Thousands Gather to Remember US Marshals Hero Chris Hill (Multi-Video)

Thousands of law enforcement personnel from across the country joined friends, family and members of the public in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Jan. 25 to honor the memory of slain Deputy U.S. Marshal...

Girl, 12, in Custody After Los Angeles School Shooting (Learn More, Video)

By Sky News A 12-year-old girl has been taken into custody after a handgun she allegedly took into a Los Angeles school inside a backpack went off and injured two students. Television footage...
The Coast Guard "Maritime 911 system" provides invaluable search-and-rescue support to maritime shipping and recreational boaters.

Rescue 21 Surpasses 100,000 Search and Rescue Missions (Multi-Video)

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has conducted approximately 100,000 search-and-rescue (SAR) operations since 2006 with support from the Rescue 21 Coastal system built by General Dynamics Mission Systems. Rescue 21 is the...
According to the Fire Protection Research Foundation (NFPA section 1710) response time or, more specifically, turnout time (is the time from station-acknowledged notification of the emergency until the time the response apparatus leaves the station.) The NFPA standard calls for a turnout time of 60 seconds or less 90 percent of the time or better.

Firefighter Turnout Times: How Important is Time of Day?

Station design can play a very big role in turnout times, right? Well, maybe not quite as much as previously thought. While many research studies have emphasized that station design is a big...

NFPA Fast-Tracks Unified Response for Active Shooter & Hostile Events

A rise in active shooter incidents and the escalating impact of hostile events has prompted the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to process NFPA 3000, Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events as a...
An Amtrak passenger train collided with a freight train in South Carolina with reports of at least two people dead and over 50 others injured, according to the rail company. (Image courtesy of CNN, Google Maps and YouTube)

2 Dead, 70 Hurt: Amtrak Train Collides with Freight Train in SC (Video)

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press and ABC News A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in South Carolina on Sunday killed two people and injured about 70 others, authorities said. The...
Deputy Micah Flick died in the line of duty on February 5, 2018

1 Deputy Killed, 4 Injured Responding to CO Motor Vehicle Theft (Video)

By Kathleen Foody and P. Soloman Banda, AP and TIME A Colorado sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed on Monday, the third officer to be gunned down in the line of duty...

Facebook Changes Concern Local Police & Gov’t Agencies (Multi-Video)

Written by Hanna Kozlowska, the Quartz Immediately after a 15-year-old started shooting a handgun inside his western Kentucky high school last week, the state’s police turned to Facebook to warn and inform the greater community. The...

LVMPD Warn of Potential Serial Killer Near Las Vegas, Seek Info (Video)

By Greg Norman, Fox News A mystery gunman who investigators say is on the track to becoming a serial killer is still on the prowl after killing two men and wounding two...
Richardson Police Officer David Sherrard, 34, was shot and killed on Wednesday, Feb. 7. (Image courtesy of the Richardson Police Department)

Texas Police Officer First to Die in Line of Duty in City’s History (Video)

By Prescotte Stokes III, The Star-Telegram The Richardson police officer shot and killed Wednesday night was identified Thursday as 37-year-old David Sherrard, a husband and father of two who is the city's...