Active Shooter
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and Rochester Hills Fire Department were recognized for their swift actions after the 2024 splash pad shooting that wounded nine, including three children
Forty-eight active shooter incidents were reported in 2023; in 2024, the FBI identified 24 incidents
The 20-year-old gunman was identified as the son of a Leon County Sheriff’s Office deputy
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
The “bleeding control stations” would contain tourniquets, among other life-saving items, and include instructions on preventing blood loss
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
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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”
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Dozens of police, fire and EMS vehicles have responded, and a unified command post has been established on campus
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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
The truck can drive through up to 40 inches of water, in over 230 mph winds, up steep inclines and slopes, and can withstand 40,000 pounds of impact
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“For person after person, it was the firefighters over and over again trying to be helpful in some way,” Second Assistant Chief Rob Sibley recalls of members’ support for the community
The shooter also died in the incident inside the Chesapeake store busy with Thanksgiving shoppers
Chesapeake police believe “less than 10" people have died, after officers sent rescue and tactical teams inside to render aid
Colorado Springs police officers, 34 firefighters, 11 ambulance crews and some FBI personnel responded to the active shooter incident at an LGBTQ club
A former football player is suspected of killing three football players and wounding two other students
The jury said that it could not unanimously agree that the shooter should be executed
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CAL FIRE Captain Chris Wetzel and his treating mental health provider detail his road from defeat to appreciation in the aftermath of tragedy
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