Active Shooter Events
As firefighters respond to an increasing number of active shooter incidents, crews are forced to find new ways to train and comprehensive resources that cover the latest approaches to these high-risk events that have become the “new normal” for first responders across the country.
Survivors, now adults, rely on counseling to cope with trauma of the shooting 25 years ago
Over 20 states have enacted legislation to provide digital mapping, site-specific labeling, critical details to first responders
Practical takeaways from the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting for initial treatment and safe transportation
A video shared from the scene showed someone apparently performing chest compressions on a shooting victim as another person, seemingly writhing in pain, lay on the ground nearby
Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante said the first officers found multiple gunshot wound victims at the Perry school
Major responses, award and honors, conflicts overseas, devastating wildfires and e-Bike blazes made headlines
Detailing the big news of the year
Mass shootings remind us of our shared vulnerability and that we will always be there for our communities
Gov. Janet Mills provided an update to the number of dead and wounded in an active shooter incident at to locations in Lewiston
Leaders must ensure that the necessary counseling and recovery resources are available for their responders
Join Highland Park Fire Chief Joe Schrage in conversation with Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder to learn how his department responded to this incident.
Following the 9/11 Report, we have continued to struggle with command and communications
Hundreds of first responders participated in several small group and full-scale exercises at Willoughby South High School
“Every recoverable victim was saved,” Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd said, highlighting the work by EMS crews
Whether to send crews into the warm zone is one of the most difficult for ICs
Train your communities to identify, call out and respond to active threats
An Allen PD officer, who was on an unrelated call at the mall, engaged the suspect and neutralized the threat
One woman was pronounced dead at the scene; EMS providers transported four people to hospitals
The science of active shooter response is relatively new; is there a better model?
The panelists answer attendee questions related to NFPA 3000, PPE, grants, armed firefighters, RTFs, working with law enforcement, and more
Firefighters at Roseville Fire Department Station 5 heard gunfire and brought a wounded highway patrol officer into the station
A female suspect is dead; the Nashville Fire Department said it responded to an “active aggressor”
The bill supports tougher penalties for swatting calls that lead to an evacuation, lockdown or emergency response
Dozens of police, fire and EMS vehicles have responded, and a unified command post has been established on campus
Reviewing NFPA 3000, the current state of active-shooter event training, plus unique approaches to ASHE response
Four people were killed at a mushroom farm and three at a trucking business on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay
LEOs arrived to find two students critically injured and they started CPR immediately, but the students later died at a hospital
Police have yet to reveal a possible motive for the shooting, including whether it was a possible hate crime or domestic violence incident
