Active Shooter
Authorities say the shooter, who left a note blaming the NFL for his alleged brain condition, entered the league’s headquarters but took the wrong elevator before fatally shooting four people and himself
Outpouring of support follows targeted attack that left two firefighters dead
A third firefighter is in surgery following the shooting on Canfield Mountain
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
Five years after the Route 91 Harvest Festival MCI, a paramedic reflects on a frightening moment, and the lessons learned
Five years after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, first responders have access to a 50,000-square-foot high-tech tactical training center
CAL FIRE Captain Chris Wetzel and his treating mental health provider detail his road from defeat to appreciation in the aftermath of tragedy
The four-part series includes stories from first responders and new footage from the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history
“I’ve seen things that I haven’t seen before in 32 years, and it’s happened time and time again,” Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said
Fire Chief (ret.) Craig Daugherty recalled the day he responded to shots fired at the high school where his 15-year-old daughter was in lockdown
Cell phone photos taken by law enforcement officers after the Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting were being spread the same night
“We’re able to get the stretcher under the patient and drag them to what amounts to a safer area and use less rescuers,” said Fitchburg Fire Chief Joe Pulvermacher
Chief Joe Schrage said 30+ firefighters responded, EMS providers transported 24 people, and the department made trauma counselors available
Chief William Halstead led the department’s response to the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The challenge now is how to show up every day, with the same energy, and resist the threats of indifference and complacency
Authorities said a 22-year-old man named as a person of interest in the shooting was taken into police custody Monday evening
I encourage fire service leaders to start local Be SMART Public Safety Task Forces to educate families about safe gun storage
A grocery store assistant manager said she was berated for whispering; the call taker said she is “being attacked for one side of the story”
Rohnert Park firefighters and police were sent to area elementary schools, and a police or fire vehicle was stationed at every school
Focusing on swift triage, mastering the basics and having a plan for exfiltrating the wounded are essential steps to immediate lifesaving measures
It is important that you process the loss and what you experienced with your support network
An outpouring of support from the first responder community follows the fatal shooting of 19 children and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school
“Sadly, this isn’t the last time we will see these headlines, but for us, today, put the tourniquet away and focus on the heart and soul of those in our charge.”
Public safety leaders: invite and encourage your personnel to get support from mental health clinicians, peer-support teams and other resources as they have a need
Police and others responding to the attack broke windows to help students and teachers escape, said Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety
Reflecting on the pain of 10 killed in a hate-driven shooting, 100,000 dead of drug overdoses and 1 million lost to COVID-19
“My mom was the consummate mom,” Garnell Whitfield said. “My mother was a mother to the motherless.”
Erie County Sheriff: “This was pure evil. It was straight up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community.”
Our approaches to MCI response and management need to evolve to reflect their increasing complexity and danger
Josh Owens helped his family members to safety before working to control a critically injured person’s blood loss
A deeper dive into Unified Command and its common terminology, plus best practices
