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.
Six people who were part of a construction crew filling potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge are missing
A bomb in a van in the underground parking garage exploded killing six people, injuring over 1,000
The after-action report information from the Boise hangar collapse focuses on rescues, triage and scene safety
Bodies of final three victims of grain elevator blast that killled 6 people, injured 2 others were recovered Monday morning
Minivan full of relatives hit deer on highway, slowed down or stopped just before semitrailer collided with it from behind
Firefighters had to wait 15 minutes to enter; fire officials still investigating fire that killed two young boys, mother
The driver of the Trailways bus and five passengers were taken to hospitals
Three women from a watercraft were declared dead at the scene by paramedics, county fire Inspector Matt Levesque said
A boy survived a 3-story drop from an apartment; ten people from the building were hospitalized and two firefighters suffered minor injuries
Eleven units, including six ambulances, responded to the scene, according to San Francisco Fire Department
The children who died lived in the home for adopted and foster children; seven other children were hospitalized
Several people were taken to local hospitals, Oakland Fire Department battalion chief Emon Usher said
Police said a 29-year-old was driving home from a local bar when he took a wrong turn and ended up stuck on the tracks
One patient was in critical condition and one was in serious condition; three others were also admitted to a local hospital
“It looked like a war zone,” Patrick Calhoun, one of the first rescuers to responder to the scene, said
With key medical health facilities out of commission, emergency responders say many of the injured would be treated in tents set up at field hospitals wherever needed
Authorities said Michael L. Henry, of Pleasant Shade, Tenn., was killed when the 1998 Dodge Durango he was driving struck a school bus carrying Oakland High School band members
As many as three people required hospitalization
All 39 injured were treated and released
Two of the victims on the bus suffered serious injuries, but none appeared to be life-threatening
Three people were classified as having serious but non life threatening injuries
Firefighters investigating the source of carbon monoxide in several connected homes called police after they found a man dead in a running vehicle
The board unanimously agreed at a meeting last month that the accident was caused by “a litany of failures” by the Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
MCI response reminded me again about the continual importance of educating citizens about our departments’ capabilities and limitations
Witnesses were spattered with blood and pieces of flesh; video shows responders, spectators aiding the wounded with calm control
Seven people also are listed in serious condition on Sunday and 10 are either in fair or good condition
It appears a small storage hatch on the RV did not close properly, allowing fumes from the generator to leak inside
Some of the injured described being coated in aviation fuel that burned their skin, but there were no flames, no fireball
Witness and video accounts show that the World War II vintage plane suddenly pitched upward, rolled and did a nose-dive toward a crowded grandstand
Video of the crash showed a horrific scene of bodies and wreckage at the front of the stands
Mourners and those paying their respects have used crayons of every shade to make rubbings of the names of the lost
Firefighters were called to the restaurant and two women were found unconscious in a restroom
One vehicle was on its side and the top of a red truck was cut off to remove a person inside