Critical Incidents

02/12/2019

| Ebola Epidemic | Democratic Republic of Congo | DRC Health Ministry now reporting 800+ suspected cases of in the country making it the second largest epidemic in history. Healthcare providers in Africa and abroad should be vigilant for patients with flu-like symptoms and a recent travel history.

The latest update on the current outbreak of Ebola ravaging Africa shows the situation there continues to worsen. This past weekend, the Health Ministry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported that, as of February 10, there have been 811 confirmed or probable cases of the viral diseas...

12/19/2018

| 3rd Alarm Fire | Manhattan, NYC |

12/18/2018

| Police LODD | Chicago, United States | 2 Chicago police officers pronounced dead after they were struck by a train.

Two Chicago police officers were struck and killed by a South Shore Line train Monday evening on Chicago's South Side, sources said.

12/18/2018

| Building Collapse | Sapporo, Japan | at least 42 injuries reported due to a building collapse.

12/13/2018

| Bomb Threat | Multiple Locations, United States | Similar threats received by email in multiple locations across the United States including: New York, Massachusetts, California, Florida, and Oklahoma. Many threats have been assessed and deemed to be “not credible” by local law enforcement agencies. FBI investigating.

A wave of bomb threats were reported against businesses, schools, hospitals and other places across the country on Thursday, authorities said.

12/13/2018

| Structure Fire | Queens, NYC | at least 7 firefighters and 5 civilians injured in an early morning 5 alarm fire after a backdraft occurred.

12/13/2018

| Industrial Accident | Ross Island, Antarctica | 2 fatalities at McMurdo research station during maintenance on fire suppression systems.

Technicians from US contractor had been working on fire-suppression system at the McMurdo scientific outpost on Ross Island

12/13/2018

| Police Involved Shooting | Bronx, NYC | 1 armed suspect shot by NYPD. 1 civilian also shot. Both transported to area trauma center in unknown condition.

Officers were responding to a shooting at White Plains Road and East 241st Street in the Wakefield section just after 7:30 p.m.

12/13/2018

| Ebola Epidemic | Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo | Approximately 570 Ebola cases and 270+ fatalities. Analysis: increasing violence may precipitate rapid spread of disease due to hospital crowding. Disease may also spread by influx of foreign healthcare providers and security forces. Outflux of refugees at risk. Healthcare providers outside of DRC should be vigilant for patients travelling from DRC with fever and associate symptoms.

The violence has stymied the international response to the outbreak, now the second-largest ever.

12/13/2018

| Mass Shooting | Strasbourg, France | Mass shooting at outdoor Christmas market, 2 killed and 13 injured. Suspect Chérif Chekatt, 29 identified by French law enforcement and still at large. Motive: likely religious extremism, suspected lone wolf. No known nexus to organized terror groups.

They name Chérif Chekatt, 29, as the man suspected of opening fire in the French city, killing two.

12/13/2018

| Mass Shooting | Campinas, Brazil | 5 killed in mass shooting inside the Metropolitan Cathedral. Suspected shooter killed by self-inflicted gunshot wound. Motive unknown. No known nexus to organized terror groups.

The death toll from this week's shooting at a church in the Brazilian city of Campinas has risen to five, officials said Wednesday.