More Than Two Dozen Hospitalized After VA Ammonia Leak
More than two dozen people were reportedly hospitalized after an ammonia leak in Virginia, according to reports.
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Three Dead, Eight Injured After Truck Strikes Group Celebrating July 4 in NYC Park
Three people were killed and eight others injured, three critically, when a pickup truck drove into a group celebrating the Fourth of July holiday.
Training for the Active Threat: A Unified Public Safety Approach
Mark Litwinko describes the steps fire, police, and EMS can take to develop a unified response to active threat incidents.
The Clark County (NV) Hospital Area Command Collaboration
Four Clark County emergency response veterans offer this take on how fire departments and other emergency services came together to solve their response issues.
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Scenes of Violence: Hostile Events and Incident Command
Steve Hamilton speaks with guests Laurie Christensen and Rodney Reed about about ICS/NIMS and ASHER incidents.
First-Due Battalion Chief: The 1 October Shooting
Danny Sheridan speaks with guest Patrick Foley, retired assistant chief from Clark County (NV) Fire Department, about the response to the devastating Vegas shooting.
Podcast: Firefighter Behavioral Health: MCI Trauma
Dr. Beth Murphy addresses how firefighters and first responders cope with mass-casualty incidents.
Podcast: Scenes of Violence: Active Shooter Response
Host Steve Hamilton discusses active shooter response with Orange County (FL) Fire Chief (Ret.) Otto Drozd and NFPA Staff Liason Nicole Cassels.
Podcast: Scenes of Violence: Russ Howard
Host Steve Hamilton speaks with Russ Howard from Austin (TX) Fire about the city's Joint Pre-Staged Rescue Task Force for Large and Planned Events.
It’s Not Easy Being Small: High-Risk/Low-Frequency Emergencies
High risk/low-frequency emergencies need not overwhelm small emergency response organizations, writes Nicholas DeLia.
Explosion of WWII Bomb in Munich Injures Four, Disrupts Trains
A World War II bomb exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich, injuring four people, one of them seriously.
Authorities: Student Kills Three, Wounds Eight at MI School
A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three students and wounding several other people, authorities said.