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
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
Firefighters and other emergency responders never acted upon that information to train for the kind of devastating explosion that happened
When all of the television trucks have gone home, firefighters will be there to help each other through tragedy’s aftermath
Approximately 30 IAFF members who suffered total loss of their homes and personal belongings
Rescue workers have been searching tirelessly for survivors and victims, sometimes double and triple-checking home sites
Investigators can still not say with certainty what caused the fire that ignited stored ammonium nitrate
Emergency crews are combing through the rubble and at least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children
At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb
Authorities expected the death toll to rise as emergency crews moved deeper into the hardest-hit areas
As many as 60 were hurt when the car ran down a parade of hikers on a two-lane bridge
Officials say it is lucky that no one died and that there were not more injured than the 72 who required treatment
Investigators site three possible causes: a problem with one of the plant’s electrical systems, a battery-powered golf cart, and a criminal act.
The deputies say he exhibited no leadership during the Boston Marathon bombings; the chief says he ran the scene the correct way
West Mayor Tommy Muska said he did not know how much the firefighters knew about the chemicals on the property
The medic’s attorney said his client had nothing to do with the plant explosion and will not plead guilty to the charges
The announcement came the same day a paramedic was arrested on a charge of possessing a destructive device
Bryce Ashley Reed, a volunteer EMT, is set to appear in a federal court in Waco Friday morning
The death toll is expected to rise as firefighters search vehicles and debris destroyed by the blast
The finding was expected and officials had said they were focusing their investigation on the explosive chemical used in many fertilizers
The monument cannot accomodate the 10 firefighters killed in the fertilizer plant explosion
Early estimates are that it will the explosion caused $100 million in damages
The blast in one of Europe’s most prized cities is a reminder of how dependent we are on our infrastructure
Shortly after the first explosion, responders initially didn’t know it was a bomb and thought a vendor might have had an accidental explosion
State fire marshal: ‘We’re trying to find the critical piece’
Brittany Chupik never thought her friends were heading to their deaths, yet she says they responded to their final fire with bravery and courage
Prague mayor Bohuslav Svoboda ruled out a terrorist attack, saying the blast was a gas explosion
An earlier photograph showed Jane and her brother Martin standing just yards away from terror suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Officials from the Russian Investigative Committee said they are looking at poor fire regulations and a short circuit as possible causes for the hospital fire
The mammoth price tag is probably not what patients are focusing on as they begin the long healing process
Most of the victims were first responders from fire departments in West and other nearby towns that were on the scene trying to control the fire that preceded the blast
The disaster has rocked the community and, even in the shadow of the Boston Marathon bombings, which have received the lion’s share of media coverage this past week, it has reverberated throughout the country