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EVENT DESCRIPTION

Littleton Rll transports one patient from Fair and Pierce to a Columbine Ambulance at Jay and Bowles,Stephanie Munson,

Columbine Ambulance transports one pallent with a lower teg wound to Littleton Hospital. Stephanie Munson,

Uttleton R1l transports one patient, with wounds to chest and back, to Swedish Medical Center, Anne MarieHochhalter.

Littleton R13 transports one patient, with a back wound, to Swedish Medical Center. Sean Graves,

Denver Health Ambulance transports one patient with wounds to the face to Denver Health. Lance Kirk!and.

Littleton Rla transports one patient with chest, arm and leg wounds to University Hospital. Mark Taylor.

AMR 132 transports one patient to SI. Anthony Central. Mike Johnson.

West Metro Ambulance 12 transports one pt with a R davlcle wound to 51. Anthony Central. KaseyRuegsegger.

Columbine Ambulanca transports one patient with shoulder and leg wounds to Denver Health Medical. JeannaPark.

AMR 140 transports one patient to Swedish Medical Center. Vale~e Schnurr

Shertdan Fire transports one patient with anxiety complaints to Lillieton Hospital. Jcyca Jankowski.

WeSl Metro Ambulance ta transpcrts one patient will1 a knee wound to Littllelon Hospital. Dan Staepleton.

C¢lumblne Ambulance transports one patient with leg wounds to Littleton Hospital. Makel Hall.

Pridemark Ambulance transports one patient with multiple wounds to Lutheran Madical Center, Nicole Nowlen.

AMR 261 transports two patients to Litfteton Hospital. Austin Eubanks and Jenniler Doyle.

AMR 204 transports one patient to Littleton Hospital. Nick Foss

West Metrc Ambulanoe 4 transports one patient with multiple wounds 10the arm, abdomen, and chest, toSwedish Medical Center. Richerd Castaldo.

Air Ufe transports one patient from Yukon/Caley, with woynds to the neck and head, to Denver Health. Marl<Kintgen.

W""t Metro Ambulance 15transports one patient wi'dl a wound to lhe chest from a pIll'.e glass window, toLutheran, Elrian Anderson.

13:36 Air Ufe transports one patient from Uttleton Hospital to SI. Amhony Central. Makei Hall

14:15 AMA 221 transports one patlen! to Littleton Hospital. Rcbert Wam!er

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14:20 Shertdan Fire transports ona patient with abdominal pain 10 Littleton Hospital, Adam Kyler

14:35 littleton Rl1 transports one patient with head and ankle wounds to St. Anthony Central. Patrick Ireland,

15:33 West Metro Ambulance ts usnsccrts one patient with multi wounds to the shculder, Jeg andohesr, to DenverHealth. Lisa Kreutz. .

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15:36 Pridemark Ambulance transports one patient with a shoulder wound to Littleton ~oSPita!. Patncla ~eils"n.

i7 Columbine Ambuiance transports a SWAT member with dehydration, to SwedisHMedical Center. :_Den-niSBeery

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Columbine Students Triaged

LAST NAME FIRST NAME O.O.B1 Adams Angela 12/191a22 Anderson Robyn 11/4/803 Andrews Paul 8110/824 Arlema Nathan 10/3/835 Saer Jason 5121826 Ballard Jonathan 4/14/837 Barnes Greg 10/261828 Barrett Elyse 6/14/829 Batchelder David 415/8210 Behan Janelle 9111/8111 Bemacchl Tina 1/28/8112 Bernard Alysa 1216/8213 Berryman Michelle 10/618214 Sollerud Brad 719/8215 Breed Andrew 313/8216 Brock AWsen 4/1/8117 Broman Kirsten 9114/8318 Campbell Mary 5/1218419 Cecil Carey 9/23/8120 Clary Patrick 6/19/8221 Clouse Jody 10/15/82""'2 Collon Kim 9122181

l Corkery sean 1116/83,,4 Comwell Matt 3/1418125 Cozart Justin 6/1118326 Crandall Lindsay 11/24/8027 Curry Kendra 111/8028 Davis Ashley 7112/8329 DeHoff Erin 9130/8230 Depew Mattllew 11/2318231 Dettoff Erin 9130/8232 Dies Jenny 10/28/8233 Dlsmang Anna 1/24/8334 Dodd Peggy 214/4335 Dodrill Sarah 1/17/8336 DOOley Keni 9/2718237 DuBois Monica 3121/8138 Eberly Shannon 7/13/8339 Egeland Heather 4/22/8140 Encinias Elisha 2123/8341 Epling Nathan 10/918342 Forgan Lisa 4126/8243 Friesen Kent 71315044 Frommer Ka1hryn 9/29/6145 Gallegos Ian 8/30/8346 Glassetl Bret 12129182

7 Golden Tammy 3/28/83 .,3 Grande Be/an 7/1/84

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'9 Green Carrie 9/9181J Green Laura 915184

51 Guevara Paul 51718152 Gummara Kyle 111818253 Hancey Aaron 81818154 Haniten 8i11 3121S355 He/v Kami 11518356 Henderson Peter 10112/8251 HerivaJ Coortney 51818358 Hoff Michalle 912918259 Kellogg Megan 5123/8360 Knowles Tami 11/:lI8261 Kritzer Eric 101616062 Larson Kevin 7/3118163 Lavely Beth 21818364 Liane Sue 6/4149as Liliy Ryan 9/518366 Lindholm Marjorie 9/3018267 Lopez Nichoie 2/22/8368 Madden Liza 51318269 Marcotte Joey 111818470 Massie III Robert 91918471 McCiaugherty Evan 11112/6272 McKenna Ashley 512818373 Mears Austin 9121182"4 Meason Travis 5127183; Mullan 8eth 12/10/82

76 Nederman Mariana 11/1415577 Nielson Patricia 12/61637a Olsen Christian 7/21/8379 Ortega Amy 8/24/81SO Patrick Katie 41218381 Phipps Scott 6115/8382 Pillow Malissa 10/14/8383 Prommersberger Ellan 10/2916284 Redmarski Chris 11/2/5585 Rissmiller Duston 4117/8386 Romanyshyn Nicholas 9110/8187 Rosetta Amber 10/24183a8 Roto", Mike 9/1616289 Ruach Jessica 2/1218390 Ryan Sean 9/23/8291 Saggan Will 712518392 Schneider Libby 5/814393 Schumann Nick 9/17/7994 Schuster Monica 12/7/8195 Sheely Hannah 4/27/639S Smith Ban 11/23/8097 Smith Aaron 2117/81q8 Smith David 9/13/83

Smull Jennifer 7/11/83J(l Swanson Lindsay 9/23/82

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101 Sykora Shannon 7/20/82102 Taylor Jenny 1127/83103 Teitswcrth Katie 8/Ml2104 Teny Amy 2/14/83105 Tibljas Linda 4/30/49106 VanDamme Linda 8/29180107 Vaughan Steve 9/14180108 Vest Kami 12/3180109 Wallen Erin 8/6/83110 Weeden Brittany 5128/84111 Weld Carole 1017138112 Williams 8everly 31201~

113 Williamson Jeff 8/231S3114 Wood Sarah 1/13183115 Wyatt Cadrice 2/29/56116 Yielson Patty 12/6183

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ACTION PLANCOLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIAL CEREMONY

mSTRlCT STAFFING

Station II EnglewoodFireStation 12 - Englewood FireStatiOfl 13-- West Metro FireStation 14- ClosedStation 15- South MetroFireStation 16- ClosedStation 17- South Mell'<> FireStation 18- Louviers

Engine & RescueEngineEngine & Rescue

Engine & Rescue

Engine & RescueALS Engine

Operational period0730- 2000 hours, Sunday April 25, 1999.

Shift Change occurs0730. hack[ill companiesto assumeresponse areas "t 0730.

Personnel callback to occur Saturday for positions on Sunday. 44 personnel called back to slllffapparatus,EMS tents and Bike Medics.

Apparatus to moveto srte @ 0800.

Cross DivisionEngine 13Squrt 16Rescue 134 Bike MedicsSCarIS1 Transport CartRescue 18

JohnsonDivisionEngine II4 Bike Medics1 CartRescue \5

Clement DivisionEngine isEngine 1&Rescue114 Bike Medio.4 CarlS

Staging Bowles @ Raccoon Crcck CommandPostEngine 14OOSSqurt 12 Engine 17

Raccoon Creek CommandPostARP Command MobilePost Hammer 11

Division G<"Ilrapbles

Cross - Venue site (Loni!/Bowles west to Wadsworllt: Bowlesnorth to Long)

Clemeee - Long extended south thru parleLonflBowleseast to Pierce:BowlesSouth tc Weaver.

Johnson - Long extended SCUID thru park,LonflBowlcswestto Wadsworth: Bowles south to Southend oflake.

Raccoon Creek Command Post• Incident Commander - BattalionChief lohn Easton• Operation. - CaptainGene Nagle• Logistics - Operations Chief Bob Rinne• EMS - DtvislonChief WayneZygowicz• Communicauons - Doug Terry, Kasey Feagin JC.()(l1.007911

Division Commanders

Cross - Captal n Gary Melz

Clement- LieuteearuAUen Henson

Johnson - BattalionChiefJeff ChristEMS Supersvisor - Paramedic Mike Simon

Command Post Lceatjons

Arapohoo Co. CommandPost - LeawoodElementary

Raccoon Creek Command Post- Bowles @ Racoon Creek: G.c. entry

Ambulance Staging - Pierce @ Coal Mine N of Coal Mine

Information Only

An personnel report to assigned stations for duty, CaH back personnel to report to assigned stations forapparatus assignment.

All personnel will report in dutyuniforms withappropriate brass.

Bike medics to report in dutyuniform shirt withappropriate brass :llld appropriate bike pants.

All personnelmust carrypicturelD (Cityof Littleton) or Drivers License.

Littleton Fire Department units respond to Normandy Elementary for division assignment.

All unitsmust check Inat the Raccoon Creek Command Post forradioand accountability assignment.

Communications Plan

Radio ChannelAlA2A3A4A8A9AIOAllAl2

Assignad toIncldeatCommander to Control IInter-division cornmunicationslICSlaginglLoglstics ( if neeessary)FERNEMS DivisionCross DivisionClementDivisionJohnson DivisionAdrninistrauoo Traffic

In case of incident escalation. all units willbenotified by commandwiththe term"CODE RED"

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Radio DesignationsFire Command -e Incident CommanderFire Ops - OperationsLogistics - LogisticsStaging - Staging

Cross DivisionCross DivisionCross Engine3Cross Squrt 6CrossRescue3Cross Rescue8Cart 1-4Bike 1-3

Clement Di"isionClement DivisionClement Engine8Clement Engine5Clement Rescue ICart 5-8Bike 4-6

Johnson DivisionJohnson DivisionJollnsonEngine 1Bike 7·8Cart9-1lJohnson Rescue 5

StlIglng@ Raeeooo Creek Command PostStaging Engine4

Allcommunications wOllglt Operations for Iracking purposes.

Cell pi'lone numbers will be provided if needed.

Basic Response Plan

Division resources to respond in assigneddivisions oniy.unlessorderedoutsideby command.

If a response into thevenuesiteIs warrented. responses will be madeInto grid areas.Grid Areas are markedon ligi'lt poles in the venueparlcing 101. Areas are signedA-I thur .'1.-4; B·llhru5-4; C·l thru C·3; D·l thru D-3; E-1 lhr'JE-3; P·l thru 1'-4; (;,,1 thruG-4.

Fire Companies CIt Fire Department personnel whohavean emergency will can in the locationto ICP usingletter and numberdesignator.

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EMS response:

panerus 10 he trcrtsported initiallyto theTriage Tern.

Patients will betransported off-siteto areahospitals from Triage Tent only,Helicop'et transporrs to be made from CrossDivision Triage.

All ambulance, transporting off site must NOTIFY OPERATIONS prior to theirdepunure.

Extended Response Plan

Additional fire companies to be requested fromneighboring departments.

All additional companiesneed '0 stage at Ken CaryiMiddleSchool(6600 W Ken Caryl Av) untilassignedby command.

o Staging officer- BattalionChief Hector Lagamasinn (BO:!)

Secondary Staging pointwill be located at Bally's HealthDub parkinglot if needed.o SecondaryStagingofficer- DistrictChief Dave Berm(WMDistriet2)

Mass Casualty Medical TriageSiteso Goddard MiddleSchool (l3erty& u,welll

o Staffed Initiallyby Englewood Fire Companies stationedat II's quarters.• Dakota RidgeHigh School (Ceal Mine& Bowles)

• Staffed initially byWest Metror". Station 11.

Additional ambulance sttglng will be at W Ccel Min. RdI S Pleree SL

Demobilization

Units will be released fromincident, lIS incidentcommand deems necessary.

All companies, when releasedfrom the incidentwillreport to ForwardCo=and Post to secureradios,pick up accountability tags and receive reasslgnmeet orders.

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MEMOlUAL SERVICE

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ACTION PLANCOLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIAL CEREMONY

DISTRICTSTAFFING

Station f f -' Englewood FireStation 12 - Englewood Fir.Station 13- West MetroFireSlati"" I4 - ClosedStation 15- SouthMetrofireStation 16- ClosedStation 17 - South MetroFireStation 18 - Louviers

Ellgine& RescueEngineEngine& Rescue

Engine & Rescue

Engine & RescueALS Engine

Operational period 0730- 2000 hours.SundayApril 25, 1999.

Shift Change occurs0730, backfill companies to assumeresponse areasat 0730.

Personnel callback to occur Saturdayfor positions on Sunday. 44 personnel called back to staff apparatus.EMS tents and Bike Medics.

Apparatus to move\0 site @ 0800.

Cross DivisionEngine 13Squrt 16Rescue 134 Bike MedicsS CartsI Transport CartRescue 18

Johnson DivisionEngine II4 Bike MedicsI CartRescue15

Clement DlvislonEngine 15Engine 18Rescue I]4 BikeMedics4 Carts

Staging Bowles @ Raccoon CreekCommandPostEngine 14OOSSqurt 12 Engine 11

Raccoon Creek CommandPostARPCommandMobilePost Hammer II

Division Geographka

Cross - Venue site (LonglBowles west to Wadsworth: Bowles nom to Long)

Clement - Long extendedsouththru park. Long/Bowles east to Pierce: BowlesSouth to Weaver.

Jch...... - Long extendedseutn thrupark. LongIBowles west to wadswcnb: Bowlessouth to Southend oflake.

Raecoon Creek Command Post• IncidentCommander- BattalionChief JohnEaston• Operatiuna - Captain Gene Nagle• Logistics- Operations ChicfBob RiM.• EMS - Division Chief Wayne Zygowicz• Communications - Doug Terry, KaseyFeagin

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Division Commanders

Cm'S - CaptainGary Mcrz

Clerncrtt - LieutenantAllenHenson

Johnson - BaualionChiefIeff Christ• EMS Supcravisor - Paramedic Mike Simon

Command Post Locations

ArapahoeCo. CommandPost -Leawood Elementary

Raccoon Creek Command Post- Bowie, @ Racoon Creek G.C.eetry

Ambulance Staging - Pierce @ Coal Mine N of Coal Mine

Information Only

All personnel report to assignedseadons for duty. Call backpersonnel to report to assigned station, forapparatus assignment,

All personnel will report in dutyuniforms with appropriate brass,

Bike medics to report in dutyuniformshirt with appropriate brassand appropriate bike pants.

AU personnelmust carry picturelD ,City of Littleton) or Ddvers License,

Llttleton Fire Department unitsrespond to Normandy Elementary fur division assignment.

All unirs must check in at the Raccoon Creek CommandPOSt for radioand accountabillty assignment.

Communications PIau

Radio ChannelAlA2A3A4A8A9AIOAllAl2

AssignedtoIncident Commanderto Control ]Inter-division communicar:ionsllCStaging!l.ogistics ( if necessary)FERNEMS DivisionCross DivisionClement DivisionJohnsonDivisionAdministration Traffrc

In case of incident escalation. allunits will be notified by command withme term"CODE RED"

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Radio DesignationsFire Command - Incident CommanderFire Cps - OperationsLogistics -.. Logistic.">Staging - Slaging

Cross DivisioQCross DivisionCross EngineJCrossSqun 6Cross Rescue 3Cross Rescue8Cart l-4Bike 1-3

Oement DivisionClement DivisionClement Engine8ClementEngine 5Clement Rescue ICart 5-8Bike4-6

Johnson DivisionJohnson DivisionJohnsonEngine IBike ;-8Cart 9-11JohnsonRescue5

Staglng@ Raccoon Creek Command 1'C6tStagingEngine 4

An communications through Operations for lra<:lting purposes.

