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Hazmat and Hate: Planning and Response for Special Operations Teams to a Neo-Nazi Public Demonstration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2023

Benjamin Abo  and
John Slish
Benjamin Abo
Affiliation:
Gainesville Fire Rescue, Gainesville, USA Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
John Slish
Affiliation:
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA Gainesville Police Department, Gainesville, USA
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Abstract

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Introduction:

October 18, 2017 an unfortunately popular white supremacist brought hate and thousands of protesters to the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL just months after the violent domestic terrorist attacks in Charlottesville, VA. The threats, violent possibilities, and intense planning undertaken by law enforcement and fire-rescue were hugely successful.

Method:

Multi-faceted planning from law enforcement, to crowd control, to medical emergency response, to fire suppression, to hazardous material detection and response, to rescue task forces, to extreme sides to protesting... all proved hugely successful.

Results:

While there was still violence, complex plans of violence among protests were successfully thwarted.

Conclusion:

The coordination between Gainesville Fire Rescue, Gainesville Police Department, Alachua County Sheriff's Office, Florida Highway Patrol, the University of Florida and more was hugely successful and something to be proud of despite such hatred and violence projected while also protecting the first amendment.

Type
Tabletop Presentations
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 38 , Supplement S1: 22nd Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine , May 2023 , pp. s217
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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine