Rescue Task Force

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

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

(Webinar) Community Paramedicine 101: What every EMS personnel needs to know

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Pulsara

Learn how communities across the country are leveraging community paramedicine and mobile integrated health for better patient care

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