Examining Response to Violent Incidents

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Chapter 12

• Examining Response to Violent Incidents

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Introduction

• The most significant threat of violence to
  emergency responders is terrorism
• In 2001, a single incident took 343 firefighters,
  more than three times the annual average of LODDs
• It is imperative that a risk-benefit analysis be
  built into all violent incidents through standard
  policies and procedures

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• National protocols for response to violent
  incidents should be developed and championed

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• TERRORISM
• Weapons of mass destruction
• Overview
• Kill or injure as many people as possible
• Many different forms
• Chemical
• Military origin
• Simple industrial chemical
• Cont.

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• TERRORISM
• Weapons of mass destruction
• Biological
• Been proven effective as a weapon
• Radiological
• Successful attacks are rare
• Need radiological dispersal device (RDD)
• Cont.

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• TERRORISM
• Weapons of mass destruction
• Nuclear
• Unclear how many ingredients needed are available
• Explosive
• High yield explosives especially dangerous
• Cont.

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• TERRORISM
• Secondary devices
• Planned into the attack
• Emergency responders
• Easily targeted
• Part of equation
• Procedures needed

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• JOB DESCRIPTION
• Overview
• Establish a job description
• Responding to emergencies
• Duty and desire to protect lives and property
• Create standard procedures for response to
  violent incidents
• Cont.

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• JOB DESCRIPTION
• Assisting law enforcement
• Lead agency
• Tactical EMS (TEMS)
• Extricating patients
• Little attention given
• to minimizing injury

Courtesy of Lt. Rob Gandee
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• STANDARD PROCEDURES
• Uniforms
• Look like a firefighter
• Protective equipment
• Proper PPE
• NFPA 1500
• Body armor
• Cont.

Photo courtesy of The Daily Dispatch, Henderson,
NC
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• STANDARD PROCEDURES
• Training
• Size-up
• Positioning
• Self-defense
• Evasive maneuvering

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• TYPE OF INCIDENT
• Civil disturbance
• Preparation
• Response
• Firefighting
• Crowd control
• Cont.

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• TYPE OF INCIDENT
• School or public shooting
• Overview
• Wait until law enforcement clears the scene
• Staging
• Protection
• Triage and treatment
• Cont.

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• TYPE OF INCIDENT
• Bomb threats and possible bombs
• Apparatus dispatched
• Suspicious device
• Detonation
• Standard procedures
• Must keep pace with changing needs
• Cont.

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• TYPE OF INCIDENT
• Animals
• Dangerous dogs
• Poisonous snakes
• Africanized honey bees
• Alligators

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Courtesy of Steve Hildebrand
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Summary

• When it comes to violent incidents, we need to
  have a solid plan in place
• Vital that we define our duties, plan our
  response, and train for the execution of our
  action plan
• Must provide the needed logistics and tools for
  the activities that fall into our scope
• Identify outside resources to provide what we
  cant
• Need to be able to dispense knowledge efficiently
  through the use of standard procedures

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