Ceil piton. numbers will beprovided ifneeded

Basic Response Plan

Divisionresources to respond in ..signed division, only. unless orderedoutside by command.

If a response intothe venue Site is warrented, responses win bemade Jnrc grid areas.Grid Areasate markedon lightpoles in the venueparlting lot. Areas are signed A-I thur A-4;B--I thruB-4; C-I thruC-]; D-I !bru D-3; E-Ilhru E-J; 1'-1 thru 1'-4; G-l thru G-4.

FIre Companies or Flre Deparuu""t personnelwho have an emergency will call In the location to IeI' usinglelter and numberdesignator.

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EMS response

Patterns to be transportedinitiallyto theTriageTent.

Patients will he transported off-site to area hospitals from TriageTent only.Helicopter uanspcns to he made from Cross Division Triage.

All ambulance, transporting off site must NOTIFY OPERATIONS prior to their departure.

Extended Response Plan

Additional fire companies to be requested from neighboring departments.

All additional comperuesneed to stage at Ken CarylMiddleSehool(6600 W KenCaryl Av) until assignedby command.

• Staging officer-Battalion Chief HectorLagamasico (BC33)

Secondary Stoging point will be located at Bally's Health Club parkinglot if needed.• Secondary Stagingofficer- DistrictO1iefDave Barru(WMDistrict1.)

Mas. Casualty MedicalTriageSites• Goddard MiddleSchool (Berry&; Lowell)

• Staffedinitially by EnglewoodFire Companies stationed31 11's quarters.• Dakota RidseHigh School(CoalMin. &; Bowles)

• Staffedinitially byWest MottoFire SlaliOll 11.

AdditiOllallllllbulance stagingwill be 31 W CoalMine RdI S PierceSt

Demobilization

Units "'iil be released fromincident, as incidentcommanddeems necessary.

All companies, when released fi:om lbe incidentwillreport to ForwardCommandPost to secure radios.pick up aeoountabllitytags w:l receivereassignmentorders.

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COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOl. INCIDENT, APRIl. 20, 1999by Jim Hofstra

Responded to Coal Mine I Pierce - proceeded around lawenforcement barricade to Pierce & Weaver where E13 was staged.Helped E13 with crowd (parent) control.

Proceeded to Yukon I Caley to medical triage area. Assisted brieflywith 02 and bandages until no more patients were arrivlnq.

Prooeeded to operations command post, assisted with ambulancestaging, assigned as runner between main command post and ChiefRahne.

Assigned to take Public Service employee to school to shut off gas tobUilding. We went to Fair I Pierce and told to wait longer.

Accompanied by $.WAT. personnel, I went with CaptainBruggenthies and Captain Rybolt to tum off fire alarm system andsprinkler system. Went to main office, turned off alarm system, thenwent to main riser just down the admin hall to the main riser and shutoff main water supply. Accompanied 8ruggenthies, Drummond, Naasto school Library.

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LlnLETON FIREDEPARTMENTTRAINING DIVISION

MemoTo: Eugene N.Nagie

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Date: 05l04JW

R'" Columbine Report

Gene,

I was advised of the incident at Columbine viaa page. I responded from the tower. Upon arrival. I metwith Chief Pessemier and Be Rame for an assignment At that time, I was assigned as the safelyofficer. Included in the duties was to landthe MedEvac choppers. I landed !he Airlife choPPer lIrsl andthen Right lor Life. These choppers werelanded in the soccer field due nOM of the Command Post.MO$t of my tlme was then spentkeeping people outof1M pathof ambulances coming and going to Ihescene. and relaying messages abootbombs to theCommand Post At the report of gas in theschool. Iwas put in commend oflhe lite task force, to indudeenglnes from LFO (1). WMFD (1) and a Truck(1)from DPO. An actlOfl plan was put together, to include access routes. hydrants and a safely plan. Iremained theat the CPo

While landing the Air Life Chopper, I notlced some P.O. aetMly to the south. A goW cart with threestudents drove up and topped in the cover of a police jeep. It appeared \hal there were injuredstudents, so [ went10the jeep.The injured female had whal appeared 10 be@ 10 - 12 gunshots to the[enchestand gunsMls 10both arms. I made sure thatthe female's vilal signs were ok, talked wilh herfor a moment assured her We would gel her out of there and attempted 10 get transportation.Command was notified that an ambulance wasneeded on the field. AMR arrived. then transported pttoa hospital (notsureofthe destination).

1/"At @ j 600, I took operatlons control of t~e fire attack teams assigned to the bomb squad at 1M westentrance to CHS. ThJs included :2 engines and 1 rescue. Assigned were Capt. J. Olsen. Eng. C.Martinez, FF R. Knutsen, FF M. Flerring. and FF J. Aylward. We deployed 2 y.'line lhat were wyedfrom a 2 y,"linefromthe engine. The lAPwas to followthe bomb ted1s intothe building a1\er the areaswere cleared of devices with a 3 person team, backed up by a 3 person RIT. The operations werecoordinated wilh the bomb squad assigned to the west entrance; Rick Young kept us informedthroughout thenight AI@1S00.crewswerereplacedwith callback personnel, including Capt. R. seoe,Eng. J. Tasker, FF T. Roberts, Lt.E. Adams, FF.R Caudill, Eng.8. Taylor, Eng. K. Keough. andFFD.Mmer. We stood by in the areaunlll@ 0130 atwtlid11lme all hoseput in service andrelumad into thedistrict in service.

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TO: Gene Nagle, CaptainFROM: Jeff Christ, Battalion ChiefDate: May I, 1999SUBJECT: Columbine Incident Statement

On April 20, 1999 I was called by tire administration to report to thecommunications center to begin the "call-back" to staff the crews that werebeing relieved of duty for the remainder of the shift After arriving atcommunications at approximately 16:15, I met with Doug Terry and severalother dispatchers as to the scene status, and what 1was to do, Aftercoordinating the call-backs, inter-facing with most other fire agencies, andsecuring omni-bus to utilize for transporting our people, I made contact withcommand, and Chief Burdick,After seeing that all personnel were being transported to their assignments Ireported to the scene and inter-faced with BC Easton, and Capt Wilson,Once we had our communications straight I acted as an aid for BC Easton, Iwas also available for any BC calls that may have come in during that timeperiod. It was approximately 1800 at this time,My on scene activities included communications with different units we hadat the incident, face to face with several crews during the incident, rotatingcrews in and out of the scene. Also checking in with crews that werepositioned behind the school by the cafeteria. I left the scene approximately01:00 a.m.On Monday April 22, 1999 I spent half of the day with E-ll as a special

detail to the school to help out the Forensic team remove bullets from manymetal door frames and metal window frames.

Jeff Christ, Battalion Chief

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TO: PARAMEDIC CAPTAIN GENE NAGLEFROM: BAITALION CHlEF JOHN EASTONRE: COLUMBlNE TRADEGYDATE 4128/99

1HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT CONCER.c"fINGMY ROLE IN INCIDENT COMMAND ATTHECOLUMBINESHOOTINGS ON 4/20/99.

I ARRIVED ON SCENE OF COMMAND LOCATED ATAPPROXlMATELYLEAWOOD AND PIERCE ATA TIME NEAR16:00.

FACE TO FACE CONTACT WITH BCRAY RAHNE FOR AN UPDATEOF THE SITUATION AND THEN I WAS ASSIGNED TO FIREINCIDENT COMMANDER FROM APPROXIMATELY 1600 UNTIL23:30 HOURS.

THE MAJORITY OF MY TIMESPENT WAS COORDINATINGEFFORTS ONGOING WITH STANDING BYFOR BOMB SQUAD ANDSWAT MEIVlBERS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.

AS I ARRIVED ON SCENE EFFORTS WERE ALREADY INPROGRESS TO REPLACE PERSONNEL WHO WERE ON SCENEWITH FRESH MEMBERS. COORDINATION OF THIS EFFORT WASONGOING DURING THE REMAINDER OFTHEINCIDENT.

RESPECTFULLYSUB~TTED,

"s:::z12 f)UJO~~. EASTON

JC.o01· 007928

TO: Captain GeneNagfe:

FROM:Shane Druckemnillor ;;.~-.1"2.-/,,,­DATE. April 29,1999

StJBJECr Columbine

Steiemem from ShaneDruckenmiller regarding the event thethappened III COlumbine High School on

ApriI20,t999,

I wasscheduledto do a lireride withLIttleton Station15, I was ridingwithLt, Dave Stern and

FirefighterRondl Lambeth. We weresent to anauto accideec at University and HIghlands RanchParkway.

While en route to thec.l1 the radiatorhose cameloose and startedto fill the back of the rescuewith smoke,

LL Stem decided to run thecall. After thecall,Lr. Sternand Capt. Floyddecided to have therescue driven

(0 Station 11 and to call the BC. Squirt 17 andRescue 18ran a call. When thecall came to a conclusion,

Rescue 18 respondedto Station 11 to transportLL Stern,FirefighterLambeth and myself to Station 16tc

gel a reserve. While on C-470the call came in of threestudentsshot at Columbine High School. 1.1. Stem

and L~ Schefcikdecidedto stage at Ken Caryl and Pierce. At <hi,time we were the only Littletonrescue in

service. While staged,we weredispatchedto anautoaccidentand LittletonBoulevard and Broadway.

Squilt 12 also wasen route. Squirt 12 arrivedon sceae and canceled Rescue18. After Squllt 12 canceled,

us we werecalled 10 staging and BowlesandPierce, We turnedthe comer off of Bowles onto Pierce and

aU I could see thrcugbthe baci< windowofthe rescue was an endless line of flashing lightson an

assortmentof emergencyvebieles, There were numeroushigh school kids runningin all directions, [saw

a coupleof officers getting their kevl... SWATgear on. The Chiefsent us to CaleyandYukonon the

report of a coupleofinjuredkids, We responded to the locationwhichseemedto takeabout 2 minutes,

Upon turning the comer, I lookedout of the windowand saw one pollce unit in the middleof the street and

10-I5 kids layingor standing' around injured, I rememberan olderlookingkid leaning OJ' against the

pollee car with wharappeared to be • gunshotwoundto the upper thigh. This kid hada murniquer on his

leg attemptingto stOjl the bleeding. Before l steppedoutoethe rescueLpulled the CI'R Kit,Drog Kit, and

triage \tit, Once \ steppedout of the side door."d walkedaroundthe rescue,therewere multiplekids

laying on the drivewayand a nurserunning aroundwith a stethoscope aroundbel'neck, i w~lked over tn

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the group of kids laying in the grass. Firefighter Brandenand FirefighterLambeth each attended to a

patient. 1walked overtoa patient that was laying dov.tn and that seemed tobeunconscious. The nurse

stated that 'he patienrwas pulselessand had no blood pressure. I assistedFirefighterLambethby sening up

a bag of saline with a bloodpump. FirefighterLambeth was successful in obtaining a secure IV line. l then

started assisting Firefighter Brandon with amale patient laying next to the patient that Ihelped Firefighter

Lambethwith. The patient appeared to have a coupleof gunshotwounds '0 the chest. [went to the rescue

and grabbed the oxygen boltle off of the pram. I then placedIllepatienton a non-rebreather mask with 1S

L oxygen. While! was purring the mask on the patient, Firefighter Brandonwent to get a backboard offof

the rescue, Then be had a by-standerhelp placehim on the backboard. [then went back to the rescue to

help FirefighterBrandon get the pram. We got !hepram and then went back to the patient and placedhim

OIl the pram and put the patient in the rescue. I jumped in the back with the patientwI1ile Firefighter

Brandonwent to find a driver. While I was in !he back ofthe rescue.Lsrarred to check the patientsairway

and breathing by gettinghim10 ta.lk. I locatedhis radial pulse. By this limeFirelighter Brandon found a

driver, Firelighter Lambeth,and we went en route to !he hospital. At this time FirelighterBrandonstarted

to CUl!he clothes olf of the patient. I grabhod!he $lethescopeand listened to hisbteal1l sounds,wI1ich were

weak but clear. We also checkedthe patlettt's back for more injuriesand found none. FirelighterLambeth

told us that we would be going to UniversityHospitaland ourETA was aboul20 minutes, The patient was

in and out ofccnacicusness. While en tOUle '" the hospital,we got the patient's name, MarkTaylor, and

thathe was 16 years old and hehadan older sl$lCt. Webad to keep raisingour voices so that Mark would

stayawake. I thea grabbed a blood pumpand. saline bag andset it up. FirelighterBrandonwas

attemptingto start the lim IV lineon the patiem's right arm. He missed the vein and placed the angiocath

in the sharps contalner. Wethen started to tapeMarl< to the board. Wetried • coupleof times to tape him,

butwe decided to try to get another IV linestarted. FirelighterBrandontried on the teftarm this time with

no luck. At this time welifted the backboardand put two blanketsunder the foot of the backboard. By!he

lime we were at the hospltal,Firelighter Brandonhad tried S timesto obtainan N linewith no luck. We

then started to place bandagesonthe externalpart of!he gunshot WQunds. There werefour wounds. On.

was in the upper right chest,one in the upper left arm,one In 'he upper let! quadrantof the 3bdomen and

was in the upper right leg. None of the woundswerebleedingexcessively. Knowingthai We werecloseto

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the hospital,we covered the patient with a blanket We pulled in to the hospital and unloaded the patient

nod wheeled him into the ER to a waitingCTe'\¥ of hospital personnel. Wegave the doctora report. We had

no vitalsbecausewe had no blood pressure cuff After we droppedMarkoff at the hospital. we cleaned the

pram and put a new sheet on it. and then we headed back to the district. Whileen route to the district. 1

startedto dean me backof the rescue. I placedall of MarkTaylor" clothesin a bio-hazardhag, whichlater

was givento Battalion ChierChrist Wethenwent to theCity Centerand pickedup ParamedicLt.

Thomas. Lt. Thomas got the key to the medical lockerand grabbed. boxofsaline, bloodpumps, and

oxygenmasks. Thenwewere tonedto LeawoodElementary on chest pain. Once wegot on scene we

handedthe patient over to AMRand we wentback Inservice. Wethen went to Station 13 and pickedup

anotherparamedic,Mike Johnson. Whilewe were at Station 13wewere tonedto acall with the bomb

squadon Reed Courton a smell of natural gas. W. went to the bousewithSquirt t7 and waited. Squirt 17

set upa five inch lineand pulledboth CrOSS lays. The fire depa.tllnent got all suitedup withmasks onand

waitedwhile the policesearchedthebouse.After about an hour and ahalf, We were releasedby the pollee

and we cleanedup the street and loaded bose. We then were call1od to a medicalofficeon a report of chest

pain. We wentwith Squirt12 andColumbineAmbulance. The patientwas packagedand traasferredto the

hospital. Thlltlwewentto the Command Post and got somefood and waleI'. While at the COn:tllland Post

Sotne members of the Jeffco SWAT<:alled USover to the gtllS$ because one of theirm.embers had fulletl and

neededsome assistance. We went over andhookedhim up to thecardiaemonitor,startedan IV line, and

gave bim oxygen. He was transportedto Swedish by Columbine Ambulance. After a longday, wewere

toldby theChief tbat wewere goinghome and we were to go to Station11 andpick up the ott-cl>!lling

shill. We then went to Station 13 to be defused.

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#99000034891Paramedic Captain James OlsenColumbine High School, 6201 S. Pierce, Incident Statement:

On April 20, 1999, I was the Paramedic Captain on Engine 11. Assignedwith me were CharlieMartinez as Engineer and Ryan Knutsen asFirefighter.

At 1128Engine 11 was dispatched with Rescue 11, Rescue 13, and Battalion1 to ColumbineHigh School, at 6201 S. Pierce,on a reportof multiplegunshot victims. After leaving the station one of the rescues asked dispatchto start two code 2 ambulances. I had dispatch put a medical helicopteronstandby. At some point in route we were advised by dispatch of possibleexplosions on the roof.

R13 and Battalion 1 arrivedabout 1 minute beforeus on the south side of theschool and stagedthere. We arrived on the north side withRescue 11.Wewere met by dozensof students running north through the park in panic.Rescue 11 then continued to the south to aid while Ell blockedoff PierceStreet at Leawood. We set up cones to block all traffic.We attempted to stopthe students running by our location. We were able to slow them down, stopand begin to questionsome. Onestudent informed us that there were twogunmen in black trenchcoats shooting students in the school. I stopped onestudent in a school letterman's typejacket and askedhim to grab the rest ofhis team to stop the students and contain them in the northend of the parkbyus. I asked him to separate out anystudents whohad witnessed the shootingsand hold them for Jeffco to interview. I Checked a few minutes later and thestudents were now stoppingin thepark besideour unit.

