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.
Louisville firefighters rescued several from inside the collapsed food coloring plant
Residents have been urged to shelter in place after an explosion ripped through a business in Louisville
The fast-moving Cocoanut Grove fire killed nearly 500 and changed fire safety and burn treatment as we know it
Most of the dead firefighters were young, aged from 19 to 23, and many reportedly had never fought a fire before
Families of missing firefighters say they are treated as ‘second-class’ crews and not enough has been done to find them
The blasts claimed the lives of at least 114 people, including at least 21 firefighters and 64 are still missing
One doctor called the survival of the 19-year-old firefighter found after 32 hours ‘miraculous;' An unknown number of firefighters are still missing
Rescuers pulled out a firefighter who was trapped for 32 hours; at least 56 people were killed and more than 720 injured
Officials said a total of 701 people were injured, including 71 in serious condition; they gave no figure for the missing
A volunteer group of police officers, firefighters and union workers who responded to the World Trade Center attacks will work with Newtown’s first responders on a year-long program to treat symptoms of crime-scene trauma
ATF investigators say a damaged electrical plug sparked the blaze and a 15-foot, dry Christmas tree caused the room to flashover
Authorities said he didn’t have working smoke detectors, clear stairwells and a second means of escape from an upstairs bedroom
Two emerging models of rescue task forces and tactical medics offer different, yet more aggressive approaches to active-shooter incidents than standing by until all is clear
The shooter initially tried to flee with the crowd but turned back when he saw police; he fatally shot himself
Fire chief: “When they get to the firehouse, they talk it out ... it’s a peer counseling sort of thing.”
Investigators say the fire was accidental, but that the house didn’t have functioning smoke detectors and they believed he operated the property as an illegal boarding house
Fire caused by malicious intentions was not anticipated, and provisions to keep out hazardous materials were not in place
A well-trained firefighter is a safe one, but when a large-scale incident hits home factors like mental health support play a key role
Retired firefighter Lawrence Drake, 48, revived a woman, her pregnant daughter and an 8-year-old boy
Smoke from the man’s self immolation killed two passengers an sickened 26; fire officials do not know why the man set himself on fire
Colored theatrical powder thrown from the stage onto about 1,000 people somehow ignited and exploded
He read on Facebook about a person donating a large sum of money to the victims, so he said ‘This person ought to be praised for his good deed’
Volunteer firefighter Kurtis Cook wrote that Charleston church shooter, Dylann Roof, “needs to be praised for the good deed he has done”
Intense manhunt was underway for Dylann Roof, 21, who joined a prayer meeting and then opened fire inside a historic black church
Dylann Roof, 21, was identified as a suspect after nine people were shot and killed at a historic black church; authorities have called it a hate crime
At least five of the dead were Irish students in the U.S. on temporary work visas, and they were celebrating a 21st birthday
Firefighters delivered emotional testimony at the trial of a trio charged with murder in a fatal Nov. 2012 house explosion
There is nothing unique about the Pittsburgh fire; history proves that Americans ignored the risks until disaster struck
Some of the disaster warning gaps are technological while some are psychological
A retired colonel and captain were sentenced to one year in jail for having granted the nightclub a permit to operate
The truck was going down a hill when the brakes failed and slammed into a bus station; 30 other victims were hospitalized with severe burns
Fire rescue crews responded to about 260 calls that included trapped vehicles; it’s been made worse by people going around the barriers for flood photos
Disaster Assistance Response Team included 57 urban search and rescuers each from Los Angeles County and Fairfax County, Va. fire departments