Joint Action Guide for Active Violence Incidents Flashcards
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From the time an Active Violence Incident is dispatched to the time all patients have been removed from the scene is usually
30-60 minutes of an incident
During an AVI the three response priorities are
- Hostages, patients, and those unable to move themselves
- Public Safety Personnel
- Suspects and/or perpetrators
The two priorities driving forces in response to a AVI which can and should occur concurrently are
- Preserve life
- Neutralizing the threat
The FBI defines an Active Shooter as
One or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area
How many active shooting incidents occurred between 2000 - 2019
333
Of the total active shooting incidents how many incidents involved a single shooter
96%
What type of weapon was the most frequently firearm and by what percent
handguns, 67%
The shooter committed suicide before law enforcement could apprehend them in roughly how many of the incidents
1/3 of the 333 incidents
How many attacks occur in business locations
40%
On average how long do active shooter incidents last
12 minutes
When do benchmarks begin at an ASI
upon the arrival of first responders
What are the benchmarks of an ASI
- Address the active threat
- Establish Unified Command
- Initiate point of wounding care
- Movement of patients
- Site cleared of all patients
How quickly should benchmark 1 address the active threat be completed
Immediately or as soon as practical
How quickly should benchmark 2 establish unified command be completed
within five minutes of arrival on scene
How quickly should benchmark 3 initiate point of wound care be completed
within 10 minutes
How quickly should benchmark 4 movement of patients be completed
within 20 minutes
How quickly should benchmark 5 site cleared of all patients be completed
within 30 minutes
Before medical resources can be deployed unified command must be provided what information
Location of the warm zone
Location of injured patients
A team of law enforcement personnel who assemble for the purpose of locating a suspect and neutralizing the threat within a hot zone is called what
Contact team
Who will serve as the contact team leader
The most tactically experienced law enforcement officer
When are hostages considered non-traditional hostages/captives
When a perpetrator has already indiscriminately killed innocent people
What is the only mechanism to initiate coordinated medical care
The establishment of Unified Command
The span of control should be kept between ____ to ______ elements
5, 7
What do you call incident commands that must effectively pay attention to all responders on scene called
Span of attention
