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Fairfax County, Virginia
Fire and Rescue & Police Department
Unified Hostile Incident Guidelines
Fairfax County PD/FRD Unified Hostile Event
Hostile Event Background
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April 2010 Joint Police and Fire Department
Command Staff Meeting
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Determined that NO written guidelines exist for
joint Police and Fire “Active Shooter” type
events.
Directive from Chief Mastin and Chief Rohrer
that guidelines be established for police and fire
to operate on the scene of joint hostile events.
Fairfax County PD/FRD Unified Hostile Event
Establishment of PD/FRD
Hostile Event Workgroup
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The establishment of the Fairfax County
PD/FRD Hostile Event Workgroup was the
result of dialogue between:
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Major Cindy McAlister of the Criminal Justice
Academy
Deputy Chief Keith Johnson of the
Training/Special Operations Division
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Establishment of PD/FRD
Hostile Event Workgroup
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PD/FRD Workgroup Committee
Fire Department
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Deputy Chief Keith Johnson – Special Operations Division
Deputy Chief Michael Reilly – Training Division
Battalion Chief Kenny Wolfrey – Battalion 407, B-Shift
Battalion Chief David( Lee) Warner, Battalion 403, A-Shift
Captain II Jerome Williams – EMS404, B-Shift
Law Enforcement
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Major Cindy McAlister – Criminal Justice Academy
Captain Daniel Janickey - SDO Commander
Captain Joe R. Hill – Criminal Justice Academy
Lieutenant Mike McAlister – McLean Station
Lieutenant Thomas Rogers – Reston Station
Fairfax County PD/FRD Unified Hostile Event
Establishment of PD/FRD
Hostile Event Workgroup
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Goal of the work group is to have police & fire serve on a
joint workgroup for the purpose of establishing a joint policy
and future training for events of a tactical nature.
The workgroup conducted a review of past training
sessions/drills and events that were conducted in Fairfax
County where fire and police conducted joint tactical
operations such as an active shooter event.
Examples included:
 Falls Church HS active shooter drill in 2010
 Tyson’s Mall active shooter drill
 Numerous individual multi-unit station/battalion drills
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Law Enforcement and Emergency
Medical Services (LEEMS)
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This establishment of the LEEMS workgroup is a COG
initiative that's mission is “to provide a regional framework
for a professional and coordinated law enforcement/fire/EMS
response to a single or asymmetric event involving and active
shooter(s) within the National Capital Region”.
BC Kenny Wolfrey is FXCO fire representative on this
workgroup and Captain Daniel Janickey represents the police
department.
This group is a parallel work group to the FXCO Hostile
Event Workgroup.
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Law Enforcement and Emergency
Medical Services (LEEMS)
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The scope of the LEEMS “Model Policy for Law
Enforcement and Fire/EMS Response to Law Enforcement
Incident” is intended to provide a framework for joint public
safety agency personnel responding to incidents that include,
but are not limited to active shooter events, hostage/barricade,
high-risk warrants, civil disturbances, jail/correctional facility
riots.
Individual agency responses will be determined and/or
governed by agency-specific policies and procedures.
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Law Enforcement and Emergency
Medical Services (LEEMS)
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Agencies with pre-existing response policies which
exceed those described here should follow their
procedures. However, it is requested that agencies
adopt, at minimum, a framework which includes the
recommended definitions and principles for law
enforcement and Fire/EMS integration found in the
LEEMS policy. Inclusion should be either as a
standalone document or inclusion within an existing
standard operating procedure or guide.
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Police and Fire Unified
Hostile Event Workgroup
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The PD/FRD Hostile Event Workgroup concluded
that training should be standardized from a joint
policy/procedure or training outline.
We acknowledged that many lessons learned have
been established and provided to us by our
predecessors. The goal was to capture those lessons
learned and incorporate these action items in the new
policy.
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Police and Fire Unified
Hostile Event Workgroup
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The workgroup concluded that joint training would
be implemented on the policy/procedure developed.
FRD has OARS sessions and In-Service Officer
Training while PD has In-Service Officer Training
as well.
Two Videos being planned:
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Small scale single victim in a home, 1 shooter
Large school type shooting, multiple victims
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Police and Fire Unified
Hostile Event Workgroup
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The workgroup acknowledged some immediate areas of
concern include the following:
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Lack of Unified Command between PD and FRD. Unified command
eventually occurs on large scale incidents but this needs to take place
early in the incident so initial persons in charge can communicate and
coordinate ops.
Fire Departments policy for staging and waiting until the scene is
“secure” and the problems that this policy creates.
Lack of coordination between PD and FRD on events requiring joint
interaction. Examples include misinterpretation of definitions, lack of
awareness of each others tactical operations, lack of communication
at command post etc.
