"Active Shooter"
Siemens and Shooter Detection Systems Partner to Boost Building and Occupant Safety During Active Shooter Incidents
December 3, 2021Siemens, an innovation leader in safe and secure buildings, and Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and the security…
Read full articleKeys to Handling a Mass Shooting as a Public Safety Telecommunicator
November 4, 2021During a mass shooting, the ECC will be overwhelmed with calls. There will be calls from persons involved in the incident, friends and family of those affected, and potentially the shooter. The telecommunicator must process calls quickly to obtain as much information as possible.
Read full article#TeammatesInAction: El Paso Fire Department 911 Communications Division
January 9, 2020August 3, 2019, started out as a normal day for the public safety telecommunicators at El Paso Fire Department 911…
Read full articleShooter Detection Systems, CentralSquare Technologies and Johnson Controls Introduce Automated Active Shooter Detection and Response System at North Carolina Charter School
September 13, 2018Rowley, Massachusetts – September 12, 2018 – Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), the leading K-12 school gunshot detection solutions provider, and…
Read full articleExclusive APCO 2016 Session Addresses Pulse Nightclub Shooting
August 15, 2016Yesterday, APCO held a special session related to the Pulse Nightclub shooting. This was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
Read full articleTraining for Active Shooter Events
July 26, 2012Unfortunately, the deadly shooting in Aurora, Colo., on July 20 is a solemn reminder that all of us who have…
Read full articleShots Fired!
January 14, 2011“He’s still shooting inside. Shots fired! Shots fired!” — Vail, Colo., an energetic, low-crime resort town, population 4,700, hadn’t had a murder since 1979. That changed on Nov. 7, 2009. The Vail Public Safety Communications Center found itself handling an active shooter incident just six months after its employees had completed an APCO Active Shooter class. Vail dispatch is a small, proactive communications center that tries to stay on the cutting edge of training.
Read full articleObama Speaks at Memorial for Arizona Shooting Victims
January 13, 2011Tucson, Ariz. — Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other “in a way that heals, not in a way wounds.”
Read full articleCommunity Grieves After Shocking Shooting Rampage
January 13, 2011Phoenix — A U.S. congresswoman shot in the head is able to breathe on her own, doctors said Tuesday, as the Arizona community rocked by the shooting that killed six people planned memorial services, including one where President Barack Obama planned to speak.
Read full article9-1-1 Call: “I do believe Gabby Giffords was hit.”
January 13, 2011Tucson, Ariz. — A 9-1-1 caller witnessing the mass shooting outside a grocery store in Tucson describes a frantic scene.
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