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.
Fire and EMS crews faced an explosion involving multiple victims in Jefferson City
Orion Township Fire Chief Ryan Allen said that “possibly or probably a gas leak” led to the explosion, based on initial reports after the blast
Grant funding brought together personnel from 26 agencies to hold ASHER training involving a simulated shooting at a polling place in Amesbury
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
Eight-story building collapsed trapping many garment factory workers
Despite their volunteer status, West Mayor Tommy Muska said, the men were trained to handle the situation.
Nearly all 50 calls that flooded in during 35 minutes came from within a mile of the plant after blast
Fighting the fire and evacuating residents likely saved countless lives
Fifty-one victims remain in the hospital; three of them are in critical condition
Business and industry cannot be trusted to self-police when it comes to fire safety
Family and friends closest to Harris shared their grief and the legacy of Kenny Harris
There he came across little Martin, one of three people who were killed in the twin bombings at Monday’s Boston Marathon
Rescuers turned the square outside the Lushan County Hospital into a triage center, where medical personnel bandaged bleeding victims
West, Texas, mayor said that at least 10 of the 14 killed were first responders
Her attorney said that he has talked with federal officials and is trying to work out how best to proceed
The bombing in Boston stirred those who lost loved ones in Oklahoma City
Tsarnaev is still unable to be interrogated, but is expected to live
The company’s own risk plan said its materials were not a fire or explosion hazard
Plant owner said he will never forget the self sacrifice of first responders
Gefke ran two years ago in full gear honoring fallen firefighter friend
The burst of activity came at the end of a tense day in and around Boston, just after they announced scaling back the hunt
The new footage, filmed on a cell phone from many hundreds of yards away, adds another perspective to the disaster
A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon moments after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw a fertilizer plant explode near Waco
Nelson, a native Texan, sent out his love and prayers via Twitter after a deadly fertilizer plant explosion rocked West, Texas
150 buildings cleared by searches after massive blast demolishes neighborhood
One resident said in the small community everyone knows who the volunteer responders are
Police Commissioner: ‘We believe this to be a man who’s come here to kill people’