At that point, a Jeffcoofficer arrived from the south and assistedwithblocking the road. We informed him of the statementfrom the student aboutthe two gunmen. At this point I ordered my crew to remove their blueuniform shirts and to go to theirgrayfire T-shirts. I advised Command thatwe were going to grayand he agreed and passed on the info to the other on­scene units.

I had my engineer pull our Columbine HighSchool preplan. The'preplanwas given to the BC whenhe relocated Command to the north later.

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After a handful of police officers arrived, I was told by command (BC1) toallow the makeshift SWAT team use Engine 1I as a shield to take the teamto the school. Engineer Martinez instructed an officer on how to operate theengine. FF Knutsen and I stripped all of the EMS equipment off of the unitand laid it off to the side. Shortly thereafter, the SWAT unit left with Ell toattempt to make entry into the school.

Staff members were beginning to arrive and ask what they could do. Ibelieve that I askedChief Ruoff to land the medical chopper in the parkbeside us.

About this point, we were advisedover the radio that there were possiblymotion sensitive explosives in the building and not to touch any backpack ifwe went in.

By this point Rll had done one rescue of an injured student and transportedthe patient to a ColumbineAmbulance waiting on Bowles and had returnedto assist R13. The 2 rescues combined to rescue 3 injuredstudents fromoutside of the cafeteriaarea, while reportedly taking gunfire.

RII and R13 broughtthe injured students to the staging/triage area at Pierceand Leawood. RI3 opened its' back doors and they yelled for paramedicassistance. I ran to help and lifted one seriously injuredstudent with face,chest, and leg wounds from the rescue onto a DenverGeneralpram. That leftParamedic Gorman alone in the back of RI3 with one student victim withmultiple gunshot wounds. I handed my portableradio to FF Knutsen andclimbed into RI3 to help provide treatment in transport to Swedish MedicalCenter. FF Losasso was the driver. Rll transported the third patient to SMCimmediately behind us.

The injured student that we transported in R13, Shawn Graves, age 15,suffered from multiplegunshot wounds. including his lower posterior neck,flanks, abdo, and one near his lumbarspine. He had been placed on the pramin the prone positionwhile shots were being fired. Thus he was unable tohave been immobilized for spinal protection. He was awake, alert, oriented,and thinking clearly. His clothes were cut off and it was noticed that he alsohad rectal bleeding. Because of his position, he could not be rolledonto aboard in the rig to be immobilized. 2 IV attempts were made,but Wereunsuccessful due to his awkward position on the pram. Upon arrival at SMC,he was transferred to a long spine board on the hospitalbed. (See separate

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medical report on Shawn Graves by Paramedic Gorman) We quicklyrestocked NS and blood pumps and began to return to the scene. R II andR 13 left SMC to return back to the scene together. We returned code 3 withpolice motorcycle units providing an escort and blocking intersections.

Upon returning to the scene, both rescues were placed at the front of theambulances staged. We set up for the next patient wI multiple blood pumps,backboard on pram, etc.

I assigned FF Martinez to assist Dr Calwell (?) of DG with taking notes andrecording which patients were sent to which hospital. FF Knutsen was alsohelping in the Medical Division.

We were told that the DG units were assigned as Triage/Medical. Wereported to them. A Denver police detective, lim Hess, was assigned to bewith our unit. Shortly after that, we were sent to a forward area in front ofthe school to pickup a patient. A SWAT officer jumped into the front seatand directed us to the East side doors of the school, where the SWATofficers were operating from. We backed the unit to the doors and waited foran seriously injured teacher that we were told should be out in a fewminutes. We unloaded several backboards into the hallway inside thisdoorway in preparation of multiple patients. We positioned ourselves at thisdoor for a very long time, probably 1 Ih hours while the various SWATteams rescued numerous classrooms of students and brought them throughour position. We were prepared for any injured student and the injuredteacher, which never carne.

At one point, it became apparent that the SWAT teams did not have maps ofthe school which Captain Gorman had made earlier and sent to the teams bya SWAT team runner, Captain Gorman, left briefly and returned with mapswhich I believe were then distributed to the SWAT teams to aid theirsearches.

At one point we were told that there were several natural gas leaks in thebuilding, but we were told that the gas had been shut off.

At approl(. 1630, when the building was given the "all clear" by SWAT andwe were assured there were no more live victims inside, I left R13 andreturned to Operations for reassignment.

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-Engine II was brought back to staging and put back in service by theoriginal crew. The EMS equipment was placed back on the unit.

Engine 11 was then reassigned to the west side of the building to assist thebomb squad with deactivating numerous devices.

Upon arrival on the west side, we reported to Chief Ruoff and Deputy FireMarshall Rick Young. We were asked to stretch lines to back up the bombsquad on the north end of the library, on the second Hoar. The 200' of 2 Vzpreconnect was deployed to just outside the north library entrance where itwas wyed into a 200' section of 1 3/4 and a 300' section of I W'. The planwas to advance the hose lines to extinguish any fires which started as theresult of detonation of any explosive devices.

I was told that the nearest hydrant was at Pierce and Polk. We asked for asecond engine to provide a water supply in the event we needed it. Initially,the plan was for S 16 to come to the parking lot below us and lay a dry 2 V,line to our pumper in the event we needed more water. We were advised thatthere were two unexploded car bombs in that lot, so an engine was broughtto the area behind us when other support units later arrived.

We bunkered and donned SCBA while the car bombs were beingdeactivated by a remote control robot and bomb squad members. In theevent of a detonation, we were told by the bomb squad to let the vehiclebum for several minutes to insure there was no other device in it before weextinguished the fire, The car bombs were then deactivated without anyproblems by the bomb squad.

Ell continued to standby while numerous devices were brought out by thebomb squad.

As it began to get dark, we requested an additional unit for lighting. HeavyRescue 14 was brought to the back for their light tower.

At this point, the last of our VHF radios began to go dead. We askedOperations for more batteries or radios so we could operate in the interior ofthe school when needed. Operations sent four 800 mhz radios to ourlocation, however the Boulder SWAT team would not let them pass into ourarea. We relayed this information to the Jeffco officer in charge in the backand he told to us to have the radios sent in again after contacting his officers

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in front of the school. Again the radios were sent in, only to be again turnedaway by the Boulder SWAT team. I explained to both Operations and theJeffco officer, that until we had at least two working portable radios, that wewould not be able to enter the school. And until we prepared to enter, thebomb squad interior operations would also stop. The requested portableswere finally let in.

At approximately, 2000 our crews on the west side of the school wererelieved by fresh crews. I briefed Captain Sene on the status of theoperations with the bomb squad. I informed him that there were numerousexplosives inside and numerous dead victims. I also advised him that therewere possibly motion sensitive bombs and booby traps and that interioroperations were on a strictly voluntary basis.

Ell and Rl l 's crews were then shuttled back to Station 11 where we atedinner, debriefed as a crew, and went home at approximately 2100.

Just prior to leaving for home, Starbucks delivered about 20 gallons ofcoffee to dispatch. I delivered about 15 gallons of that coffee to the LFDcommand on scene while on the way home.

Captain James Olsen4128/99

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SUMMARY OF EVENTS 20 APRIL 1999 FORRICHARD CAUDILL.

I responded with Castlewood Rescue 37 from station 11 to the scene at approximately1400 brs to shuttle equipment. While at the scene we were placed into staging. 1checked in with Chief Ireland and Chief Ruoff at the command post. I remained withRescue 37 until approximately 1530 nrs, At that time Chief Easton assigned me toRescue II to respond to the southeast comer of the school in support of the bomb squadand SWAT team. Engine 11 and Rescue II responded to the area.

Once at location I assisted in pulling two handlines too the east library door. FF Knutsenand ! pulled the 2 W' exposure line and wyed the 1 'A' and 1 V," lines to the door. Theselines were flaked at the door. At no time did I enter the structure on this date.

While standing by at approximately 2230 hrs the bomb squad was loading pipe bombsinto the holding tank and one exploded. I responded down to evaluate the tech. Iperformed the evaluation and returned the tech to duty.

I remained on standby with Engine 11 until0230hrs. At that-rime I retrieved the hosesand placed the trucks back inservice. The units left the scene at approximately 0245hrs.

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Incident ReportThe Columbine High School Shootings

On 4/20199 Squrt #12 was at station 18 for SCBA training when the ceil came down forshots tired at Columbine High School. We stopped training and moved back to ourdistrict for coverage. We were then called out to a diabetic problem ( call # 34899 ) onKendall, just east of the scbool, with Rescue #32. Wewere able to give the patientdextrose and she responded immediately. We leti the patient in the care of the threepersonnel on Rescue #32. After we becameavailable, Capt. Otto informed command ofour close proximity to the high school after which we were assigned to a staging area forfire attack if needed, We arrived and were met by Captain Skip Wilson who was thestaging officer for the fire attack group. Squrt #16, Engine 18, a West Metro engine anda Denver 75' aerial met at staging with us. The officers reviewedthe preplan for theschool and Engine I g was assigned to hit the hydrant on the north side of the school andlay into the FDe by the front door. The Denver unit was assigned to the south side forfire attack.. Squrt #12, Squrt #16 and the Westmetrounit were to be held in staging untilinitial attack was made and further need assessed. The Denver aerial had to go out ofservice due to mechanical and Squrt /I12 assumed their assignment. We stopped all foottraffic headed into the scene and diverted them around to the library. We had beenassigned 2 ambulances as part of the fire group. They did no! show up and we were latertold they had been diverted for patient transport. The fire group remained in staging untilreleased by command. We went to station #16 for fuel, then back to station 1112 inservice. We were later told by control to move-up to station /I 16 as we were stillattached to the incident. We stood by at the station until relieved from duty by anothercrew. We were instructed to go home.

Brian DelasantosParamedic/Eng!neerStation 12

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f I~on HungerforQ- .cOLUMS.INE HIGH SCHOOLSrj,?OTlNPS,

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"Tyson Hungerford"<hungrosily@earthlink net>COLUDPO(THUNGERFjW<ld, Apr 28,1999 5.27 PMCOLUMBINEHIGH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

INCIDENTREPORTThe Cournbine High School Shoolings

On 4/20199 Squrt #12 was al station 18 lor SCBA Irainingwhenlhe call camedown for shots fired at ColumbineHigh School. We stopped trainingandmoved back 10 our district for coverage. We werethen toned out te adiabelic problem (call# 34899) on Kendall, just eastof lhe schoor, withRescue#37. We were able to give the patientdextroseand she respondedimmedialely. We left the patient in the care of the three personnel onRescue#37. Captain Otlo then lold lIS that we had beenattached to theincident at Columbine High and lhat we weregoing\0 the staging area atCoal M1ne and Pierce. We arrived and were quicklyjoined by Squrt #18,engine #1a, a Denver aerial, and a West Metro unit. Liltleton Fire CaptainSKip Wilson met us and informed us lhat he wasthe stagingofficer. At thattime srtan Oelasantos, Diego Valdez, and I slayed in the engine while theofficers off of an the rigs mat andwent Overpre-plans and an attackplan.Our group stayed 1n staging for approximately five nours until released by

command. We went to statlcn #-t6 for fuel and then returned to quarters inservice. We were contacted by controlto move upte station#18, We weretold tnat wewere stJII attachedto the incident but that we were 10 walt atstation #11:1 until further o<ders. We stood by at statiOrt #16 until relievedfrom duty by another ae«. We were Instructed 10 go home.

Comments

This was a very diffICultday for all involved. For us, I thirtk the hardestpart was \0 be so close and never given Ihe opportunity to help. We ned alithe equipment and manpowerin the world and it was very hard to listen tothe radio calling for units and manpowerand passus up. I felt veryhelpless in a place where I could have been helpful. My frustration peakedwhenwe were instrootedto go home. The last thinganyoneon my CffirW wantedto do was go home. How were we supposed to go home and talk to our lovedones about this, having no information, comfortingwords, andhaving donenothing. We wanted to stay and help.

Tyson HungerfordFiref'!lhterStation #<12

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Incident ReportThe Columbine High School Shootings

On 41201')<) Squrt 1/ I2 was at station 18 for SCBA training when the cal! came down forshots fired at Columbine High School. We stopped training and moved back til ourdistrict for coveruge We were then called out to a diabetic problem ( call # 34g99 ) onKendall. just "",t of the school. with Rescue #37, We were able to give the patientdextrose and she responded immediately. We len the patient in the care of the threepersonnel on Rescue 1137. ] heard command request additional engines to the scene. Iinformed control we were available and were ill close proximity and was told to report tostaging at Coal Mine and Pierce, We arrived and were met by Captain Skip Wilson whowas the staging officer for the fire attack group. Squrt #16, Engine 18, a West Metroengine and a Denver 75' aerial met at staging with us, The officers reviewed the preplanfor the school and Engine 18 was assigned to hit the hydrant on the north side 0 f theschool and lay into the FDe by the front door. The Denver unit was assigned to the southside for fire attack.. Squrt #12, Squrt #16 and the West metro unit were to be held instaging until initial attack was made and further need assessed, The Denver aerial had togo out of service due to mechanical andSqurt 1# \2 assumed their assignment, I workedwith control via landline to find a radio channel common to all the units, We decidedITAC :1; would be the most effective, Littleton units have this channel on their mobile800mhz units but not on our portables, I arranged with the West Metro engine to borrowa spare 800mhz portable radio so that all 3 agencies could communicate, We stopped allfoot traffic headed into the scene and diverted them around to the library. We had beenassigned 2 ambulances as part of the fire group, They did not show up and we were latertold they had been diverted for patient transport. The fire group remained in staging untilreleased by command. We went to station #16 for fuel, then back to station #12 inservice, We were later told by control to move-up to station # 16 as we were stillattached to the incident We stood by at the station until relieved from duty by anothercrew. We were instructed to go home,

Comments

This was the most difficult day of my career, To sit in staging for 5 hours listening tocalls for more medics and medical equipment was unbearable and we did nothing. Wecould hear offduty personnel who had come to the scene, on the radio In assignedpositions, working at the incident while we sat doing nothing, We watched and heardunits from other departments in the scene, helping, and we did nothing, It is a widelyheld belief on A shift that if you weren't the initial units dispatched, you had to be offduty or a member of another department to make it into this call. My frustration was thehighest it has ever been in 20 years in EMS, My moral is at the lowest.

Problems encountered

1. Communications between agencies. We were able to achieve minimal, between 3 ofthe 5 units,

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2 No command of the group. This was left \0 the officerspresent. We were told we hadbeenassigneda command however we could not reach him on the radio. Engine # 18was decidedon as command. This left3 aerial units free for firearrack. At no timeduring the incidentdid we have communication with our assigned command.

David OttoParamedic/CaptainStation #12

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Columbine incidentassignments.

MemoTo: Chief John Easton

From: Captain Sl<ip Wilson

cc, Captain GeneNagle

0_, 04128199

R", scene acliv"les

Chief.

When I anived at the scene, I was asked to oversee a task force of engine ccrnparses, K wasdelennined thalthe possibilKy of incendiary deW:es on scene hadthe potential of causing lire hazardsto tM remaining students and emeJ11em:y per.;onnel within Colllmbine High school. My assignmentwas10 OOOldinale a plan with li\Iedifferent juriSdlclional fire companies. These companies wane madeup of Truck Company 26 fromDenver. Engine 14 fromWestMetro Fire depanment and UltIelon Sq.12 andEngineCompany 18.

Passports were COI\e(;lad and preliminary plans of company assignments were made. engine 1Bunder!he command of Randy Glanville was to connect 10 1he FOC on Ihe east side of the school(structure side D) and tnJd< ccmpany 28 was to station itselfat strudUre side comerA and B. Thiswould allow for safe arial operations al a comer and oot of a precarious collapse zone. All radlocommunications were pre-coominmed with lhe unlls in staging. ttwas advised and planned that shouldthe lask force be needed, lhose <:ommunicalions plans would be a<Msad tn operations officer andfireground channels could be assigned.

The task force was designated "Task foo::e 4 staging". Fortunately, the need was notencountered. Iwas soon relieved fromthescene and RandyGlanville was plaCed in charge.

2;i1j Laterin the incident I relurned to the scene and aided thelogistics officer in relieving crews thai hadbeen assigned for mostof the day. Through coon:tinalion with Be Jeff Christ overtime persOllnel werecalled In andfor tile most parta smooth lransilion ofpersonnel fe-assignments were made.

If any further infonnalion is required I would be happy to assist you. My sincere thanks to all whoworl<ed so hard in the face of such advetsity. lam so proud 10 be assooated with Ihe people of thisdepartment.

