Fire Chiefs Conference June 2 2014 Baltimore MD Clark County Southern Nevada Fire Chief Bertral Washington Clark County Fire Department Fire Chief Willie McDonald Las Vegas Fire amp Rescue ID: 540113
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2014 Metropolitan Fire Chiefs’ Conference
June 2, 2014Baltimore, MDSlide2
Clark County, Southern Nevada
Fire Chief Bertral Washington Clark County Fire Department
Fire Chief Willie McDonald
Las Vegas Fire & RescueSlide3
Professional Relationship
Southern Nevada Fire Chiefs AssociationFive BuglesAuto AidCommon Policies & ProceduresTraining
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Local County ChiefsSlide4
Las Vegas –
C
lark CountySlide5
Las Vegas –
C
lark CountySlide6
Las Vegas First Lady, Mayor GoodmanSlide7
LA Times Report
Isla Vista shootings: UC Santa Barbara community awash in grief
“Authorities said Rodger began by fatally stabbing three roommates at his apartment complex in the 6500 block of Seville Road in Isla Vista, then went to a sorority house a few blocks away and opened fire on three women outside, fatally wounding two of them.”
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Recent History of Hostile MCIs
67 Mass shootings since 198230 since 2006, 7 in 2012, 5 in 2013More than half involve schools (12) or workplace (20)
30 in shopping malls, restaurants, religious, government buildings
All but 1 killers were males, average age is 35
Newtown
Colorado Movie TheaterSikh Temple in WisconsinSanta MonicaWashington Navy YardSlide9
Hostile MCIs Across the CountrySlide10
Active Shooter Facts Provided by NYPD/DHS
1966 thru 2010281 events: excluded gangs, robberies, solely domestic disputes, hostage-taking incidents
98% single suspects, 96% male suspects, Avg. age of 35
36% involved multiple weapons
Schools 29%, office 13%, open commercial 23%, factory/warehouse 13%, other 49%
Resolution: 46% applied force (PD killed), 14% no applied force (negotiated end), 40% suicideRelationship to at least one victim: 41% work, 23% academic, 22% none, 9% other, 5% familySlide11
Victim Survivability Courtesy of the Firefighters Support Foundation
90% of deaths occurred prior to definitive care
42% immediately
26% in less than 5 minutes
16% between 5 and 30 minutes
8‐10% between 30 minutes and 2 hoursRemainder survived between 2 and 6 hours during prolonged extrication to careOnly 10% of combat deaths occur after care initiatedSlide12
Hostile MCI
History has shown that viable victims have died because Fire Departments, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Medical Services failed to have a unified a plan.
Compressible Hemorrhage, Tension Pneumothorax and basic airway issues are the interventions we need to address in the first 30 minutes. Slide13
Hostile MCI History
in Clark CountyMumbai
A contingent traveled to
India for lessons learned
LVMPD developed
MACTACFD identified need to participateFire Captain was assigned to the SNCTCFire Chiefs and Sheriff agreed to partner
Capabilities
and needs were shared and tested
A policy was written, followed by trainingSlide14
Development of Hostile MCI Response
Collaboration with law enforcementICS, Unified CommandDevelopment of policy, testing, drilling, revision
Support of management and labor
Labor support, employee buy-in is ESSENTIAL
Joint FD, PD leadership commitment
Unified – Commitment, adoption, training, implementation, scene managementSlide15
Foundation of Hostile MCI Response
Unified CommandGo – no goCops are cops, FF are FF
Force protection – warm zone (Fire Captains)
Hostile MCI bags
Ballistic Protection (yes or no)
Triage and removeFast in – get outSlide16
Implementation of Hostile MCI Response
Training for all personnelMCI Bags on all unitsBallistic Protection
Clark County Fire Department paved
the way
ICS
- Unified Command (Absolute)