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.
Security camera footage shows the aircraft on its side as it crashed into the building in Fullerton
Authorities call “vehicle as a weapon” attacks a catalyst for reshaping cities, prompting concrete barriers and anti-vehicle obstacles in public and new spaces
Investigators say IDs and tattoos give a strong identification of the driver killed in the explosion outside the Las Vegas Trump hotel on New Year’s Day
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
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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