Man Opens Fire On Orlando Office Building

[Sasha]

Orlando office shooting: former employee opens fire
Full Article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...fice-shooting-former-employee-opens-fire.html

Jason Rodriguez, 40, opened fire at Reynolds Smith & Hill, a transportation engineering consulting firm at the Gateway Center in downtown Orlando, a police spokesman said.

People streamed out of the 16-story Legion Place office building around lunchtime and some told local television stations they had barricaded themselves inside their offices.

A note about the picture, I really wish they had gotten a better picture. Kudos for the student who looked more professional than the paramedic with no undershirt and her top button open nearly showing her goodies. Way to go Rural Metro!

The reason I'm posting this is because I am wondering if the response was a bit of overkill, as in this article:

Shooting Victims Described as 'Trauma Red' Patients
Full Article: http://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-downtown-orlando-office-building/story?id=9016169&page=2

About 20 people were led out of the building, distraught and crying, according to ABC reports. Others are still barricaded in the office building.

Five victims were transported to the local hospital and described as "trauma red" patients, according to Orlando police and fire departments.

One witness said he saw someone screaming at him to get out of the building immediately.

There were approximately 50 paramedics responding to the incident, which began at 11:30 a.m.

Granted, I have never been in an MCI, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but the number of responders to the number of actual victims (Less than 10 people shot.) seems to be a bit of an overkill and surely strained the responders left to deal with other emergencies.

 

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[Granted, I have never been in an MCI, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but the number of responders to the number of actual victims (Less than 10 people shot.) seems to be a bit of an overkill and surely strained the responders left to deal with other emergencies.

If your responding to an active MCI, you do not know how many patients there are or WILL BE. You bring as many resources as you can. Hopefully you will have MORE than you need and not the other way around. You never really know what was needed until afterwards.

 

[Scout]

I'm going to work with loose numbers here, 16 stories, sounds big, lets go with 500-800 employees.

Now you gat a call in possibly reported as multiple shooters, in an office block that size, number of reports sugesting fatalities. You look at how many people you can spare.

2-3 paramedics per serious gun shot? Assume he could shoot 20 people, 40-60 paramedics? If you have them why not send them and be looking at them and not needing them rather than needing and be looking.