Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care Resources and Training

There is information available at this site for emergency management staff and agencies when planning and training for Terrorism and Mass Violence incidents. This information should also be shared with your medical partners both pre-hospital and hospital setting.

Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care curriculum was developed through the Linkages of Acute Care and EMS to State and Local Injury Prevention Programs project that was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) served as the lead grantee for this project.
http://www.acep.org/blastinjury


The curriculum was developed with the assistance of a task force that included representative experts from emergency medicine including physicians, surgeons, nursing, and EMS. Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care curriculum is designed to be the minimum content that should be included in any all-hazards disaster response training program. This content is designed to update the student with the latest clinical information regarding blast related injuries from terrorism.
http://www.acep.org/blastinjury

Free Training Materials on Mass Shootings and Bombs/Bomb Response/Suicide Bombers

No cost training materials on Mass Shootings Planning and Response and Bombs/Bomb Response/Suicide Bombers. Includes power points, videos and other materials.
http://ffsupport.org/training.html

Information is applicable to Emergency Management staff and agencies to assist in your multi-agency planning and training efforts.

The Firefighters Support Foundation provides new and advanced skills instruction FREE to firefighters and rescue personnel across the country.
http://ffsupport.org/training.html

Intelligence Guide for First Responders

Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group's (ITACG) Intelligence Guide for First Responders

This information is applicable to Emergency Management at the local, regional, state and federal level.

The National Counterterroism Center (NCTC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Homeland (DHS) are pleased to announce the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group's (ITACG) Intelligence Guide for First Responders. The guide was developed by state and local police and firefighter personnel, in coordination with federal intelligence analysts, to assist state, local, and tribal first responders in accessing and understanding federal counter terrorism, homeland security, and weapons of mass destruction intelligence reporting. Plans are underway to disseminate one copy of the guide to each state and local law enforcement agency and fire department in the country. In addition, the Intelligence Guide for First Responders can be found in printable format here on LEO as well as the following federal government Web sites:

https://hsin-intel.dhs.gov/
http://www.nctc.gov/
http://www.ise.gov/


Be safe,

August Vernon

Following Mass Violence and Terrorism

We should all recognize the threat of terrorist and criminal attacks is still and should be a primary focus of our planning and training efforts. This blog will attempt to provide a forum to discuss and review many aspects of emergency response to terrorist and criminal threats and attacks. Designed to provide emergency management personnel and agencies with comprehensive and current information pertaining to the prevention, preparedness, recognition, response, and recovery from terrorist and criminal attacks.

These incidents can include bombings, mass shootings, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), civil unrest, etc. Emergency Management personnel need to be prepared to face these critical incidents and understand the hazards and complications they may encounter when responding to them.

Thank you for visiting.

Regards,

August Vernon

Who is August Vernon

August Vernon is currently an Assistant Coordinator for the Forsyth County Office of Emergency Management, North Carolina. August returned to his position at Emergency Management after a year in Iraq as a security contractor conducting long-range convoy security operations involved in several IED and combative engagements. Vernon has been employed in Emergency Management for nine years and also served as a member of the fire service and a fire service instructor. He also served in the U.S. Army as a CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) Operations Specialist. Mr. Vernon teaches courses in Incident Management, Emergency Management, HazMat Operations and Terrorism/WMD Planning-Response. He also provides specialized emergency services planning and training on critical incidents at the local, regional, state and federal level. August is a writer and member of the IFSTA WMD/Terrorism Committee. Since 2004 he has served as technical reviewer for the development of six different training films produced by the Emergency Film Group. He has also written over 25 nationally published articles and is also author of the new First Responders Critical Incident Field Guide published by Red Hat Publishing.