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To' ChiefRahneFrom Mente Fl<:mingSubje<:l: CHS incident

The following is a synopsis of R-II 's actions on 4120/99.R-Il staffedwith 101m Alyward andMonle Fleming responded to CHSfora reportof"sltol>fired andmultiple victims". We responded down Bowels andturnedsoulllon Pierce We notedseveralsludenlSrwming Ihrough thepark,WeWOre directed bythe B.C 10 assist a PT. at Pietee and Fair. ·S.. "PT reportof Stephanie". Mer initialtreatmeat, wepassed the PTto Justin of CAS for lransport to Littleton Hasp.R-II then responded to me initial s!aging areaon Pierce. At thistime,we ....re directed10 the southwestside of CHS lhaI was reported as "secure" willifour to fivevictimsdown. WhiledrivingIhroughtheparkingl~ we notedseveralPoliceOfficers withweapons1t3ined to lbeLibrary area R-13 pulledin priorto us on R-Il. Both units .nempu:d to get as close as possible 101lle victims lyingon thosldewalk. R·13was 10 the leftofR-11. Mypartn<;r Johnexited R·1l and gol one"PTotr1lle sidewalkwhile1removed thepramfrom the rescue. Johnwas ableto c:wy 1lle PI witlmul assis1Jlnce. "See report Anna Marie" At thispoint, I went to assist R-13 incarryinga Pt to thorear oflheir rescue. I left R-13 and searchedthe groundsin frontof1llecommons areaforadditional Pt's.I foundon pt lyingon 1110 sidewalk tothe leftofR-13. Pt was cold10the touchand no pillse was noted. Ithen moved 10 ft to the rightandIound onePt willimultiple GSW's,At thispoint, 1heard a shot from the school and the Polleo in theparIdnglot relIImed fire. I pickedup thePIand be!\$ running1lle 40 FLto R-I3. 'ThePIwas banded offill IeIT)' on &·13 andI ran III R·lI to assistJohn in gettinghis PI into \he rescue. I then drove R-li outof \he parldnglotto 1lle stagingarea. InformedCommand lhaI\he SW areawas net secure andpro<:e<d.ed toSwedish mod con. Williour PI.We returned to 1IIe sconecode3 witha Police escortfrom Englewood PD.We were once again plaeedin staging, Our next PI was remo~ from thearmo~ car. "See report&0:PatrickIreland". Pt was lransporu:d to SL A's codetbn:e with. code3 rel1lrn10 staging.R-l) was then assigned to the rearsectorof the sc.ItoollO aid1lle ATF and bomb squad.Wowere \hen released to station II and sent home lbr the shift.

il~-jem,ing _

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COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL tNCIDENT, APRIL 20, 1999by Charlie Martinez (E 11)

On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, I was assigned to work at Station 11, as driller/operator ofEngine 11. At about 11:25 a.rn., Station 11 was called out lor a possible shooting atColumbine High School.

I responded with Captain Olsen and Firefighter Knudsen. Rescue 11 responded withParamedic Aylward and Paramedic Fleming. Our route to Columbine High School wasBowles Aile. to S. Pierce 81.

Turning onto Pierce SI., I could see the students running across Clement Park from thehigh school. I turned Engine 11 just south of Leawood Dr. to block traffic on Piercesouthbound.

When I exited the engine, I went to the park and met some of the students. They werehysterical and scared. The students told me there were two men at the back of theschool (the west wise) and they were shooting at students. They stated they could seethe smoke from the guns. I directed the students to go to the comer of the park andstay together. They said they were going home and I explained we needed them tostay together and to go to the comer of the park at Bowles and Pierce so we could keeptrack of them. When they went to the comer, the other students started following them.

A student came to me and told me thera were two gunmen in black trench coats andthey had guns, shotguns, and a description. I had him go talk to a Jefferson CountySheriff. Another student told me to warn the police that a Mr. Demanna (?) was in thegym helping students to get out. I went back and told the sheriff this.

I went back to my engine and was informed that a SWAT team was assembled as wasgoing to take the engine for cover. I offered to drive il1hey had a vest. and was toldabsolutely not. I showed one of the members the controls and brake system locationsand hew to work them. The SWAT team took Engine 11.

I then went and helped Rob from West Metro Fire keep track of rescues andambulances coming in. We set up the area for their staging. I also helped keep trackof units going In and transporting destinations. .1 was then put with a Denver Generalcrew and a Dr. Caldwell (?}. After a short time, I was then put with Rescue 11's crew ofMonte Fleming, John Aylward, and Ryan Knutsen.

We went In and look Patrick Ireland and a Denver investigator to 51. Anthony'sHospital. After we returned from 51. Anthony's we waited in staging area. While wewaited, I went with another Denller investigator, Henry, to gel some vests for him andsome other investigators.

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When I returned with Henry, I noticed that Engine 11 was returned. I went and checkedthe engine over, and saw Captain Olsen and Firefighter Knutsen and advised him theengine was back. We returned to the engine as a crew, An engine was needed at theback of the school to assist the Bomb Squad. engine 11 was sent to assist the BombSquad in the event there was a lire, At the back of the school we set up and [aid out200' of 1·3/4" hose.

At the back of the school [ noticed two students that were covered, We stretched thehose lines to the school and I think I could see one student lying in the hall of theschool. We were told to back out because a bomb was found in a car in the parking lotfor fear it could detonate.

I stayed by the engine while the bomb squad dealt with a bomb in the car with a watercanon and robot. I watch as they unloaded a lot of gas and explosive devices from thecar.

About this time we ware Waiting for a unit to come back to provide lighting. The unitcame and other personnel, that was when we were told ....

I'm not sure of the time span that I spent in each area, I've told about. But I think wewere relieved and left the back of the school around 9:00 pm.

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REPORT OF COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL INCIDENT APRIL20. 1999

I was contacted by Kathy Sampron shortly after 11:30 and asked to staff a reserveengine. I responded from home to Station 18 to find that there were no reserves inservice for the entire district.

While at Station 181 called in Mark Konecny and Spencer Fraas to staff Brush 18. Also1began assisting dispatch with coverage in the district.

At about 1330 hours I responded to staging at Pierce & Bowles on a reserve, Rescue17 with Mark Konecny, Spencer Fraas, and Gary Metz. We remained staged until wewere released.

I was then utilized as Captain On Engine 11. Until 0200 hours we stood by on the westside of Columbine High while the building was swept by SWAT and bombs wereremoved.

ROLANDSENOCaptain

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REPORT ON COLUMBINE INCIDENT APRIL 20, 1999 • FROM L1. BARB THOMAS

I called Fire Department Administration when I heard of the shooting at Columbine HighSchool, and its severity, to see jf oft duty crews were needed. They said yes.

I came to Station 11 a little after 1300. A short time later Rescue 18 EMTs arrived atStation 11 witilout a paramedic. I received an assignment from dispatch to coverStation 13's district. My crew was Rondi Lambeth, Patrick Brandon, and Shane, adispatcher. We did not have all of our paramedic equipment, some drugs andIntubation equipment, so we became married to tile Engine 17 crew.

We responded to a possible heart attack at Leawood Elementary, AMR was on scene,had patient We assisted AMR in getting the patient to the ambulance.

We then responded to a call at the suspect's house. The call was for strong odor ofgas. Law enforcement was on scene. We had odor of gasoline from outside. We shutoff utilities, laid a hoseline for protection as law enforcement entered the home. Wewere later released by law enforcement

We then received a call for a heart attack at a clinic. Columbine was called fortransport. By that time Michael Johnson had joined our crew, he assisted ColumbineAmbulance with the patient I don't remember what time it was.

We were then told to go to tile command area to get equipment and then cover Station11'5 district While at command area my crew on Rescue 18 treated a SWAT teamember who was transported by Columbine Ambulance to unknown hospital. I wasasked to help at the command center, tile rest of Rescue 18 crew was to go to Station11.

I was sent home from the command area after 2000 hours.

LT. BARB THOMAS

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To: BC Ray RahneFrom: FF John Ay1wardRe: Columbine Incident

The following is my recollection of the events as they happened atColumbine High School on April 20, IY99

R 11, EI I, R 13, and BN I were dispatched to Columbine H.S. to respondwith 1CSO on report of shots fired with possible victims. R II crew(Aylward. Fleming) and EI I (Olsen, Marunez, Knutsen) headed west onBowles Ave. to Pierce. On arrival, Be Rahne directed Ril to a patient onthe southeast comer of Pierce St. and W. Fair Dr.(see medical report onStephanie Munson). Pt was treated and transported to Bowles Ave. and JaySt. where we were met by a Columbine Ambulance crew. Pt was transferredto CAS for transport, and R11 returned to the Command Post. On arrival,Rl3 on scene, R 11 and R13 responded to the southwest corner of the schoolfor report of several victims down. Prior to our response, the area wasreported and confirmed twice to be secure by police units on scene. Rl3followed by RI 1 approached the area, and [noted several JCSO Deputiestaking cover behind parked cars with weapons pointed at the building. Wecould see victims on the sidewalk near the building. R13 proceeded to thefar southwest comer of the school, where they discovered three victims. Ispotted one victim, a 17 year old girl, on the sidewalk approximately 25-30feet to the east of R13 (see medical report on AnneMarie Hochhalter). Ipulled Rll up on the sidewalk as close as possible to the victim and jumpedout of the rig. Monte Fleming opened the rear of Rl l and pulled out thecot, and was summoned to help R13's crew as they had three possiblevictims. I approached my patient, and seeing she was alive, picked her up .and ran to the rear of Rl1 and placed her on the cot. As I looked over toR13 to check their progress, I heard gunfire coming from the librarywindows directly over my head. [ was hit with fragments, which r now knowwas glass from the broken windows. The police immediately returned fire.I saw Monte carry a patient to the rear of R I3, and pass him off to R13'screw (Gorman, LoSasso). Monte was able to then make it back to Rll andhelp load the cot with our patient into R II. I jumped in the back with thepatient while Monte jumped in front and drove us out of the area. Rllbriefly stopped at the staging area and picked up FF Ryan Knutsen who gotin the back to assist with care and treatment of our patient. R I I proceededto Swedish Hospital, Code 3. Rll turned over our patient to the hospitalstaff, and returned Code 3 with a police escort, to the Command Post. On

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arrival to the Staging Area. we noted numerous ambulances Irom severaldifferent jurisdictions slagcd R11 proceeded to the front of the line andprepared to receive more casualties. After a while, Rll crew was told thatthe SWAT team was rescuing a victim from a second ,101 y window. TheSW AT team bl'Ulight nut rnc patient in an armored car We opened the backdoor of the armored car all,l received the patient on a Inng spine board.\< I ls crew was told by (he Denver paramedic in charge of triage, that thepatient was suffering from an isolated ankle fracture. As we placed thepatient in R 11, we noted a large amount of blood 011 the patient's head andface, and discovered a gunsbo: wound to the forehead (see medical report onPatrick Ireland). FF Knutsen drove the rescue with FF Martinez in front andmyself and Monte attending the patient in back. We were also accompaniedby a Denver police detective who interviewed the patient during transport.RII proceeded Code3 to St. Anthony Central. On arrival, patient care wastransferred to St. Anthony Hospital staff, and R11 returned to the. CommandPost Code3. We were then told there were numerous fatalities, and thepossibility of any more survivors was not expected. The incident began tode-escalate and other ambulances were returning to service. R II and E11proceeded to the rear of the school to stand by while the ATF and BombSquad discovered and deactivated the many explosive devices throughoutthe school and grounds. Somewhere between 2000hrs and 2030hrs Rl l andEll crews were replaced and returned to quarters, where we wereSUbsequently sent home at approximately 2100hrs.

John Aylward

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Chief Rahne.lc fry Lo'SasscColurnhine High School

On April 20'11 I was assigned to Rescue 13. Mark Gorman was mypartner. At around 11:26 in the morning we received a call or gunshots at c.H.S. We responded to c.H.S. from the South. Turningonto Pierce J saw two J.c.S.O. with guns pulled looking into theSoutheast parking lot. I pulled up and stopped at Weaver SL Atthat time I told Mark I was going to puJI up to Caley St. andparked. I then looked up around Fair St and saw people yelling forus to come up to where they were. I heard someone say that therewas someone shot up here. I told them that we could not go upthere until the cops let us through.

At this time I noticed cars still driving through on Pierce so I gotout and set up cones across Pierce to stop traffic. We were finallycleared to go up to Fair St. As we approached Fair St. R-ll pulledup to help the pt. I then spotted R-13 near the Southwest parkinglot, we were told that there were 3 to 4 victims in the back. Whilewe were out on the street waiting to get cleared into the scene, ateacher was talking to us. I asked him where the common areawas. He told me to stay to the right when I get into the parking lotand look for the green covering.

We waited out on the street for what seemed like forever andfinally word came through that it was cleared to go in. I started todrive through the parking lot when I saw several LC.S.O. withtheir guns pulled and aimed up in the air at the building. As Iproceeded to the back I saw one of J.c.S.O. motioning for me toget out of there. I started to make a left turn in the parking lot andrealized that I was going into a dead end. I stopped and bucked up,and then saw another cop motioning for us to come overto were hewas. Jstarted toward him and saw 3 victims on the sidewalk.

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For some reason I knvw lilat ( wanted 10 put tlu: rescue between thevictims and the building. I pulled Rescue I ~ up as close to thebuilding as I could ! then got out of R-I ] and went over to thefirst victim, which was :I male. He wax a DOI\ (Dan) but I fell fora pulse and could not finJ one, he was cold and already turningblue. The second victim was also a male. When I approached thesecond victim (Lance) 1saw that the left side of his jaw was gone.He was breathing so I told him I would be right back. I then wentto the third victim, and again was a male. He (Sean) was half wayin the door. I grab his legs and started to pull him back out of thedoor. At this time 1 called for Mark to help me. Mark grabsSean's collar and I grabbed his belt and we went to the back ofRescue 13. As we started to put Sean into the back I heard twoshots, and then the S.W.AT Team in the parking lot returned fire.As I was trying to get Sean in the back I asked if he could help.Sean said that he could not feel his legs. I finally got him into theback of R-13 and started to go get Lance when I turned aroundthere was Monte with Lance. Monte handed me Lance so I puthim into R-13 on top of Sean. I then shut the doors and drove outon to Pierce St. I stopped and asked for some help, because we hadtwo critical patients. We gave Lance to D.G. medics.

I asked Olsen to get into the back of R·13 with Mark. We thenheaded for Swedish. When we arrived we gave Sean to the traumateam. We then returned to the C.H.S. We were told that there wasanother critical patient and that we would be transporting thatpatient to D.G. That never happened. The rest of the incident westayed by the Southeast door and stood by with the S.W.A.T Team.

After the incident was over for us we were told that we were beingrelieved and that we would be going home. About 1930 I was senthorne.

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Jerry LosasSO r~<?'" L~:~~,..) JC-l101.007951

4-29-99

ENGINE 13 COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL INCIDENT

Captain Tom Rybolt,Engineer Lisa DrummondFirefighter/Paramedic KyleNaas

Narrative by Tom Rybolt

On April 20, 1999at approximately 1115 hrs Eng. 13 was dispatched to a weed tire andexplosion on Wadsworth Blvd southof Ken Caryl. On arrivalofEng. 13 West MertroFire Department, Eng. 414 was already on the scene, At the time ofour arrival onWadsworth, dispatchtoned out unitsto Columbine High School for students that wereshot Engine 13 cleared the sceneat the weed fire and notifieddispatchthat we wereresponding to Columbine High School.

While enroute to the school, dispatch notified unitsthat there was more than one studentshot. Dispatchalso told units to stage so the sheriffcouldclear and secure the area of theschool prior to units goingonto the scene. Engine 13 stagedabout 100feet northofWeaver Ave, on Pierce SI. At this area the firefighter fromEngine 13 blocked traffic andrestricted access so cars couldnot proceed north on Pierce SI. Two, maybe three sheriffcars passed by to proceedto the school. We advised fire command thatwe needed apolice officerto control or blocktrafficon southPierce Street. Fire Marshal Hofstrastopped at Engine 13's location on PierceSt. A crowdof about 30 residentshad startedto gather to find out whatwasgoingon. Parentsofstudentswere asking whatwashappening at the school. Several parentswantedto proceedto the school to find theirchildrenbecausethey knew something was wrong. Myself andFire Marshal Hofstratried to explainto the parentswhat was goingon at the school. We told them of reportsof shots at the school and we were waitingfor the Sheriffto securethe scene. A StatePatrol officer arrived onthe SCene and told us he could controltraffic on Pierce St.

