It’s been about six months since the mass shooting in Las Vegas and that shooting presented a new kind of threat to communities across the country – an active shooter firing into an outdoors area.
“After Sandy Hook, following a number of shootings, Spokane fire department started the rescue task force,” says Brian Schaeffer, Spokane’s fire chief.
The Rescue Task Force (RTF) is a model that allows firefighters to move with law enforcement where there may be active firing so they can treat victims.
Then on the night of October 1, the mass shooting in Las Vegas presented a new kind of active shooter.
“It could be outdoors and widespread,” Schaeffer says.
Captain Mark Kittleson with the Clark County Fire Department remembers that night.