WHERE? WHEN?-APRIL 20, 1999

-COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL

-LITTLETON, COLORADO

WHO DID THIS? WHAT HAPPENED?

-STUDENTS, ERIC HARRIS AND DYLAN KLEBOLD

-WANTED TO KILL EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL AND EMERGENCY

PERSONNEL THAT WOULD HELP WITH THIS TRAGEDY

-UNSUCCESSFUL AT KILLING AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY WANTED TO

-THIRTEEN DEAD, 21 ADDITIONALLY INJURED

-ENDED UP COMMITTING SUICIDE ONCE THEY REALIZED THEY

WOULD BE UNSUCCESSFUL WITH POLICE

Above:

Left (Dylan Klebold)

Right (Eric Harris)

WHO RESPONDED?

POLICE OFFICERS

SWAT TEAM

AMBULANCES

FIRE DEPARTMENT

AMERICAN RED CROSS

PUBLIC INFORMATION RESOURCES

TIMELINE OF THE COLUMBINE DAY:

IN THE BEGINNING

11:00 – 12:00

-PEAK OF WHEN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ACTS TO HELP

Map of where Emergency Personnel was during the

tragedy

TIMELINE OF THE DAY

• BREAKDOWN OF 12:00 TO 1:00

TIMELINE OF THE DAY• 1:00-2:00

END OF THE DAY

• 2:00-3:45

HOW DID THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATE?

• COMMUNICATION COMMAND STRUCTURE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO RECEIVE INFORMATION

OF THE COLUMBINE MASSACRE.

LESSONS LEARNED?• EMERGENCY PERSONNEL QUICKER RESPONSE DUE TO RADIO

• SCHOOL PLANNING

HOW DID POPULATION STAY SAFE DURING INCIDENT?

• PERSONNEL WAS ABLE TO BLOCK POPULATION AWAY FROM INCIDENT

POLICIES MADE AFTER THIS?• UNFORTUNATELY, NOTHING THAT STUCK! WE STILL FACE THESE SORTS OF ISSUES TODAY

1999 2012

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• SONG FROM CELINE DION, “MY HEART WILL GO ON” INSTRUMENTAL

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