EMT and Nursing Students Learn Roles in Virginia Active Shooter DrillF.M. WIGGINSThe Progress Index
Be Prepared for an Active Shooter The shootings at Trolley Square, Virginia Tech and the Omaha Mall remind us that violence can strike at any time and in any place. These types of events happen all the time. They occur everywhere. They happen in churches, malls, schools and workplaces. Th...
Active shooter incidents represent an increasing threat to American society, especially in commercial and educational buildings. In recent years, a wide variety of security countermeasures have been recommended by public and governmental agencies. Many of these countermeasures are aimed to increase building...
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In June of 2017, the Homeland Security Departmentreleased a simulator to train first responderson how to deal with an active shooter. The agency is expanding that program for an entirely different demographic: school teachers. Made in partnership with the Army, the program is titled EDGE ...
NFPA will process NFPA 3000, Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events, as a provisional standard, which means it would be available for use as early as April 2018. The standard is now open for input until Feb. 23, 2018....
Active shooter events like those in Aurora, Colorado, at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Virginia Tech, and others are occurring with increasing frequency throughout the United States. Although the odds of being involved in such an event are low, the sudden, catastrophic nature of these attacks req...
“There are over 10 million fire hydrants pre-emplaced in the United States, and every modern building has fire suppression systems to contain fires until fire-fighters can arrive,” Smith noted. “I believe we can create systems that can detect, deter, and ultimately stop a shooter within a...
The Active Shooter Defined An armed suspect or assailant who has used deadly force on other persons and continues to do so while having unrestricted access to additional victims. Threat is not contained and there is immediate risk of death or injury. ...
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