Active Shooter
This directory provides essential articles on Active Shooter response, tailored for the EMS workforce. Topics include response protocols, coordination with law enforcement, and strategies for managing mass casualty incidents. Understanding how to effectively respond to an Active Shooter situation is critical for ensuring the safety of both victims and responders. For further reading, explore our mass casualty incident management resources, which closely relate to Active Shooter scenarios. Equip yourself with the knowledge needed to handle these high-stress situations effectively by accessing our comprehensive collection.
When it comes to threats on scene, train your internal response to work for you, not against
Creating an effective tabletop training exercise for pre-planning MCI response
We must consider patient evacuation, resource allocation and training ourselves and our communities in the wake of an assassination attempt on former President Trump
Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth, 40, was fatally shot as he provided aid to an injured officer
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HEMSI medics were inside a home treating a patient when they heard gunshots
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
Law enforcement relayed that 11 of the victims were children who were transported to Children鈥檚 Mercy, a Level 1 pediatric trauma center in the city
A fight between teens on a train turned into a shooting on the platform of a Bronx subway station
Two off-duty officers engaged an armed woman who opened fire inside the Houston church
Officers responded to a 911 call in East Lansdowne about a girl being shot immediately came under fire
Trainers across the country are including pyrotechnics, paid actors and virtual reality to better simulate realism for first responders
Officials in Ashtabula County held a drill at Conneaut High School and learned what they can improve upon
A man jumped out of the ambulance, assaulted a police officer and refused commands to drop a metal object
Most of the first Monterey Park firefighters on the scene of the Star Ballroom Dance Studio shooting had less than five years on the job
Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante said the first officers encountered multiple victims
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Learn from a real-world use case of the rescue strike team and the three phases of deployment
The abandoned Lexington school will provide training for active shooter situations and other emergencies
The first university officer arrived within 78 seconds of the gunfire report, and university and city police swarmed the building
University of Nevada shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job, police say
The gunman opened fire at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three people and critically wounding a fourth before dying in a shootout with police
Las Vegas police said the shooter has been located and is deceased
The training ended with an exercise involving mock shooting victims, allowing medics to refine skills such as wound packing
All patients are reported to be in stable condition after a gunman shot through a wall of a Lumberton restaurant
鈥淭he conditions of the victims right now is unknown鈥� but all were taken to hospitals for treatment, police Capt. Scott Molnar said
Bradley Haas, a Department of Safety security officer, was working at the front lobby entrance when he was killed
Central Maine Medical Center鈥檚 ED was already at capacity when the shootings in Lewiston occurred
Gov. Janet Mills provided an update to the number of dead and wounded in an active shooter incident at to locations in Lewiston
First responders from several agencies in Ottawa County participated in scenarios involving clearing rooms, treating victims
Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs are being targeted as they assist the victims of the terrorist attack
People fled in panic as a shooting happened inside the fairground
Officers were transported to two hospitals after a shooting in Princeton
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