Terrorism Response
Terrorism and WMD response is increasingly becoming a responsibility of fire departments working in an ever-dynamic all-hazards environment. The FireRescue1 Terrorism Response resource page offers information to prepare for terrorist events, plus videos and podcasts to help firefighters prepare for mass violence incidents.
At least 50 women who worked as first responders at Ground Zero and those who were nearby may receive coverage from the World Trade Center Health Program
306 active and retired FDNY members — including firefighters and EMS members — have died of 9/11-related illnesses
A FF/paramedic captain recounts hunkering down with victims at the Pentagon on 9/11 while expecting another attack
No group has claimed responsibility, but French officials are calling the attack an act of terrorism
The attacks made Thursday the deadliest day for U.S. law officers since the Sept. 11, 2001
The government quietly declassified a little-known report listing more than three dozen people of interest in possible Saudi connections to the hijackers
Fire and EMS agencies responded to 230 wounded and 41 dead in the shooting and bombing attack
Fire and EMS leaders and providers need to study successes and failures as an opportunity to reduce death and disability from the next mass shooting
Sunday’s mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub claimed the largest number of victims in U.S. history
Police arrested a man with three assault rifles and chemicals used for explosives; he told police he wanted to cause harm at the gay-pride parade
Officials say a gunman with possible connections to radical Islam used an assault rifle at a gay night club
Both fires were set by someone throwing a Molotov cocktail at the buildings; both fires were contained to the exteriors
Firefighters responded to a grass fire and found a cylindrical object and a note threatening attacks on the infrastructure
U.S. citizens would be able to sue foreign governments linked to terrorist attacks on U.S. soil; Obama says he’ll veto it if it clears the House
Two apparent suicide bombers set off the explosions in the airport; a third attacker is believed to be at large
This and other planned exercises are designed to prevent similar terrorist attacks this summer
Fire departments can use the program’s money for terrorism response training
IAFC President Rhoda Mae Kerr spoke about how firefighters prepare themselves for large attacks and the need to continue practicing with scenario-based exercises
Tactical medic Ryan Starling recalls assessing the victims and separating the living from the dead
Despite its vital role, the fire service is being left out of the national conversation about terrorism response; that needs to change
Those using the Zadroga Act as a political bargaining chip need to be called to task for their actions
The video shows sons and daughters explaining what they have learned from their first-hand experience with terror
Each kit is equipped with $25 to $30 worth of gauze, gloves and two tourniquets for bystanders to render aid
A team of 20 doctors and crisis experts organized the medical response, sending three-person teams into the field and setting up triage operations in hospitals
The long-planned drill at a Manhattan subway station got a last-minute update in the wake of the deadly attacks in Paris
Effective response requires all public safety personnel to have the same strategies and training to most effectively eliminate the threat and save the most lives
Officials continue the heavy task of identifying the 129 people killed in Friday’s coordinated terrorist attacks
French emergency responders struggled to absorb the deadliest violence on its soil since World War II
He rarely left his room at his parents’ house where he posted his boasts on a site frequented by ISIS supporters; he confided in an online acquaintance that he was an “online troll” who liked to stir up trouble through hoaxes
The golden retriever traveled from Cypress, Texas, with her owner, Denise Corliss, to work with dozens of other dogs and humans to find victims in the rubble of the World Trade Center
Joshua Goldberg, 20, is accused of sending instruction to an FBI informant on how to make a pressure-cooker bomb; if convicted, he could face 20 years in prison
The most profound loss on that fateful day in 2001 was the loss of family
Two emerging models of rescue task forces and tactical medics offer different, yet more aggressive approaches to active-shooter incidents than standing by until all is clear
