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.
This timely and important event is a significant cross-disciplinary training opportunity for all public safety personnel
Every community has a festival, fair or event that could be a target for violence, like the Gilroy Garlic Festival
APCO’s Voices Behind the Incident seminar brought together dispatchers that responded to the 2017 Las Vegas Shooting to talk about their experiences and share insights
The officer tells people to relax while he leads them to safety
Among the possible motives, according to the FBI: workplace violence or terrorism
EMS actions at an active shooter incident are likely improving as mass shootings become familiar, regular and routine
It’s the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since the Newton, Connecticut, attack in December 2012 that left 26 children and adults dead
The video shows sons and daughters explaining what they have learned from their first-hand experience with terror
A local business donated six vests and helmets to the department in the wake of the fatal Planned Parenthood shooting
Two people and a police officer were killed in the rampage; nine other people, including five police officers, were shot
A team of 20 doctors and crisis experts organized the medical response, sending three-person teams into the field and setting up triage operations in hospitals
Police said 10 people were taken to the hospital in ambulances while another six were taken in private vehicles
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson talk about the week’s news, including UK officials calling for higher penalties for those who attack medics
The fact that the death toll has not been rising daily over the past week is a remarkable testimony to the French medical corps’ huge efforts to save lives
Five people were injured, including two police officers; one American was among the dead
Effective response requires all public safety personnel to have the same strategies and training to most effectively eliminate the threat and save the most lives
The collision between a Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle and a bus killed five people in September
4 patients remain in critical condition after the double-decker bus crashed in San Francisco’s Union Square
The coordinated attacks happened at six locations across the city
EMS, fire and police must work together to plan and train for HTV responses
French President Francois Hollande announced that he was closing the country’s borders and declaring a state of emergency
The business jet clipped a utility wire on the way down, burst into flames and disintegrated after the impact
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson are joined by tactical EMS expert Steve Erwin to talk about EMS response in the warm zone
Tucson police officers have deployed life-saving gear from their new IFAK kits approximately 140 times in the span of nearly two years, and the bottom line is that Tucson’s IFAKs are saving lives
Two victims were airlifted to a hospital and three more were treated on scene
About 140 people are still hospitalized; 90 in serious condition
Four were injured, including the driver of the vehicle that jumped the curb and plowed into a group of costumed children and adults
The plane crashed about 20 minutes after taking off with 217 passengers and seven crew members
Hundreds of clubgoers were engulfed in flames, many trampled, as they rushed towards the nightclub’s only exit
The woman had “no real response” to the incident and is thought to be mentally ill
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