Mass-Casualty Incidents
As the military saying goes, “Prior planning prevents poor performance.” This phrase can be applied to preparing for mass-casualty incidents (MCIs). The FireRescue1 MCI resource page details best practices for significant incidents, including active shooter and terrorist events, transportation incidents like bus crashes or train derailments, and other incidents that could involve many victims.
Police in Baltimore County investigating a shooting found a burning vehicle on its side outside a funeral home
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said the shooter is among the deceased
A four-alarm fire on the fifth floor at an apartment in Edison left two occupants in critical condition
Lt. Davis Odell Jr. was stationed two doors from the Pulse nightclub and began treating victims as shots rang out
Over 100 of the nearly 200 employees came into work during and after the shooting
Fifteen-passenger vans, like the one in this fatal wreck, are three times more likely to roll when carrying more than 10 people
Orlando firefighters treated and sheltered victims at a station fewer than 200 yards from the nightclub
Fire and EMS leaders and providers need to study successes and failures as an opportunity to reduce death and disability from the next mass shooting
The man said he was on his way to the Los Angeles pride festival when police found three assault rifles in his vehicle
At least 53 people were hospitalized, most in critical condition, and an Orlando surgeon said the death toll was likely to climb
Descriptions of the alleged shooter range from bipolar to angry racist to quiet and showing no signs of violence
Sunday’s mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub claimed the largest number of victims in U.S. history
Officers mistakenly thought the gunman had strapped explosives to the dead after a bomb robot sent back images of a battery part next to a body
Officials say a gunman with possible connections to radical Islam used an assault rifle at a gay night club
Five cyclists were killed and four others were injured when a man in a pickup truck smashed into the group
An injured firefighter who was on scene at the massive blaze said the 13 firefighters who died didn’t need to
The fire is the country’s deadliest since a 2012 shopping mall blaze killed 19
The shooting left six injured and two dead Sunday
The blaze triggered multiple explosions, rocking houses in the area and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000 people
Fire investigators are working to determine the cause and if the home was operated illegally
When teaming with police, fire and EMS need different tactics and tools for both scenarios
Look for these six features when adding technology to incident management, especially for large-scale incidents
Some passengers from the bus being treated at that hospital were in stable condition
The fire triggered a massive explosion that killed 15 people, injured hundreds and left part of the small town in ruins
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, and when it comes to ammonium nitrate, forgetting is not an option
NTSB finds the commander had completed only two of four incident training courses, posing unnecessary risks in incidents requiring ICS
Passengers spent more than 30 minutes inside the smoke-filled train before firefighters arrived
Sixty-six people were trapped in the nursing home by an earthquake that hit Japan barely 24 hours after another quake that killed nine
The new gear will be required for all Madison Fire Department personnel responding with police to provide medical help on calls posing a higher risk for gunfire
Rescue operations were repeatedly disrupted by aftershocks; footage showed fires breaking out after the earthquake
Officials are still looking for eight other temple board members for possible charges of attempted murder and culpable homicide
Shoddy infrastructure, poor upkeep and lax safety standards across the country of 1.25 billion people have led to one deadly disaster after another
The fire started when a spark from a fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks that were being stored at the temple