A common set of definitions needs to be established for these types of
events. Ex. includes establishment of zones (Hot, Warm, Cold) etc.
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Police and Fire Unified
Hostile Event Workgroup
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Tactical Medic Program.
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Future goal of the workgroup.
This should not delay the formation of a joint policy or
procedure.
Currently FXCO PD Tactical Medics (Special Ops) meets
1 time per month for training and there are 4 tactical
medics. They are headed up by Craig DeAtley. During
any high profile/high risk event, 1 tactical medic must be
onscene and included in Ops. FRD could possibly assist
in the future with having tactical medics available.
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Development of Unified Hostile
Event Action Guide
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During the development of the joint PD/FRD Action Guide,
the following items were considered for inclusion in the
Action Guide.
Establishment of initial command as well as an eventual
Unified Command – FD, PD, FCPS and School Security –
Need for the early establishment of a joint incident command
post and eventual formal unified command to formulate an
IAP.
Identification of logistical needs to be identified early in
incident. Statement regarding the early consideration for
logistical items such as command units, shelters, canteen etc.
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Fairfax County PD/FRD Unified Hostile Event
Development of Unified Hostile
Event Action Guide
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Communications needs/policy (PD, FD and School
Security) – A position statement regarding incident
communications. PD will operate on the PD channel while
FD on a FRD channel. A coordination channel can be
established for specific functions if needed. Command Staff
are encouraged to monitor PD/FRD radio channels.
Establishment of Staging Policy for PD and FD (Scene
Secure) – Development of a staging policy. This could be a
single staging area or multiple staging areas for apparatus
(FRD & PD). The criteria for “scene secure” vs. “scene safe”
need to be established.
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Development of Unified Hostile
Event Action Guide
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Establishment of work zones (Hot, Warm & Cold zones) –
It was identified that while some PD stations and tactical unit
are using zone terminology such as Hot, Warm and Cold, this
is not universal throughout the PD. It was agreed that work
zones and the definition of such are needed to address PD
tactical ops, EMS operations, fire suppression operations,
evacuation of victims and walking wounded. These zones
must identify where FRD can operate and what level of
security/danger can be anticipated.
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Development of Unified Hostile
Event Action Guide
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Use of Casualty Collection Point (CCP), Triage areas and
Treatment areas if needed. – Identification, establishment
and purpose of these work areas and in what work zones they
will be established in. Also, what level of security and police
assistance can be assigned/expected in each of these areas.
Evidence Collection procedures – Statement needed for the
awareness of any evidence found or collected on the incident
scene.
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Development of Unified Hostile
Event Action Guide
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Scene security / perimeter control by PD – Statement on
what can be expected by PD with regards to the establishment
of perimeter control and the establishment of a check-in
process. Personnel need to be aware of the requirement to
adhere to the check-in process.
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Action Guide
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An action guide has been developed and signed by the Police
and Fire Chief that defines the Fairfax County Public Safety
expectations of the Metropolitan Washington Council of
Government’s (COG) Fire/EMS Response to a Law
Enforcement Event policy and to assist the FRD and PD by
providing a response framework for personnel to adhere to
during unified responses to incidents of reported or potential
violence.
Action Guide is defined as “the process of doing something
in order to achieve a purpose”.
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Action Guide
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The goal of this Action Guide is to ensure coordination
between agencies resulting in scene control, patient treatment,
and evidence preservation while maintaining the safety of all
emergency personnel.
These incidents differ greatly from routine events due to an
increase in safety requirements and the necessity of a unified
command structure for incident mitigation and coordination
of resources.
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Action Guide
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Such incidents that this action guide will be applied to
include, but are not limited to:
 Large scale complex events like school shootings,
workplace violence, and terrorist activities.
 Smaller scale less complex events like suicide attempts,
single patient shootings and stabbings, domestic violence
injuries, and assaults.
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Action Guide
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The Action Guide addresses the following Incident Flow
Procedures:
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Initial Response
Establishment of Initial Command
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Large scale complex incidents & small scale less complex incidents
Staging Procedures/Considerations
Unified Command
Patient Movement and Treatment
Casualty Collection Point (CCP)
Treatment Area
Operations involving Smoke or Fire
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Next Steps - Questions
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Present the DRAFT Action Guide to both Police and Fire and
Rescue Command staff for comments/input. Completed
Gain approval of the document from FRD-Chief Mastin and
PD-Chief Rohrer. Completed
Adopt/distribute the action guide among staff. Agencies can
develop more in-depth policies or procedures if they desire
based upon the action guide. In-Progress
Develop training criteria and information for training on the
action guide developed. In-Progress
Questions – Comments???
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