Columbine High School Incident

We've gathered the pertinent portions of the official Jefferson County (Colo.) Sheriff's report on communications, response, responding agencies, command structure and other issues. The full report is available here.

Foreword

Communications Issues

The Comm Center Support

Radio Frequency Chart

Critical Incident Stress

Overall Concerns

Timeline of Incident

Incident Management Issues

Law Enforcement Agencies Involved

Fire Agencies Involved

Law Enforcement Org Chart

Fire Agency Org Chart

Aerial photo of area


Other resources:

  • A private company sells official CDs of 911 calls made to the Jefferson County Sheriff, along with other materials
  • Salon.com has posted most/all of the sheriff's report and audio-visual materials, and the Rocky Mountain News has similar materials.
  • The Rocky Mountain News maintains a large archive of stories, video and audio
  • A collection of 911 call logging tapes
  • The Denver Post archive of stories and materials

Also review our Columbine material that was posted shortly after the incident occurred: