Rescue Task Force

Rescuers deploy to Hurricane Laura impact areas

Strike teams, search and rescue crews, aircraft and convoys of ambulances headed to the Gulf Coast area before and in the aftermath of the Category 4 storm

How to buy armored rescue vehicles (eBook)

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Download this EMS1 armored rescue vehicles buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

Why you should teach bleeding control for bystanders

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Rescue Essentials

Like CPR, packing a wound takes skill, and a new no-fuss trainer makes it easy for anyone to learn proper bleeding control techniques

Rapid Response: Expect personal connections, additional threats in active shooter event

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The potential for a confusing operational picture existed during the opening minutes of the response to the latest school shooting tragedy in Santa Clarita, California

Miami rescue squads return from 5-day deployment in Bahamas after Dorian

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The team delivered relief supplies and evacuation options to residents on the outskirts of a ravaged Grand Bahama

When the guns go silent: how to manage the aftermath of a mass shooting

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Emergency management concerns for the hours and days following an active shooter event

Firefighters rescue 2 workers stuck in elevator 6 stories high

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Firefighters used harnesses and ropes to lower the two men six stories to the ground safely

5 active shooter survival recommendations

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission draft report has active shooter survival recommendations for EMS, police and school leaders

After-action report: Tactical EMS lessons from terror attack

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Training rescue task force medics and SWAT medics for responding to mass casualty incidents

Apply best-available data to active shooter incident planning, training

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Paramedic chiefs and field providers have much to learn from the FBI’s ongoing summary and analysis of active shooter incidents

IPSA seeks input on Rescue Task Force best practices

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Feedback will be accepted through June 30, 2018

Parkland new benchmark for EMS active shooter response

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Future active shooter responder's use of victim-generated video will be compared against the Parkland response

How to avoid the most common active shooter training mistakes

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Great active shooter incident training takes a concerted effort to make exercises real, relevant, interesting and captivating for all participants

Firefighters rescue teen trapped 350 feet inside cave

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Firefighters secured the girl with a harness after she became stuck while on a school field trip

Mountain rescues to get high-tech boost with new fire department drones

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Delivering a bottle of water or a cell phone to an injured and stranded hiker are among the possibilities with the department's two new DJI Matrice Drones