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.
Turning turn traumatic memories into hope and action to make a difference
Books about the catastrophic 9/11 attacks and the long return to normalcy are crucial to the historical record of those we lost and how we moved forward
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently revoked the plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would have spared his life
Police Commissioner: ‘We believe this to be a man who’s come here to kill people’
The images were captured by surveillance cameras at a department store
New app provides emergency managers easy access to map-based bomb standoff distances and hazmat spill evacuation areas
When planning for large events, like a marathon, there are seven steps a fire department must take to improve its chances of an effective response
The bomber may have been carrying an unusually heavy nylon sack
This refutes earlier reports that there were two unexploded devices found
A Kansas surgeon spent an hour in the medical tent after finishing the 26.2-mile race
Cities from Los Angeles to London saw increased security
The blasts wounded more than 140 and killed three, including an 8-year-old boy
The report came from someone associated with a homeland security committee
The world is seeing firefighters once again serving valiantly at the intersection of violence and our daily lives.
At least two people died and dozens were injured after the blasts
Security is stepped up around prominent locations
Firefighter’s father: ‘you wouldn’t charge money to get into a cemetery’
Debris sifting efforts have uncovered 21 possible human remains
Investigators will spend the next 10 weeks trying to identify remains
DNA testing will be done on material from 60 truckloads of debris
The judge ruled that the cross does not endorse Christianity, but shows how people coped with the loss
The chestnut tree stood as a symbol of hope to Frank as she hid from Nazi capture for two years
She is accused of buying a gun for a felon who used it to kill two Webster firefighters
The man had hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a backpack of explosives
Improvised explosive devices were among the weapons found in the dead man’s room
Prosecutors said he planned attacks on hospitals, banks, grocery stores and government buildings
TSA wouldn’t confirm the details of the report
Researchers compare this rise in activity to that just before the Oklahoma City bombing
After a 51-day standoff, the compound burned to the ground killing 80
The firefighters will keep the original name of Ladder 37 for their new apparatus
Responders reflect on the 20th anniversary of the first WTC bombing
The dual bomb attack killed 16 outside a movie theater
Authorities are still trying to determine the cause of the blasts that occurred outside a movie theater