Fire Command notifiedRescue 13andRescue 11 that the scenewas clear at the southwest comer where the cafeteria was located. Fire command advised them that there wereseveral patients at that locationand to proceed to the cafeteria. Engine 13 notified firecommand that we were available to helpthe two rescueunits. Fire command told Engine13 to proceed to assist the rescue units. Engine 13 proceeded north to the school parkinglot we could see the two rescues leavingthe area very rapidlyand heard what wethoughts were shots fired, Engine 13 retreated southon Pierce St, and stagedagain.

Fire command or dispatch notified unitsof five patients shot at Yukon and Caley streets.Rescue 18 was dispatched, 1notified fire command that Engine 13 could respond toYukon and Caley to assist. Fire command sent Engine 13 to Yukon and Caley. UponarrivalCaley medical command asked Engine 13 to treatpatients. One patientwaspackaged and ready to be transported, he had lacerations to his left knee, lacerations to

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left hand. A nurse bandaged this patient and had his identification Firefighter Naastreated Brian Anderson for chest wounds from what seemed to pellets from a shotgun.Engineer Drummond assisted with treatment of this patient and prepared him fortransport Then Kyle Naas went over to Mark Kintgen, Kylewitnessed seizure activityin Mark and started an I V in his righta,c. the patient was packaged and prepared to betransported by helicopterto Denver Health Medical Center. I communicated with AirLife Control Center for the transportation of Mark and contacted the helicopter for alanding zone. Mark had shotgun wounds at aboutC3 or C4 When the helicopter arrivedwe loaded Mark into Air Life. Additionally St. Anthony's flight for life also landed onthis site. I contacted them and notified commandthat at this time we didn't need anotherhelicopter. Fire Commandtold me to have St. Anthony's landjust to the north of theschool because there was a patientthere that needed to be flown out.

Lisa Drummondassistedwith gettingthe students at Caley and Yukon in contact withtheir parents. This was done by cell phoneto allowthe students to call their parents.Engineer Drummond attended an adultcafeteria worker from ColumbineHigh Schoolwho was checkedout for high bloodpressure. Lisa turnedthis patient over to three WestMetro medics. I notified fire command that Engine 13 was availableand standing by atCaley and Yukon.

Fire command asked Engine 13 to respond to the frontofthe schoolso tactical swatteams could use Engine 13 for protection of their swat teams. Engine 13 responded hotback to the front of the school. Whenwe arrived at Bowlesand Pierce we were stoppedby a Denver Police Sergeantwhotold me that theirwas enoughfire trucks in front oftheschool. 1communicated to himthat our tactical assignment was for protectionoftheswat teams. He would not let US proceed even after he was told of our mission. After aconsiderable amount of time we wereallowed to proceed.

Once in the front of the school we wereasked to force entry into a fence on the east sideofPierce to allow students to proceed through the back yard and on to Otis Ct. This wasdone so the studentscould be taken bybus to Leawood Elementary school.

We stood by for any medicalneedsor support of any special needs that the swat teamsmay need.

About 1545 hrs, the swat teams requested that the firealarm systemand the sprinklersystem be shut off I proceeded into the school withCaptain Bruggenthies and FireMarshall Hofstra, we were escorted by a swat team. The alarm systemwas silencedandthe sprinkler systemturned off

Engineer Drummond and Firefighter Naas wereassigned to Dr. Colwell ofDenverHealth Medical, He requested themto accompany him into the school libraryto assistwith checking for survivors,

After the crew wasback together from the library we replaced the tools and medical kitstaken offthe truck. .

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Fire Command advised us to get prepared to be relieved by another crew that was comingin to replace us.

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Memorandum

To: Captain Gene Nagle

From; Lieuterumt DavidStem

Date: 04/2711999

Re: Columbine High SchoolResponse

April20, 1998,Rescue 15 became inoperable due to mechanical failure. Rescue 18 was finislting acall across the street fromStation 11.After theircompletion, I requested to have Rescue 18 transportUS to Station16 in orderto obtaina reserve unit Before arriving at our destination, the call came inforan explosion at Columbine HighSchool. Lieutenant SchelCik andL felt it would be prudentto golO a closer Slllging area, shouldthe;e be a needfor furlher assiSlllnce.'NJ~enlS began10 unfold, we Slllged Rescue 18 closer, at the comerofP,erce andKen Caryl.llnfot'tunately, weweredispalehed tc attendIII a MYA onLittleton Blvd. We then werecaned backloil;C:Jiliildent at Columbine alIerItwas dotel1lliru:d therewereno in,iuries. Onarrival at the scene,ClIl\lf~e was approached for an assignment, Heindicated there was a need for medical assistance~'tllli#·litt~tinn of Caleyand Yukon.Onarrival at Caley andYukon with live medicson board, it~.~ to begin a Illl\iOr wge opennlon. Numerous young people were lying over severalJii~!ili"ill¢ cul-de-sac. It was aaree<i lhatLt Schefcik wouldarrange (or transportation andestablishiik~<JiJi\lk I mysclfhegan wge and sor1ingc Three criticalpatients were immedilll.ely identifiedandtl!~,~~Was given to theEMr·medic onRescue 18 for 1r.mSpCrt to Swedish Hospital Desnnstioasi'i#re#illi unclear,and LI Schetl:ikwas do.speralely trying to oonllrmpossible bospital destinations(.,fcai1patients. Although we bad notbeen therefor long. suppliesrapidly becameexhausted. LIShefcikthentriedto lind sufficient medical supplies to rakecareofall the victims. LaterCaptainBruggenthiesarrivedwithadditionalsupplies.Aftertilefils! threepatients weresent on theirway, four oUters weredetermined to be in moderatelevel' of needed medical care,and were assigned urgent Ambulances cameand went,as we triedtomainlain organization. All patients were appropriall'l,categorized; however, transponation was stillslow to recover, Destinations of the patients couldnotbe determined, as conunUl1ications becamefrustratingly hapbawd F'ma1 destinatiOllSwere tJtenjustsimply assigned. basedon the knowledgewhereourpatientshad gooeand the infi:lllllCC from thewherethe fu:st patients,at the front of theschool, bad gone.Severalotherpatientsand olherswith00external injuriescontinued to arrive viapolicecruisers, Wordhadgoneout,topolice, thai Caley division was activel, treating patients. In all,eleven patients wereultimately transported. Stedents thathadbeenbto\lghtto the triagearea,and hadno injuries. wereshuttled to therearof a homethatneighbors offered to assistthose in needof escapefrom the pte's. About_ andhalf-hours later,allpatients hadbeenprocessed, inelnding tlte onebyhelicopter. An RID buswassent toour location, in orderto takeall of tilerestof the studentsto areceivingstation Lt. Shefcik madecall to operations, thet Caley division couldprobably dissolve andreturn to a newassignme.nt Operations indicated Ulat the two:> lieutenantS shouldstay in placeWltllfurtherawareness of the condhions at the school couldbedetermined. About an bout later, wereceived word todissolve cur station and return toStation 13.

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(lu Afllil 211. it)IP! I Cllkfl,,"(l disflUlch and was inlurmcd. hy Disll:lldl S"ul1ervisOi DOllJ.,! 1"1lj'.I!l,u there hadh"1'1l :1 ShOUll1lg ami ;l pns-sihle exp!n:\io!l at Culumhmc 1itp,h St:hun1 An \ tccctvcd llns 11'1")11 ('!Jll;(

l'l'.;;M'UllCi ;u I iVI:d nml a.sked {tlr an update on Ihe ~i!l!HIIIW The Chief jhctl requested tluu ;jJ 1l,,'lll1l1tl;:;nd"Lit! I",· 1\:I)"'d \0 lcspund 10 the scene. The Ch\cf then a~k..;d me to tk.:cmHllOmy him In scene

Em nllt..: ill the scene I culled dispatch and asked Ih~l( ;Iilqj I duty Be he called in r<lf huck fill ill station andtill tcuc! ilion dUly crews. We were ad... ised In fCSWll1U In the Commend Post al l.cawm«! .md Pierce,

UpHfl :;111 Ivai ~....e met wilh Be Rahec and were hricfuden the cmlditlons and :\cllnn:; a\ Ihi:,; time.. ChiefPcsscmicr stated that there needed 10 have a unified ceuunand, due to d,e imeraction between police andfire dCllillltllCl1lii. Chief Rahnc advised us that there weft unknown number of shcmets in the building andpn:>sihk I: xll!f)s:i\'c. devices in the building. All units were ~J::lgcd and would nor commit until the area isdeclared ';;lrl,,~ hy lCSO. Unil$: were sUlged at Leawood and Pierce and at Wc;Jvcr iJnd Pierce leSO's"omn1~ml VM was 0" scene to the north of the Be's cur. I was assigned as an ai:d to Be lbhm~ :and cs arunner form the lCSO Command Post. where Chief Pesscmier WJ1S ceordinating the police and lireopcnuions

The FD cnmmal1d post was notified that the building was safeand two ambulances were- needed in thep.uKlng Jm en Ihe soulh side of meSChool. Rj l and R13 responded. We were notified by Rl l tha; the areawas net safe and 'ha' 'hey, Rll and Rl3 were underfire from inside the building, R11 and R13 returned '0the command post with three pauents, All threepatients were then transported to area hospitals. seeindividual reportsfor times and destinations. A stagingareawas set up in front of the commandpost areawid) 4 ambulances. A mage area was set up in front ofthc command post on the Jawn on the WCSI Side ofPierce. Tom Cribly wasassignedto be the. E..\fS division and asked to coordinatethe triage, treatment andthe EMS stagingareas.The dutiesofEMS.taging .nd transportation weregiven West Metro Chief Berg,Chief Armstrong, Chief Paley, and L' Tyus lll''''' theirarrival, west MetroCaptain Kral wasassigned toopermions to assistwithdocurnentatiou*

Chief Pessemier..ssumedcommand andBC Ralme wasassigned as the operations Chief. Operations.,..notified thai there were several patients at:Yukonand Caley.requestingfour ambulances, RIa. was sent tothis location and assumedcontrol of operauon, triage, treatmenl and transport. A request for fouradditional ambulances fromYukonand Cal-ey was received from staging. Two oCf dUly dispatchers, LouRowe and Kasey Feagin, arrived OnSeem: and begantakingcare off communication functions. in SouthMetro's Be car, A PSCO representativearrivedtoshut off the gas to thebuilding and was told ro want foran escort frompolice before entering lhe huard zone.

I was then assigned te go witha DenverHealth ambulance. to set upWest SideTriage area. A DenverPolice venlcleescorted us to the West Side, Tbe triage area was located at Ell, which was located outsideEO the northof the library. One body was noted to the cast ofEll and at the bottom of the stairs leading tothe lower level, into the cafeteria. A Paramedic, Troy Layman. whb Denver Heailh went in. the lower levelwith a SWAT team to check for victims. Troy stayed in contaer with us via portable radio. Troy advisedlhm he had checked several victims that were dead. We requested three additional ambulances for passibI<::victims, reponed to be epproxlmetely 10-15. The SWAT team cleared the remainder of the library andstated there was one victim. The victim Was removed on scoop and taken to a West Metro ambulance and\ram.poned,see medicalreport for patient infQflM-tlf.>n. A SWAT team member called for all availableParamcdlcs to enter the library, We entered und began to check aUthe victims. There were riosurvivorsfound, All EMS pcr~nnel exited the building. Lreported to: operations that we had the one patient.Openuions informed me that tbe len ambulances, requested by PO were in route. I advised operation to .stand down the ambulances. they were not needed. The two remaining unused ambulances were returnedH.l !->I'lging Wr,then reentered the library with Dr Chris C{ll~ll 10 pronounce the vicrims.. W;c wereallvised uftcr ~I'ltr)' that the bodies might have explosive devices 01l them.

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Lili:\ Drummond and Ithen hcgrm digging out Ell, which W(lS stucl.. in ihe son grasx. The bomb {camnotified us itUH there were severnl dCVll,;CX in the area nnd thni we need'cd to move away from Ihe mea. 1then drove Ell back to the slagi"g area in front of the operntiml:i" MC;l

I wac; then assigned to dcrcnninc the number of personnel and equipnlclfl was III the scene, The list wascnmpltcd and given IQ ChiefPcascnucr A ll",( of transported puricntx iV,(S alsocomplied. The lisl wasgiven to Joy Hal" an off duty dispatchce. l shen 3ssimed Captain Wilsoll with the staffingof units, urni! helen the scene for home. I continued to work with the. staffing Ul'HJII lcn uic scene at about 2230.

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To Captain Gene Nagle

From Steve Shelafo, Acting Engineer/Paramedic E-]7

Subject: Columbine High School Incident Reports

On the day of the Columbine High School incident I was assigned to S-17(Reserve S.12) with CaptainTim Floyd and FF AllenChapman To the best of my

knowledge and estimate of time, the following events and actions involvingour crewoccurred on 4/20199.

We were in service in quarters at station 11at tbe time of dispatch for the shooting

Approximately 25 minutes into the incident we were moved up to covet station 11district. We reportedto dispatch to assist there if necessary. At that time Paramedic BobLovelace arrived to assist and was assigned to ourEngineCompany. We were thenrequested by ChiefRinne to moveup to station 13.

R-18 arrived to station 13with crewLt. Barb Thomas, FF PatrickBrandon, FF RhondiLambeth and FF Michael Johnson. It was broughtto our attention that R-l& did not haveALS equipment. The crew on R-I8 wereassigned to respond with S-17

1'55 PM -2:19PMS·11 and R-18 respondedto LeawoodElementary Schoolon anadult male having chest pain. Upon our arrival an ambulance was on scene unloadingtheir pram. The scenewasvery hectic, the ambulance crew, FF Patrick Brandon and FFRhondi Lambeth assisted in locating and evacuating the patientfrom the school to theambulance. The remainderof the crew was consumed with traffic, crowd and mediacontrol,

2.25 PM - 4.36 PMOn our return to station 13, S-11 and R-18 weredispatched to to assistPolice and Bomb squad on a possible bombat the residence of one ofthe shootingsuspects. Upon our arrival police and bombtechnicians were on scene. S-17 and R-t8were assigned to provide suppression back up for the bomb investigation. Shortlyafterour arrival we were informedthat the suspects motherand her lawyer were on scene. Thebrother of the suspect madean abrupt arrival to the sceneand was stopped before runningthe street barricade. The police on scenequestioned himand searched his vehicle. To myknowledgeLFD personnel did not havecontactwiththese individuals

During the bomb teams searchofthe residence, $·17 was positioned in front of thehome. A 5" supplyto the hydrant was in placeandtwo 1-314" hose lines were positionedfor suppression. LFD personnel madeconstant effortsto remain in wei! protectedposition during the incident.

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S-17 returned to station 13 for reassignment and was soon directed to CHS command todrop off Bob Lovelace for an assignment S- I7 was then assigned to station II where wewere informed of our relief for the remainder (lethe shift

5-17 returned to quarters in service

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IMarfGorman . COlljMBINE ~EPqRT Page 1I

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Mark GormanGene NsgleMon, May 3, 1999 523 PMCOLUMBINE REPORT

MY ASSIGNMENT FOR APril 20, 1999 WAS PARAMEDIC ON R13, WITH FF JERRY LOSASSO ASMY EMT DRIVER WE RESPONDED TO COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL, AT ABOUT 11:20 IN THEMORNING, ON A CALL OF SHOTS FlRED Ell, Rl1 AND BATTl WEREALSQ DISPATCHED ASR1;l DROVE NORTH ON PIERCE ST, JUST NORTH OF W, CALEY PLACE, WE WERE MET BYSCHOOL PERSONNEL WE WERE TOLD 01" ONE VICTIM WITH A MINOR FOOT INJURY AT FAIRDR WE WERE ALSO TOLD OF ONE "DOWN" IN THE SCHOOL I INFORMED THE EMPLOYEETHAT WE COULD NOT PROCEED UNTIL WE WERE CLEARED BY THE JEFFCO SHERIFFS DEPTAT THAT TIME I SAW A JEFFCO SQUAD CAR ENTER THE SOUTH PARKING LOT OF THESCHOOL,

I INFORMED DISPATCH THAT THIS WAS A CONFIRMED SHOOTING, AND ADVISED THAT THESTREET SHOULD BE BLOCKED TO STOP TRAFFIC FROM PASSING IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL1"1" LOSASSO BLOCKED THE STREET WITH CONES. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES WE WERECLEARED TO STAGE AT FAIR DR. UPON ARRIVAL R11 WAS TREATING THE INJURED PT WESTAGED AT THE INTERSECTION WITH ONE JEFFCO OfFICER WHO WAS ARMED WITH APISTOL. WE HEARD ABOUT FOUR "POPS" WHICH WE THOUGHT WERE IN OUR DIRECTION,LATER IN THE INCIDENT I NOTICED THE POLICE HAD MARKED A BULLET THAT WAS LAYING INTHE STREET ABOUT 50 FEET NORTH OF OUR PARKING SPOT. WE WERE MOVED TO ASTAGING AREA AT LEAWOOD OR AND PIERCE, AND LATER MOVED BACK TO OUR STAGINGAREA AT FAIR OR.

