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.
Reviewing the safety considerations, interagency planning and preplanning tools to aid firefighters
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
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
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
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