Resolution No. 11 – IAFF Members Responding to Active Shooter Events

Resolution No. 11
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: Policy
Re: IAFF Members Responding to Active Shooter Events – Adopted as Revised and Amended

1	WHEREAS, the emerging threat of terrorism and
2	asymmetric warfare, specifically small unit “active
3	shooter” and improvised explosive device (IED)
4	attacks, is a concern for the fire service; and
5	WHEREAS, an attack by radicals armed with
6	weapons in public areas, such as schools, shopping
7	malls, churches or any other locations where people
8	congregate is a real threat to a sense of security and
9	daily lives; and
10	WHEREAS, “active shooter” scenarios are
11	unfolding across the nation; and
12	WHEREAS, fire and law enforcement
13	departments, regardless of size or capacity, must find
14	ways to marshal appropriate and effective responses
15	to these events; and
16	WHEREAS, local fire and law enforcement
17	departments faced with responding to active shooter
18	events are establishing standard operating procedures
19	to deal with these unusual, highly volatile, and
20	extraordinarily dangerous scenarios; and
21	WHEREAS, IAFF local leaders throughout the
22	United States and Canada need information and
23	guidance as these protocols are developed and
24	negotiated; and
25	WHEREAS, every EMS delivery model is
26	different and active shooter protocols must be
27	customized for individual departments; therefore be
28	it
29	RESOLVED, That relevant standard operating
30	procedures (SOPs) should at minimum include use of
31	the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
32	in particular the Incident Command System (ICS).
33	Fire and law enforcement officers should establish
34	a single command post (CP) and establish face-to-
35	face unified command (UC); and be it further
36	RESOLVED, That responders should use
37	common communications terminology and
38	understand common terms such as cleared, secured,
39	cover, concealment, hot zone/cold zone and
40	related vocabulary; and be it further
41	RESOLVED, That fire departments deploying
42	rescue task forces (RTF) consisting of both fire
43	department and law enforcement personnel, into the
44	warm zone, shall assure that those personnel are
45	trained to provide immediate life-saving care using
46	the concepts of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
47	(TECC); and be it further
48	RESOLVED, That law enforcement and fire
49	departments should train together both initially and
50	regularly to assure all personnel are prepared for
51	response as assigned; and be it further
52	RESOLVED, That fire departments must ensure
53	appropriate protective gear for personnel exposed to
54	risk just as they provide PPE for response to fire; and
55	be it further
56	RESOLVED, That active shooter response using
57	RTFs is NOT the same as Tactical EMS or SWAT
58	medic response; and be it further
59	RESOLVED, That fire departments must provide
60	post-response behavioral health programs for
61	responders to these events; and be it further
62	RESOLVED, That the IAFF and its local
63	affiliates advocate for these minimum best practices
64	whenever they’re involved in the planning for
65	response to these events; and be it further
66	RESOLVED, That the IAFF transmit copies of
67	this resolution to all national law enforcement
68	organizations both management and labor, and the
69	IAFF shall encourage these organizations to adopt
70	the tenets of this resolution.

Submitted by: IAFF Executive Board

Cost Estimate: None

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Adopt as Revised

CONVENTION ACTION: Adopted as Revised and Amended

Resolution No. 11 – IAFF Members Responding to Active Shooter Events

Resolution No. 11
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: Policy
Re: IAFF Members Responding to Active Shooter Events – Adopted as Revised and Amended

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Resolution No. 11
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: Policy
Re: IAFF Members Responding to Active Shooter Events – Adopted as Revised and Amended