FROM THIS LOCATION WE WERE TOLD THE SW CORNER OF THE SCHOOL WAS CLEAR ANDWE WERE ASSIGNED TO PICK UP WOUNDED WITH Rll, R11'S CREW WAS PARAMEDIC M,FLEMING AND PARAMEDIC J, ALWARD, WE DROVE TO THE SOUTH PARKING LOT ANDOBSERVED ABOUT FOUR OFFICERS POINTING GUNS AT THE SCHOOL. FF LOSASSO PULLEDTHE RIG ONTO THE GRASS NEAR THE BU!l.OlNG ENTRANCE, WHERE WE SAW FOUR VICTIMS,R11 PULLED UP NEXT TO US, ON OUR EAST SIDE. WE EXITED THE VEHICLES AND RAN TOTHE VICnMS, WE FOUND ONE DEAD, AND HE WAS LEFT IN PLACE. 1"1' LOSASSO AND IFOUND SEAN GRAVES, PRONE ON THE GROUND, CONSCIOUS AND ALERT, HE TOLD US HECOULD FEEL HIS lEGS BUT NOT MOVE THEM. HE WAS MOVED, IN THE POSITION FOUND. BYLIFTING HIS COLLAR AND BELT. AS I RECALl., THIS IS WHEN THE SHOOTING BEGAN.

HE WAS LOADED ONTO THE PRAM, WHICH WAS STILL IN R13. THIS WAS DIFFICULT AS THEPT WAS LARGE. AS I ARRANGED HIS BODY ON THE PRAM, FF LOSASSO WENT TO ASSiSTOTHER VICTIMS. THE GUNFIRE CONTINUED. AT nus TIME PARAMEDIC FLEMING CAME TOTHE BACK OF THE RESCUE CARRYING FT LANCE KIRKLIN IN HIS ARMS. KIRKLIN HAD AMASSIVE GSW TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS JAW AND WAS CARRYING HiS OWN LEG WITH HISANKLE IN FRONT OF HIS FACE. WE PLACED HIM ON TOP OF PT GRAVES, IT WAS ABOUT THISTIME THAT A JEFFCO OFFICER STARTEe FIRING WHAT SEEMED TO BE A FULLY AUTOMATICRIFLE AT THE BUILDING FROM THE REAR BUMPER OF R13. THE REAR DOOR OF R13 WASCLOSED AND 1"1" LOSASSO DROVE TO THE STAGING AREA AT FAIR DR. Rl1 LOADED PT ANNEMARIE HOCHHALTER AND FOLLOWED R13.

AT THE STAGING AREA PT KIRKLIN WAS PASSED TO A OG AMBULANCE. PARAMEDIC CAPTAINJIM OLSEN JOINED ME IN THE BACK OF R13 FOR THE TRIO TO SMC. SEE THAT,MEDICALREPORT FOR COMPLETION, i,AFTER LEAVING SMC, WE RETURNED TO THE SCENE CODE 3, WITH A ENGLEWOOD POLICEMOTOR CYCLE ESCORT. WE RETURNED TO THE STAGING AREA AT FAIR OR, I TOOK THEMAPS OF THE SCHOOL FROM R13 AND ATIEMPTED TO HAVE THEM DUPLICATED AT THEJEFFCO AND ARAPAHOE SHERIFFS DEPT COMMAND VEHICLES: THESE WERE FOR THE.

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SWAT TEAM TO USE. THIS IDEA DID NOT APPEAR TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL

OUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT WAS TO THE FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE. WHERESWAT TEAMS WERE ENTERING. R13'S CREW NOW CONSISTED OF GORMAN, OLSEN ANDLOSASSO. WE WERE TOLD AT l.EAST THREE TIMES THAT AN INJURED TEACHER WOULD BEBROUGHT TO US BY A SWAT TEAM. AT ONE POINT WE WERE TOLD ElY A SWAT LEADER THATWE WERE CLEAR TO FOllOW HIM, WITH OUR PRAM, TO A VICTIM. THAT ORDER WASQUICKl,.Y CANCELED. WE NEVER ENTERED THE BUILDING BY MORE THAN 25 FEET. JUSTINSIDE THIS ENTRY DOOR WAS A BACK PACK, WE HAD BEEN TOLD OF MOTION SENSITIVEBOMBS IN BACK PACKS AN OVERTURNED SMALL STUDENT DESK BLOCKED THE PACK FROMPEDESTRIANS.

AS EACH SWAT TEAM ENTERED THROUGH THIS ODOR, I MADE SURE THE TEAM LEADERKNEW OF THE BOMB REPORTS. ONE TEAM DID NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION PRIOR TO OURCONVERSATION. SWAT TEAMS BROUGHT OUT UNINJURED STUDENTS AND TEACHERSTHROUGH THIS DOOR. THEY WERE ESCORTED ACROSS THE STREET BY THE FBI SWATTEAM. OUR CREW STAYED AT THIS LOCATION UNTiL THE INCIDENT DE-ESCALATE. WEWERE RELIEVED OF DUTY AT ABOUT 1900 HOURS.

F'ARAMEDI C CAF'TAIN MARt<A. GORMAN 5/3/99

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April 27, [999

Captain Timothy L. FloydStation 17 'A'9554 S. University Blvd.Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Captain Gene NagleFire Administration2255 W. Berry Ave.Littleton, CO 80165

Captain Nagle,

In response to your memo 04/27/99 please find my statement of actions04/20/99:

Reporting to duty 07:30 hours found E-17 out on a call assisting DouglasCounty Sheriffs Department with a bomb that was found at HighlandsRanch High School.

Training and calls the rest of the morning. Heard initial dispatching ofIncident at Columbine High School and turned on radio monitor.

Approximately 11:55 hours received a phone call from Captain RolandSeno ordering E-17 to move up to Station 11. Arriving Station 11 atapproximately 12:15 hours. Reported to Chief Robert Rinne inCommunications Center. 12:25bours FF/Paramedic Bob Lovelaceassigned to E·17 and received direct orders from Chief Rinne to move upto Station 13. Approximately 13:00 hours arrived Station 13. Shortlyafter 13:00 hour R·t8 with Lt. Barb Thomas, FF Rhondi Lambeth, FFMichael Johnson and FF Patrick Brandon arrived at Station 13. R-18 didnot have ALS medical equipment and was "married" to E·l?

13:55 hours, Call 34938, Medical Assist Leawood Elementary School,6155 W. Leawood Dr. Assisted Ambulance on scene with adult, malepatient with chest pain. I had no patient contact. Media "swarmed" me. Ianswered a question about what we were doing at Leawood by saying that

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we were providing emergency medical service to a citizen. I answer aquestion about the problem being related to CHS by saying: "1 did notknow if the problem was directly related. n We remained tied up withtraffic congestion until approximately 14:20 hours.

14:26 hours, Call 34946, Assist Police with investigation of 8276 S. ReedStreet. 14:33 arrived and found Sheridan Police, Lakewood Police, ATFand Arapahoe County Bomb Technicians preparing to investigate gasolinesmell and report of bomb at residence.

14:38 hours, approximately, shut off electricity and natural gas toresidence with the permission of the Bomb Squad and Police.

15:10 hours, approximately, I became aware of a young man that was lateridentified as Eric Harris' brother driving up to the barricade, placing twoduffel bags on the street. It was pointed out to me at this time that EricHarris' Mother and her Attorney were in an automobile parked on thestreet south of our operation.

15:20 hour, approximately, I ordered a 5" supply line from hydrant westof our location, ready not charged. We pulled two 1 3,4" preconneetedlines and charged one for team 1 ( FF Lovelace and FF Chapman in fullprotective gear) to back up Bomb Squad entry from "safe" street position.Second line was for team 2 ( FF Michael Johnson and FF Patrick Brandonin full protective gear.) Team 2 was to back up the operation.

15:30 hours, approximately, I ordered the adjacent houses evacuated.Police assisted.

15:40 to 15:50 staged and stood by.

15:50 hours, approximately, Bomb squad in full fire bunker gear entered

16:00 hours, approximately, Bomb squad left building carrying "device."

16:05 Police told us we were no longer needed at this location .

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16:14 hours Rescue 18 returned to service as a BLS Rescue with fourpeople.

16:36 hours Engine i 7 returned to service.

17:00 hours, approximately, transported FF Bob Lovelace to ColumbineHigh School Command.

17:30 hours, approximately, ordered to Station II.

17:45 hours, approximately, ordered to return to Station 17 and berelieved.

18:20 hours, approximately, Paramedic/ Acting Engineer Steve Shelaforelieved and FF Allen Chapman relieved.

18:30 hours, approximately, I was relieved by Capt. Troy Zinno E-17moved up to Station 16, I believe.

20:00 hours, approximately, I finished paperwork and went home asordered.

With Respect I Remain,

C~ t ..:::t~Captain Timothy L Floyd

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To: Captain GeneNagle

In response to your memo on the columbine tradegy on 04/20/99.After hearing initial dispatch for incident [ listened and watched incidentwith Capt. Floyd andParamedic/Acting Engineer Steve Shelafo. Atapproximately 12:00 hours was told by Capt. TimFloydthat we were goingto Station 1L Wearrived at Station] I about 12:15 hours and reported toChiefRobertRinne in the Communications Center, While inCommunications FFiParamedic Bob Lovelace was added to E-17 crew, Iwas then told by Capt Tim Floyd we were moving to Station 13 were wearrived at about 13:00 hours. Shortly afterarriving at Station 13 R-18 arrivedwith Lt. BarbThomas, FF Rondi Lambeth, FFPatrick Brandon, andFFiParamedic Micheal Johnson.

While at station 13we all continued to monitor news coverage andradiotraffic. Approximately 13:55 hours £-17 andR-18 responded topatientwith chest painat Leawood Elementary. On arrival we found that aAMRambulance was already onscene andwould be transporting patient.Whileat Leawood Elementary I was approached by a reporter in which Ireferredhim to Capt Floyd. Theareaaround Leawood was verycongestedwith people, traffic, and mediawhich made it difficult for us to get out andreturnto station 13.

At!!l!!roi atel 14:30 hours E-17 and R·18 received call to assistpoliceat Onarrival found Sheridan, Lakewood, ATF, andArapahoe County omb squad preparing to investigate gasoline smellandpossible bombat residence,

At about 14:38 hoursCapt. Floyd ordered electricity and gas shutoffat residence,

Around 15:00 hours it waspointed outto meby Paramedic/ ActingEngineer Steve Shelafo that Eric Harris' mother withattorney was sitting inauto to the southof us.

At 15:10 hours, approximately, a kid who waslater identified as EricHarris' brother arrived at barricade, placing bags outon ground. Lawenforcement at scenesearched carandbrother of Eric Harris. Also at thistime we were in process of evacuating houses around thestreet. . :

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At 15:20 hours, Capt. Floydgave the order to pull 5" supply tohydrant west of location, this was done by FF Patrick Brandon. Also at sametime Capt. Floyd gave order to pull 1314" preconnect whichI did. A second13/4" was also pulled and left uncharged. Duringthis time FFlParamedicBob Lovelace andmyself were made team one, and FF PatrickBrandonalong with FFlParamedic Michael Johnson were made team two.

15:40 to 15:50 stood by and waited.

At 15:50 , Bomb squad teamenteredthe house. During this timeFFlParamedic Lovelaceand myselfwere positioned on charged 1314" in fullprotective clothing to back up bombsquad. Also FF BrandonandFFlParamedic Johnson positioned themselves on the uncharged 1314" line asa second back up. Approximately 17 minutes laterbomb squad exited withdevice. We then picked up and prepared to leave scene.

At approximately, 16:40 hours, we returned to station 13.

Around 17:00hours,we dropped FFlParamedic Bob Lovelace offatColumbine High School.

At 17:30 hours,we returned to station 11 and then returned to station17.

At 18:20 hours, I was relievedand sent home.

From; FF Allen Chapman

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April 28,1999

To: Captain Gene Nagle

From: Lieutenant John Schefcik

Ae : Columbine Incident

On April the 20th, 1999I wasassigned to R-18 as the Lieutenant with mypartnerPatrick Brandon. We had lust finished a medical assistat the Highlands RanchPostOltice.We returned to Station 17, by request of Lieutenant Stem ( LieutenantStemwas with Rhondi Lambeth and a dispatcher named Shane) to assist him bytransporting his crew to Station 16 to retrieve a reserve Rescue unit. While en route toStation 16 we heard of the shooting at Columbine High School. We were on G-470 atSanta Fe when the dispatcher stated thatthere was a possibility of numerous victims. Ichose to moveup to Santa Fe and Mineral to stand by. Shortlyafter, from dispatchreports, the incidentwasescalating so I chose to move up to Ken Caryland Pierce. Mythought s were if this turned out 10 be a Mel that we would need a lot of helpand wehad five people on board to do so.

I advised dispatch overlhe phonewhere we were staging and howmanypeople I had on board. We were thendispatched to a report of an auto accident atLittleton Blvd. and Crocker St with 8-12. En route to this call 8-12 reported a noninjuryaccident and R-18 was told to respond 10 the shooting sceneat Columbine HighSchool and stage at Leawood and Pierce.

On arrival 10 the staging area, R -18 parKed on PierceSt. southbound. We weregivenorders by Battalion Chief Ray Rahne to respond to Caley Dr. and Yukon Ct onreports of victims there. R-18 wasthe first unit to arrive in lhe cuidesac, on size up ofthe scene we had numerous victims lyingon theground. I immediately look commandand assigned Lieutenant Stem10 be the triageofficer. I qUickly counted the victims thatweredownand! determined that I needed ten ambulances. Patrick Brandon andRhondi Lambeth assisted lieutenant Stem with the triage, it was lhen decided thatthey would take the mostseverely wounded patient themselves in R-1a. Myself andLieutenant Stern remained at the scene 10 coordinate command and triage.

Rescue units from WestMetro and Ambulances from AMR and Columbinestarted to arrive at the scene of CaleyDr. and Yukon CT. to transport out lhe victims.One Pt, that hada head wound was upgraded to critical and was transported by AirLffe helicopter. I was Caley command for a white until the Ie system wasexpanded toinclude a operations Chiefand fromthen on, I was Caley Division. All patients weretransported in a timely manner without incident. During the incident I receivedadditional medical supplies from Captain Bruggenthies. Operations madesure thatthere were two 10 four ambulances available for any further victims that were extricatedfrom the school and brought to my location. Denver Police officers did in fact bring outnumerous youngadultswith no physical injuries and set up an area in the backyard of

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a residence in the culdesac to be interviewed by Police and to be consoled by victimassistance personnel.

When the incident was coming to a conclusion and aU the victims fromtheschool were cared for and transported to the hospital, Ueutenant Stem and myselfwere ordered to respond to Station 13, a crewfromRuralMetro helped transportusand all our supplies. Caley division was dissolved.

John $chefcikParamedic ueutenantUtlleton Fife Dept.Assigned to A-18

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April 28, 1999

On April 20, 1999 I wasR.M T. / Driver on Rescue 18. We were dispatched to anincident of shooting at Columbine HighSchool withpossible multiple victims. Uponarrival we staged 011 Pierceandwerealmost immediately sent to Caleyand Yukon to areport of possible shooting victim. Upon arrival at Caley and Yukon we foundmultiple(possibly 15) gunshot victims. Many of which were incritical condition. I was assignedto assist with triageand to transport a victim.

Pt. #1 Mark Taylor, 16 year old male suffered 5 penetrating wounds. :;: to the chest,bilaterally, midaxillary. 1 to the left leg (groinarea). 2 to the rightarm (apparentlyentrance and exit) Pt. was AAOXI (name) and skins were pale,cool, and clammy. Pt.was immobilized on a backboard and loaded viagurney to Rescue Ill. Enroute pt wasadministered high flow 02 viamask, pt hada clearairway and did not needadjunct. Afew attemptsat establishing an IV failed and pt was placed in the trendeleaburg position.HEENT,CTL, Chest,Abd., Pelvis, and all longbones- to DCAPBTLS exceptwherenoted above. Pupils wereequal but slowto reset. Breathsoundswerewet On rightside.Neuroswere equalbut motor skills wereweak whenattainable (AAOX). Allwoundswere bandaged andallattempts to keep pt talking andalett were made. Pt. did not loseconsciousness enroute. Pt. was transferred to University ER for furthereva! andtreatment.

