of the Parkland mass shooting calls for better communication about potential threats
More than 300 Anne Arundel County school nurses and health assistants were trained in the grim but necessary skills to handle a school shooting
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said authorities believe 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore carried out the attack at the Jacksonville Landing
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
“One of the bigger trends is EMS actually going in while the event is occurring rather than waiting until it’s all over to come in,” Capt. Andrew Winters said
Henry Ford Allegiance Health staged a full-scale emergency exercise of a mass shooting designed to test its response, and the response of several other agencies
DHS grant to teach tourniquet application puts direct pressure on kids to help other kids during a mass shooting and before EMS arrives
The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications for the School-Age Trauma Training grant
A bridge on a highway linking Italy with France collapsed in the city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging
Wall-mounted stations each contain eight bleeding control kits, giving each school 24 smaller sets of tools that can be used in the most serious of emergencies
NFPA 3000 is a framework for preparing EMS agencies, fire departments, other responders and communities for active shooter incident response and recovery
Washington County EMS called the crisis a “mass casualty incident,” and 27 concert-goers were transported to the hospital
Some EMS providers, firefighters and police officers say the scale and sometimes sheer gruesomeness of their experiences haunt them
A spokeswoman for a hospital near the newspaper said two patients had arrived there but she didn’t know their conditions
