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.
A hydrogen sulfide leak at a Pemex plant near Deer Park killed at least two workers and caused a shelter-in-place order for residents
Use a portable power station to quickly and quietly charge radios, smartphones and power lighting and other devices when other power sources are not available
On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire on concertgoers, killing 58 people and wounding more than 400
They describe a woman hanging upside down from the ceiling of the train car, and a man who had a heart attack on scene
All 243 passengers and crew aboard the train have been accounted for
More than 200 people aboard were injured and at least seven were killed; it’s the nation’s deadliest train accident in nearly seven years
Train cars were completely overturned, on their side, ripped apart; more than 140 patients were taken to hospitals
Train from Washington derailed and crashed Tues. night
Heavy rain from the last round of storms has swollen creeks and rivers, dramatically increasing the likelihood of flash flooding as the next round of storms approaches
The tougher standards to reduce fire and explosion won’t fully take effect until 2020
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that such a quake would trigger 1,600 fire, many that would burn out of control
Asst. Chief John Hansen: “Our firefighters are having to crawl over corpses in areas to get to people that are still alive.”
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 counts against him; 17 of those charges are punishable by death
The jury will now decide whether the 21-year-old should be sentenced to death or receive life in prison
The children ranged in ages from 6 to 16; a portable generator was found without gas inside the home
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The van ran through a stop sign, crossed all lanes of a highway, and landed in a canal
The review raised troubling questions about how Metro calls and general 911 calls are handled by dispatch
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro called it the city’s worst fatal fire in recent memory
WUI conference speaker will give fire chiefs a behind-the-scenes look at Washington’s largest wildfire incident in history
The bag is designed to be used by a non-medical person during an incident where EMS can’t immediately access the injured due to scene safety restrictions
The truck became fully engulfed in flames; four people are in critical condition
Dozens more were injured by an electrical wire that was moved by a pole so the float could pass underneath the wire
Following last month’s deadly smoke incident, D.C. fire officials revealed that less than half the department has special training
The crash was the deadliest accident in the 22-year history of one of the nation’s busiest commuter railroads
Collision was so powerful the electrified third rail came up and pierced the train; 10 people are seriously injured
Although 15 people were rescued, there are still 17 missing passengers; pilot called mayday shortly after takeoff
Rescuers used sledgehammers to smash through fallen concrete hunting for those who might be trapped
They made adjustments by encrypting their radios which made their radios less effective or almost non-working
The NTSB is investigating anomalies with the ventilation system in the tunnels to further understand what went wrong
Fire officials notified transit authorities of the radio problems four days before the incident that left one dead and 80 injured
Medics transported 23 injured motorists to area hospitals; the trucker died in the explosion
Masked gunmen with automatic weapons stormed offices of a satirical newspaper before escaping