PatrickBrandon

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DENVER FIRE DEPARTMENTINTERNAL CORRESPO!'iDENCE

Mav 11,1999

TO' K.S. Caldwell, Asaistant Chier, Operations

FROM' RexC. Kins. AnISWI! Chief, ViC4liolli ttSUBJECT Time Line for .oFD Rupon'" 10 Columbine Hil1b Scb()ol

At a few minutes after 1200 hours Truck 28 and Chi.f 7 were requested to respond toColumbine High School r~ request was made by lUI officer with tbeDenver PoliceDepartment, who was apparently on seene. The request was to lise the aerial for rescueIlrld/or entryto the second flooro[Columbine High. T!Uckl& .\!aged 111 W. Bowles &:SPierCll with.. llqIlUt from W<lSt Metro.

1 spQke to Captain DeManna with Denver Police,~ Will! mbL. to determine who hadreqllested our apparatus or thelocation of theCommand Post.lloceted FireOperationsOfficer from Littleton Fire and intonnedhim wewere onscene. Tl1lck 28 was lIllSignedto a fire at1lll:lcgroup

Shonly lIlierward Pnrameclic ToddParsons, DHMC, who was oootdinatiJ1fl: Triage,requested eigIll: additional firefighters to ~sist withtriage andto be placed onlllllbulnnces. I requeSUd two moteDeItver Ilpparatus from dispatch. Engine 30 and Truck25 weresent 10 the inQideat, bodl apparatus parked lit Bowles andPierce. The crewsreported to Trieg. and wereassigned to patient inlerviC'l"S or placed on ambalances in$&gillg ChiefBergof West Metro IlI1d theFire Operations Officer were informed astheseaclions werelaken

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DENVERFiRS DEPARTMENTINTERNAL COlU.ESPONDENCE

May II, 191'9

TO' Gene Nagle. Captain,Littleton Fire Oepartment

THROUGH: Frederick 1.Rob.r1~, Division Chi.f, OperallOllS~

FROM' K S Caldwen, l\.I.istant Chief, Opemion. Divi.ionp..SUBJECT Columbine High. School Incident

Attached is some additional information concerning our particiPlUion in the Columbineincident.

1discussedthe initiation of our involvement withLt. Jerry Wimers, 1heofficer UtifPledto Dispatch. on April 20'" He states that 1he inilia! call for fltedepartment ass;Slancecame from oneof'the police dispatchers, who received the request from a CPD oalcer onscene. Fire dispatcher! -"!lIt T1\lek2$ Ill<! Chief 7 (D01), Il.!lour protocol requires aDistrict Chiefto respond with1he apparatus 10all "assist police" calls.

I think Chiefllex King" letter acQUtately addruses Qer actions from that point forward,with lbeexception of my IUrival and parti<:ipation. Again by pratoool ourDivision Chiefi. paged any timecompanies eredispll!ched outside theCity. Division:Robetts uked me10report to the scene and iIllllist ChiefKing u needed. After reporting to.Rex., wedetel'lllined !bat I would workwithParamedic Parsons inTriage coordinating the useoffire resources at thatlocation andRex W1luld relllSin at 1he FireComm1llld Postrorcommunications purposes,

If"'ellllY b. oflUrther assistance I canbet~ at theOpel1ltion. Divi.ion(3(3) <>40-3433

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Lt. Laura VetosEnglewood Fire Department

Prepared For Littleton Fire DepartmentRegarding Columbine High School Tragedy, April2\}, 1999

12:00 - First aware ofshooting at high school while enroute to a lin! caD13:00 - Asked to man station 12 in Littkton, turned back once we arrived and asked

to respond from our district13:30 - Called out on SWAT activation14:15 - Arrive Columbine High 8<:hool on West Side near Library

Once on scene, my job as It medic for the SWAT team is to accompany them 011 anyduties assigned, and provide medical help sbould it be required. Especially relatedto entry and possible victims trapped in unsecured areas or downed lawenforcement persoanel,

At the higb school we began by assisting students and teachers being evac:uated outto waiting transportation. We then assisted LiUkton ilre with loading t. woundedgirl out of the library. We then belped secure the outside oftbe Gymnasium asthere was a possibility of sbots fired sbortly before that. Denver SWAT camethrougb the door sbortly after that.

We tben made entry into the Library when asked to help with another patient.Once in the Library we were told all victims were dead and asked to evacuate. Atthat time we wept down the outside stairs 8JId placed a sheet over the dead malestudent lying there. We also finisbed covering the dead female student near theLittleton fire engine. We could see all6ther student dead inside the west side doubledoors near the Library. It was obvious there bad been a semi-automatic 9mmweapon used. I saw as well shotgun and 223 bullets strewn about the exterior.There were backpacks, shoes and various clothing strewn about from the stairs tothe entrance we manned on the NW comer of the Library.

After that we assisted with placing police tape, digging out the Littleton engine andcar search. I left at that time as I was need as a tire officer back in our district.

ce: Kieth Lockwood, Division Chief, EDllewood FireGary Condreay, SWAT team commander, Englewood Police

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David Watson04129/99 01:37 PM

SUbject. Columbine 8I1ClOllng Apo120, 1999

On Ap:iI 20 Englewood Rescue 21 _ dlopatched to Columbine High SoMoi m121S hourstoprovidetransport for possible

shoollngvictimsat that location.We were instructed to stageat the intersection of Coal Mineend Pleroeand awatt in$tructions.

Due to the t"lffle """.ilio'" at the time we were routed10lbe Intersedlonof Bowlesand Pierceandarrived at approxim~y

1235hours. After several minutesat that location we wered_ to pnxeed southon PI.rce to stallewith th& ambulaoces

on localion. At 1308houlSen ollie.' from !beArapehoe CountySheriffsDept directedus topnxeed 200yards south to

Fair and PI""", (just to the Northof Leawood Park~ We slay.. at thl$ IoaItlon for the noxl3.S hoursacting asa Tliag<ol

First Aid station.

We examined fhe Vice Principaland several COunSek:llS whenthey were broughtout of the school.Rich....d Ediscn, the

Paramedic $board R·21, me<le SUr(l nO one was injuredand illen hadillem interviewed by SW.A. T. forany relevant info as

to the locationof childrenhiding in the blJilding.

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of the school. The Doc, ...... goingto enterthe schooland ol!ic:iaIly call thevit:!ims. TheS.W.A.T.leamleaderd""lined enfly

due10the live bombs and boobytrapsin Ill. bUilding end .-peeially llIe Ubrary.

Someone finally elea"" !be .."tty end th.. Doc. ent.red the school.

At thIS time Edisonand myselfwere el_ed to returnto Engl....,.,.. Ptior toour departure we ran intou IIOIOs, a SW A.T.

medic from Engl"""""d and gaw hera lidl> backtoJefferson station. Wearrived back in our dlstlie! at1700 hours.

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incident number

time of call

0000l-99-034a91~00

11:28

date" 04/20/99

arrival: 01: 35

shift: A

in service: 22:2,

situation foundaction takenmethod received

3209014

MEDICAL ASSISTACTION TAKEN NOT CLASSIFIEDTELE~HQNE TO DISFATCH THROUGH 911

correct location: 6201 S PIERCE ST£~~~addl location id, *'***

zip code 80125 map, S-lS census:city code 0 NONEcounty code : ° l.J'N'1O:'lOWN

fixed prop use :as HIGH SCHOOL1st due station 13 LFD STATION 13

citizen injuries, 22citizen deaths , 15

number of alarms: 1

reporting member: dpb

firefighter injuries:firefighter deaths

response: EMERGENT

DOUG BLOOMQUIST

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mutual aid: 2 dow: 3 TUESDAY

U INCIDENT NARRATIVE ..*

RE, .fED TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS ON A RBPORTED SEOOTING WITH MULTIFLEVICTIMS AT COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL. MY ~RIMARY ROLE ON BCENE WAS TOASSIST LPD COMMAND WITH LOGISTICS AND B32'S VEHICLE WAS USED AS THEPRIMARY FIRE AND EMS COMMAND POST. 11.32, R35, AND R37 WERE ALSO ORDEREDTO THE SCENE. R32 AND R37 PRIMARY ROLE WAS TO BRING WATER TO ON SCENECREWS AND THEN TO STANDBY IN STAGING IN CASE NEEDED FOR TRANSPORT OPPATIENTS - NIETHER RBSCUE TRANSPORTED. 1'<35 STOOD BY IN STAGING FORMOST OF INCIDENT AND ALSO DID NOT TRANSPORT. 11.35 WAS ORDERBP INTO"OT ZONE BY POLICE AND FIRE COMMAND TO CONFIRM DEAP IN LIBRARY OFTHE HIGH SCHOOL. FOR FURTHER DETAILS REFER TO LFD' S INCIDENT REPORT.

iJnit Capability Dispatch Respond On Scene To Hasp At Hosp In Serv~"'" -0 _ ....... ----------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------£13 00 UNDEFINED 11:32,00 ll:32:00 19,05:00 00:22:00S16 00 UNDEFINED 17,20:00 17.20:00 17,30:00 00,49:00R23 00 UNDEFINED 12:19,00 17,16,00 17,16,00 17,16,00ANR 00 UNDEFINED 12:04,00 17,14,00 17:14:00 17,14,00ANR 00 UNDEFINED 12:04:00 12,05,00 17:14:00 17,14,00ANR 00 UNDEFINED 11:44:00 17:14:00 17:14,00 17:14:0011.37 00 UNDEFINED 14,51:00 17:09:00 17,09:00 17,09:0011.35 00 UNDEFINED 12:24:00 16:27,00 16:27,00 16,27,00HM37 00 UNDEFINED 12:48:00 12:58:00 13,13,00 22:28,00912 00 UNDEFINED 12:38,00 12:38:00 12:38,00 16,55:00916 00 UNDEFINED 12: 29: 00 12:30:00 12:37:00 16,50,00?101 00 UNDEFINED 12,19:00 12:24:00 12:24:00 12:24:00AMR 00 UNDEFINED 12,04:00 12:17'00 12:17:00 17:14:00

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COL 00 UNDEFINED 11,44:00 11:51:00 11,51,00 17:14:01COL 00 UNDEFINED 11:44:00 11:51:00 11:51:00 17,14:01Rll 00 UNDEFINED 11,30:00 11:31:00 11,36,00 02,09:0'Ell 00 UNDEFINED 11:30:00 11:31:00 11:36:00 01:35:0B1 00 UNDEFINED 11,30,00 11,32:00 11,34:00 00:49:0HM37 00 UNDE:FINED 09:26:00 09,36:00 09:36:00 09:36:0HR35 00 UNDEFINED 18,21:00 18:53:00 06:44:00 06:44:0R13 00 UNDEFINED 11:30:00 11:31:00 02:11,00 02:11:0TRNG10 00 UNDEFINED 11:47:00 11:47,00 01:35 :00 01:35:0

REPORT REVIEWED BY:DOUG BLOOMQUIST ON 04/25/99 (APPROVED)

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incident number: 00001-99-034891-00 incident date: 04/20/99 time of call: 11:23

report author TOM CREWS

* * SUPPLEMENTARY NARRATIVE * *

HM-37 RESPONDED TO INCIDENT, U/A HM-37 SET UP TRIAGE IN NORTH PARKINGLOT.HM-37 EVALUATED STUDENTS COMING FROM INSIDE THE SCHOOL AND HELPEDWITH IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS AND GETTING STUDENTS TO THEIRFAMILYS.HM-37 WAS REASSIGNED TO STAGING AT WEAVER!PIERCE.HM-37SUPPLIED EQUIPMENT FOR THE INCIDENT.HM-37 RELEASED FROM INCIDENTAROUND 22,30HR HM-37 IN SERVICE.

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incident number, 00001-99-034891-00 incident date, 04/20/99 time of call, 11,23

report author CRAIG O'CONNELL

•• SUPPLEMENTARY NARRATIVE *.WrtILE ON STANDBY FOR LITTLETON FIRE DEPT AT ST. 11 WE WERE ASSIGNEDTO DELIVER EXTRA RADIOS AND BATTERIES TO FIRE COMMAND AT PIERCE ~u

LEAWOOD. RECEIVED RADIOS FROM ROBIN COON, DELIVERED EMERG~~ TOSCENE. AFTER ARRIVAL AT COMMAND &37 WAS REASSIGNED TO AMB ROTATION ONPIERCE. R37 STOOD BY WITHOUT ACTIVATION OR XPORT.

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incident number: 00001-99-034891-00 incident date: 04/20/99 tiIDe of call: 11,28

report author KEVIN COLLIER

.. SUPPLEMENrARY NARRATIVE H

After clearing from a diabetic reaction on S. Kendall I was told byControl One to stay near Columbine High. we responded to the ambulancestageing area at Pierce and Bowles. I was later contacted by Chief 30To go oet bottled water to su~ply the crews. We reported to theFhar Mor at ~ierce and Coal M~ne road. The water was brought back tothe command center. We were placed back in stageing nOw closer to theschool on Pierce. We were assigned a police officer from Denver tocover US incase we had to enter scene. We were never used and werereleased from scene.

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incident number, 00001-99-034891-00 incident date, 04/20/99 time of call, 11,28

report author KEN RUBIN

•• SUPPLEMENTARY NARRATIVE "

SOUTH METRO FIRE/RESCUE 35 RESPONDED TO COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL CODE 3AFTER A TIE LINE REQUEST FROM SOL"TH METRO DISPATCH FOR THE RESCL~ TORESPOND TO A SHOOTING IN PROGRESS AT THE SCHOOL-KEN RIJBIN/ATTENDINGFIRE/PARAMEDIC.DAVE ZUDE/DRIVER/FIRE/PARAMEDIC TECH.UPON ARRIVAL AT SCENE SOUTH METRO RESCUE 35 WAS DIRECTED TO THE FOR­-WARD MEDICAL STAGING A-ll.EA WHERE THE RESCUE WAS THIRD IN LINE TORESPOND INTO THE SCENE,ONE BLOCK AWAY.RESCUE 35 CREW MEMBERS WEREBRIEFED ON AN ONGOING BASIS BY MEDICAL COMMAND ON ISSUES ASSOC!ATEDWITH THIS INCIDENT.BRIEFING INCLUDED POSSIBLE NUMBER OF VICTIMS,SEVER­-ITY OF INJ1JRIES,HOSPrTAL DESIGNATIONS AND DANGERS OF ENTRY INTO THESCHOOL. WE WERE ADVISED THAT THE SCHOOL WAS NOT SEClJRED WITH NUMEROUSSHOOTERS STILL ACTIVE.ALSO ADVISED THAT SOME VICTIMS MAY BE WIREDWITH EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES MAY 8E PLANTED THRU OtF'T THESCHOOL PROPERTY.THE 2 FIRE RESCUES IN LINE IN FRONT OF SOUTH METRO RESCUE 35 WEREASSIGNED AND DEPLOYED TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL LEAVING RESCUE 35NFYT UP.AFTER A LENGTHY WAITING PERIOD 2 DENVER POLICE VEHICLES DROv~

r- "0 THE STAGING AREA AT A RAPID RATE OF SPEED AND !NFORMED THE~G OFFICER THAT 2 PARAMEDIC RESCUES WERE NEEDED AT THE REAR

O~ : SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY.SOUTH METRO RESCUE 35 RESPONDED TO THISREr. __sr WITH A. DEh'V'ER REALTR AMBlJLANCE FOLLOWING BEHIND.WE: WERE ESCORT-ED TO THE REAR OF THE SCHOOL BY THE 2 DENVER POLICE VEHICLES.UPON AFJHV.lU.. AT THE REAR OF THE SCHOOL WE WERE MET BY A SWAT TEAM THAT'-lAS TA-'GNG COVER AND INVOLVED IN AN OFFENSIVE OPERATION.WE WERE ADVIS­SD TO TAKE COVER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS TEAM WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE:::NTRY THRU A REAR DOOR THAT LED TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARY. THERE WERE 2::lEAD STUDENTS ON THE SIDSWALK.RUlHN AND ZUDE: TOOK COVER BEHIND THE3CHOOL GENERATOR WITH 4. SWAT TEAM MEMBERS AT OUR SIDE.WE HAD A PRAMlliD A SCOOP STRETCHER FOR RAPID EVACUATION.THE FORWARD SWAT MEMBERS,ERE MAKING ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARY AND AFTER A SHORT WAITING?ERIOD THE SWAT TEAM LEADER RAN OUT OF THE LIBRARY AND YELLED THAT~HEY NEEDED "ALL MEDICS NOW".?ARAMEDICS RUBIN AND ZL~E ENTERED THE LIBRARY WITH OTHER SWAT TEAM,EMBERS AND A WEST METRO FIRE/PARAMEDIC CREW THAT WAS ALSO ON SCENE.lEST METRO MEDICS WERE DIRECTED TO A SALVAGl\BLE PATIENT WHO THEY WERE',EMOVING FROM THE SCENE WITH THE HELl? OF DENVER HEALTH MEDICS •AFTER?ASSING NUMEROUS DEAD STUDENTS I ASKED THE SWAT TEAM LEADER WHERE.'aE SOUTH RESCUE 35 MEDICS WERE NEEDED.HE POINTED TO AN AREA WHERE:'HERE WERE M1\.NY VICTIMS DOWN WITH UNKNOWN STATUS .RUBIN AND ZUDE DECID­,ED TO SPLIT UP BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS DOWN IN THE LIBRARY,.3 ON OUR COUNT WITH 2 MORE ON THE SIDEWALK , RUBIN AND ZUDE TRIAGED,ND ACCESSED EACH DOWNED STUDENT IN THE LIBRARY AREA.EACH HAD SUFFERED'ULTIPLE GUN SHOOT WOUNDS WITH LARGE CALIPER WEAPONS.MANY VICTIMS HAD:LOSE RANGE HEAD AND FACE SHOTS LEAVING THEM DEAD AND UNSALVAGAllLE.E REPORTED THIS INFORMATION TO THE SWAT TEAM COMMANDER THEN TO MED··~·T. COMMAND AND LEFT THE STRUCTURE. IT SHOIJLD BE NOTED THAT SC)UTH

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METRO RESCUE 35 CREW MEMBERS DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO NOT DISTURBTHE CRIME SCENE WHILE STILL EFFECTIVELY EVALUATING AND TRIAGING EACHVICTIM _

RESCUE 35 WAS REASSIGNED BRIEFLY TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL THENWENT IN SERVICE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE IN OUR FIRST DUE DISTRICT.

