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.
At least 22 people were injured when the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance plane crashed shortly after takeoff
Army Corps of Engineers Colonel Francis B. Pera said a “dignified recovery” of the victims takes precedence over all else
D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly Sr. said the wreckage of the plane’s fuselage will probably have to be pulled from the water to get all the bodies
Officers teach situational awareness and principles of “Run, Hide, Fight”
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Little has been accomplished since the disaster, despite some state legislation and an executive order from President Barack Obama to improve chemical facility safety
After recent mass shooting events, the police and fire chiefs saw the need for fire and EMS personnel to enter the hot zone
Days of tumultuous weather have led to 34 deaths overall — those in Texas and Illinois, plus 18 total in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas
Tornados and flooding tore through the southern states with cold and blizzard conditions expected to follow
Many of the victims were civilians lined up to recharge their cooking gas tanks
Police believe it was an intentional act by a woman in her 20s who went up and off the street two or three times
Tactical medic Ryan Starling recalls assessing the victims and separating the living from the dead
Despite its vital role, the fire service is being left out of the national conversation about terrorism response; that needs to change
The incident was the deadliest mass shooting since the attack at a school in Newtown three years ago
The video shows sons and daughters explaining what they have learned from their first-hand experience with terror
Fire Chief Chris Riley: “Certainly it could have been much, much worse if it were not for the heroism of our police officers to corner the person in the building.”
Each kit is equipped with $25 to $30 worth of gauze, gloves and two tourniquets for bystanders to render aid
A team of 20 doctors and crisis experts organized the medical response, sending three-person teams into the field and setting up triage operations in hospitals
The long-planned drill at a Manhattan subway station got a last-minute update in the wake of the deadly attacks in Paris
Sixteen people were pulled to safety when an angle belt caught fire in the underground mine; China mines have long been the most deadly
Effective response requires all public safety personnel to have the same strategies and training to most effectively eliminate the threat and save the most lives
Many public places lacked firefighting equipment, fire permits or did not hold fire drill
Officials continue the heavy task of identifying the 129 people killed in Friday’s coordinated terrorist attacks
Firefighters had to extricate the two pedestrians, who ended up trapped under the bus, and a passenger trapped on the upper deck
French emergency responders struggled to absorb the deadliest violence on its soil since World War II
Police have reported shootouts in at least two restaurants and explosions around a stadium
The lead singer whose pyrotechnics display sparked the nightclub fire is making the documentary to give him a chance to apologize and tell his side of the story
Records show that there were three small fires in 2012 and 2014; findings raise questions if authorities could have prevented tragedy
Firefighters are sifting through the quicksand-like clay mud looking for survivors
The blaze erupted at a basement nightclub during a heavy metal concert; panicked people fled for the sole exit in a stampede, leaving 180 injured
Fire chief on Indiana’s devastating tornado: “It just seemed like it went on and on forever. It was awful.”
Some 180 people were injured and 90 remain hospitalized in serious condition with authorities predicting the death toll could rise significantly
Eight people, including the driver, escaped from the bus after the driver opened the door; others were trapped as the blaze consumed the vehicles