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FlRST RESPONDERS

JC-001· 007983

DENVERPD

JC-U01· 007984

Avendano, J.

JC.o01- 007985

Page 1Denver Police Department

STATEMENT

Case NO.

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AVENDANO, JESSE A. XOFFICER o WITNESS o PERSON ADVISEDy",

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4/21/99 9:33 AM... 'r .....COlUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE

On 04-20-99 at 1245 hours, while working car 1147 In a plain clothes capacity with OfficerDanny R. Wiley #94002. we responded to Bowles and pierce on a shooting that occurred atColumbine High School. RIOs responded to the Denver Command Post and later to the area ofleewood and Pierce Street to assist with the Columbine students that were rescued.

RIO was later assigned to DHMC ambulance #11. R/O along with ambulance #11 to theSouthwest corner of the High School where RIO observed two a Female and Male body near'he library section of the school. RIO entered the corridor area that led to the computer roomadjacent to the library and stood by as my assigned paramedics checked for any injured partiesin the library area. RIO and RIOs assigned paramedics returned to the command post area andwere later relieved to go home at approximately 1645 hours.

Jhave readtheforegoingstatementand thefacts containedthereinare true to the best ofmyknowledge and belief I donat maintainthat it containsall ofthefacts or detailsofthe incident, but only thosefact. aboutwhIch I havebeenasked

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BARRETT. D.

JC-001.007987

Houts

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o Person at;Msed

Case No, _

Social Secufi1y No.

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Denver Ponce DepartmentSTATEMENT

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I have read the fOfsgoing statement and the facts contained therein ale true to the best ormy knowledge and belief, Ido not maintain that it contains all of the facts or details af the incident, but only those facts about which I have beenasked.

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DEPEW, WAYNE

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Denver Police DepartmentSTATEMENT

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ASSIGNMENTSYNOPSIS,

ControlNumber 3905

WAYNE DEPEW, Patrol Officer, DenverPoliceDepartment,District4, Denver, Colorado, '(303)9374444

Agent JERRY W MEAi.'lS, Colorado Bureauot Investigarton, 690KiplingStreet,Denver, Colorado, 80215, (303) 239-421 L

August l l, 1999

District4 offices, Denver, Colorado

The Reponing Agent conducted an interview with DenverPoliceOfficer, Wayne DEPEW Officer DEPEW statedhe was workinginunit #412on the day of the shooting, He statedhe was atDenverPoliceHeadquarters when he heard his name on anotherofficers radio, He stated he received a page from his son, MathewDEPEW at or nearthe same time he heardhis namecalled out onthe radio, He stated he alsobegan to hearabout the shooting ingeneral on the radios, DEPEW statedbe calledhis pagersystemandheard his son's frantic voice stating there was someoneshooting peopleat the school. He stated his son was in thelunchroom when the shooting began, He Slated his son had beeninterviewed, however, he felt a more in-depth interview should beconducted He stated hethought the initial page from his son wasat approximately 11 27 a.m,

OfficerDEPEW responded from headquarters to Columbine highschool with Sargent GREEN and OfficerKen LARlTA He statedhe believed theyarrived at the school at approximately II 50 a, m,DEPEW stated they Slopped briefly at the command post on PierceStreet, and he saw several SWAT officers preparing to respondinto the area, He stated he asked one of the SWATofficers for hisassault rifle,but the SWAT member told him no DEPEW statedhe, Sargent GREEN, and Officer LARlTA droveon towardstheschool. He stated theydrove around the north side of the schooland, towards the football fields andended up parkingapproximately 30 feet west of a Jefferson County patrol car Hestatedthe Jefferson County vehicle was located up on the hillside,straight westof the west sideentry doors to the school. He statedoneJeffersonCountyDeputy was crouched downbehind that

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vehicle and several students werehiding behind the vehicle withhim. DEPEW stated he guided the students to hispatrolcar andstartedloading them inside. He statedhe even put kids in the trunkof the vehicle, and thengavehis patrol car keys to a malestudent'and told himto drive the car out ofthe area. DEPEW statedbe hadbriefly questioned the male student he had given his keys to andthe student told him hesawEric HARRIS and another kid namedDan-en or Derrick shooting up the school. DEPEWslatedthe malestudent staled he only sawthe two suspects he described and noone else. The male student Slated Hams was wearing a lightcolored shirt anddarkpantsandthe other shooter waswearing ablacktrench coat. The male student toldDEPEWthe two shooterswerecarrying assault weapons and shotguns, and he thoughttheymightbe wearing rome sortof vests. DEPEW statedhe airedthatinformation on Tac-4radio

DEPEW stated hedecided to try and get in closer to the schoolafter the male student drove his car away fromtile areawith theother students loaded inside. He stated he ran downto thenorthwest corner of thefenced area that extended around thegenerator equipment. He stated he saw a boy and a girl lying onthe ground nearthe west entry doorsto the school He Slated thefemale student appeared to be dead, however, the otherstudentwasmoving his or her arms. He slated he wasunsure the student thatwas moving was male or female, but he wascertainthe deadstudent wasa girl. He stated when heeventually worked his wayaround the north sideof the fenced areaand endedup on thenorthwest corner of the school building, He statedDenver OfficerTom ONEAL was at that location whenhe arrived. DEPEW statedtherewasa large white maintenance type van near the northwestcornerand so hethought he could use it as a pickup vehicle andshield for trapped students He stated he attempted to open thebackdoorsbut they werelocked. DEPEW stated the keysto thevehicle werein the ignition He stated he got inside and attemptedto force the reardoors open. He stated he then started the vehicleand beganto backaway from the school towards the north Hestatedhesawa maintenance manon the roofof the school, abovethe northwest corner as he was backing away DEPEW stated heimmediately pulled thevan up to the school so the maintenancemancouldjumponto the roofof the vehicle. He stated the vehiclewas damaged when he hit the side of the building, however, he didnot know the extent He again backed the vehicle to the north"liththe maintenance man on the roofand stopped the vehicle near thetennis courts He stated he noticed a large dark colored backpack.on the sidewalk north of the tennis courts afterhe had parked inthat area.

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DEPEWstated hethen noticed a large fire truck driving around thenorthside of tile school from the northeast corner He stated therewere several lawenforcement officers towardsthe real' of thevehicle. DEPEWstatedOfficer VinceDlMANNAjoined himselfandOfficerONEAL at the northwest comer He statedhe watchedthe firetruck continue aroundthe northsideof the school towardsthe northwest comer He stated the truck turned around andbackedinto the areawherethe westentry doors to the school werelocated. DEPEWstatedOfficer DIMANNA joined the fire truckcrew and approached the west entrydoorswith a large shield. HestatedDIMANNA wason the left andOfficer FALLENwas on theright side. DEPEW stated he sawOfficerFALLEN pick up thestudent that had been moving he or her armsand carriedthemaway from the schoot, He stated the entire group backed ourtogether and the female that appeared to be dead was left in thatarea. He stated theofficers that hadapproached the west entrydoors were getting fired upon, and he remembered seeing debriscomingout the westdoortowards them. He stated hesaw severalof the officers returnfire imothe west door, and also laydownsuppression tire towards thesouth entryway wall He statedapproximately 2 minutes laterhe saw the samegroup of officersattempt to approach the westdoorway again. He stated that on thesecond entrythe officers were ableto move the female away fromthe west doors

DEPEW met with Sargent ORTON near the northwest comer ofthe building. He stated Sargent ORTONbada 223 rifle in hisvehicle. DEPEW stated he got in the backof SargentORTONSvehicleand pointed the 223 ourthe side towardsthe schoolwhiletheydrove back up the hill to the Jefferson County patrol car HeslatedOfficer OSHEA was also in the vehicle with them Hestated they had to rescue 4 more victims in that area, He staledthey loaded 3 adults and I juvenile into Sargent ORTONS DodgeDakotaand theytransported those individuals to the commandpost. He staled whilethey were in routeone of the adult victimsslated the shootershadkilled all the kids in the cafeteria. DEPEWstated he was devastated because that is where is son bad told himhe was at. DEPEW statedafterthe 4 victims were taken to safety,he ORTON and OSHEA returned to the northwest cornerof theschool.

He stated he gave ORTON back his 223 rifle DEPEW stated thatwhile he and the otherofficers were waiting on the northwestcornerhe heardon the Denver radiothat the suspectsmight haveescaped the area. He sawLieutenant VESSApark the SWAT van

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where the other van he hadused to rescue the man on the roof waslocated. Lieutenant RYAN orderedDEPEWaway from the schooland back to the Dakotavehicle DEPEW stated RYALN told him tocalm down because he was bouncing allover the place DEPEWstated as he was goingtowardsLieutenant RYAN he saw his son,Matthew being evacuated withother students. He stated he wentover to Matthew, who was hugging LieutenantVESSA and begantalking to his son. DEPEW stated VESSAtold him to take his kidand get away fromthe scene. DEPEW stated he was very excited.DEPEW stated SargentDougJONES had arrived on the north sideofthe school a few minutes earlier in his ownpersonalvehicle. Hestated JONESowns a blackChevytruck DEPEW and his son gotin the Pick-up truck belonging to 101',ESand drove to thecommand post. He statedMatthew told him neither of the twosuspectsthat were doingthe shootingwas in class earlier in theday Matthewtold his fatherhe saw the first kid get shot, and hesaw KLEYBOLD firing a weapon into the west side of thecommons. He also told DEPEW he saw HARRISon the hillMatthew described the weapons being used by the suspects asshotguns, rifles, handguns, and sometype ofhomemade devices(not really bombs).

DEPEW stated whenhe arrived back at the command post withhisson they met withOfficerAlexWOODS and DEPEW had his sonexplain the description ofthe weaponsused. DEPEW then had hisson sit downon the curb withOfficerBilly PHILLIPS DEPEWheardMatthew state that the suspectswere known to hang outunder bridges in the Leawood area and smoke pot, DEPEW statedhe remembered hearingon the radio that the suspects may have gotout of the school. He stated he then approached CaptainSANDAVOL about the bridge informanon and was told to takesome officers and check it out. DEPEWstated he, Sargent DIAZ,OfficerBLAYA, and OfficerSue GRANT developed a team tosearch the Leawoodbridges. He believed the I" bridge theysearched WlIS near Kaylie& Weaverstreets. He statedthey foundevidenceof items beingblownup that consistedof an explodedplastic bottle He Slated they collectedthe bottle and turned it intothe Denver lab for processing. He stated the second bridge theysearchedwas locatedon south Pierce & Weaverstreets. Nothingwas found under the second bridge DEPEWstated they left toreturn to the command post and stoppedby CHS student, BrettONEAL'S house He stated the address to the ONEAL home is6281 N. KENDALL, and thenstated that Kendall & Weaverwereactually the cross streetswhereone of the bridges were located,Brett ONEAL provided a yearbookand both suspects photographs

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were circled, ONEAL gavetheyearbook DEPEWwho In-turnsubmitted it to the command post.

DEPEW stared Captain SANDAVOL told DEPEWto stay at thecommand post,andthen asked himwhere his vehicle was,DEPEW told SANDAVOL it was still parkedon the hill west ofthe school. SANDAVOL toldDEPEW to go way around thecrime sceneand gethis car andthencome straight back to thecommand post, DEPEW stated he went throughthe park north ofthe school and wayaround thewest side, He statedhe found hiscar parked by the pump house westof the school. DEPEW statedhe saw policegoingin and OUl of thewest entrydoors to theschool. He sawthemcarrying a stretcher witha victim loaded onit. DEPEW stated he was curious to see whatwas going on insideso he walked towards the west entrydoors, He slatedhe enteredthenorthaccess doorsto the library area before he got all the wayto thewest doors He statedon l-eal! radio that he was in the area,then he went inside,

DEPEW stated when he entered the north library access door therewas no one inside He stated he saw several smallCo2 canisterson the floor as heentered He stated he also saw a Colemanpropane container with ducttape andmatches on the top as he waswalking in the north door DEPEW stated that as he enteredthelibrary from the north sidehesaw several dead students includingthe two suspects on the floor He described the library to theReporting Agent stating the first studenthe sawwasVALASQUEZ who wason the floor between the computer tables,He remembered seeing the male student with blond hair hiddenwayup underthe endof thecomputer desk. He saw CassieBERNALL deadunder a woodtable, HE then statedhe sawKLE;YBOLD and HARRIS towards the endof the tables DEPEWdescribed HARRIS more towards the east andKLEYBOLD at hisfeet, both lyingon theirbacks He stated he thought about movingthe weapons away from the two, however, he decided not to touchthemat that time TheReporting Agent askedDEPEW if hetouched Of physically moved anything in the library DEPEWstated he did not touch anything, just walked throughthe area, Hestatedhe was the onlyone in the library at that time DEPEWstatedhe left the areaand returned to his vehicle He stated hedroveto the command post andpicked upMatthew He Slated hedrove Matthew to ONEALS house and left him there DEPEWstated he returned to the district 4 officeand wrote his statement

DEPEW then Slated his sonhad received an interview thai he waspresent for He stated a female detective conducted the interview

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but he could not remember her name He Slated he was present forthe entire interview and he was not impressed with it at all, Hestatedhe thoughtsheshould have askedhis son more in-depthquestions anddid not appear to him to be very knowledgeable, He

,asked the Reporting Agentif the backpackhe described on thesidewalk northof the school had been takenas evidenceandchecked out, TheReporting AgentStated that he was unaware ofthe disposition at this time, DEPEW thenstated that DenverOfficer LEATS was on the phone with his son during muchof theincident and LEATS confirmed Matthews statements abouthearing walkie-talkie type radio trafficcoming fromthe suspects,DEPEW statedhisson and LEATS alsodescribed hearing thesuspects usingkeys to try andopen locked doors in the school.DEPEW stared he felt there wereadditional suspects hidingout inthe outer perimeter communicating with the shooterson the hand­held radios, He askedif the field west of the schoolhad beenproperly searched for evidence, The Reporting Agentstated he didnot know howthat area wasprocessed, DEPEWstated he wascertaintherewas probably sometype of walkie-talkie type devicelayingout there andwas considering checkingthe area out on hisown DEPEW statedJefferson Countywas given copies of thetapesbetweenhis son and OfficerLEATS and his Sargent wouldlike to get a copy returned to Denver He also stated he made acopyof the pageMatthew left him and turned it in to JeffersonCounty DEPEW stated he neverfired hisweaponor the 223duringthe incident He was unsure who provided the suppressioncoverage, but again stated he neverfired,

JerryW MeansAgentColorado Bureau of'Investigation

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GALASSO, K.

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