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.
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A Marion County Fire Rescue ambulance overturned in a collision with a bus and pickup truck
Six people are dead after a semi crashed into the rear of a charter bus carrying high school students
The other fatalities — eight men and six women — all died of blunt force trauma
Six ambulances were called to the scene, transporting at least five injured
Disaster was immediately personal as I spent a week in June last year with the Tokyo Fire Department
The fire department says eight people are critically hurt, four of them with life-threatening injuries; 12 firefighters hurt
The World Wide Tour bus skidded on its side into a sign pole on the southbound side of Interstate 95
Police said 200 to 300 bodies were found in the northeastern coastal city of Sendai; another 137 were confirmed killed, with 531 people missing
The Perry County coroner ruled the children died of smoke inhalation
Eight people, including three children, were hospitalized with injuries that were not considered life-threatening
The bus then rolled onto its side, injuring numerous passengers
The dead ranged in age from 18 to 30 years old
Authorities say the flatbed tow truck ran a red light, hitting the bus
Local firefighters had no idea there was a large gas transmission pipeline underneath their town
Firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to locate some of the children and quickly started pulling them out one by one
Family members tried to fight the fire itself, which killed 2 children, fire investigators reported
The New York City Fire Department says the motorcycle rider was taken to Bellevue Hospital in very bad shape
Some of the memories are graphic, so the fire department will continue to offer counselors for anyone who needs them
Dozens of people were killed and another 100 were missing in the aftermath of the earthquake
Three children and three adults were hospitalized in serious or critical condition with burns and other fire-related injuries
The driver lost control on a curve and crossed into oncoming traffic
Eight years ago Sunday, a fire at The Station nightclub killed 100 people and injured more than 200
Police in Thornton said four people were also injured in the three-vehicle crash
Wednesday night’s explosion flattened a pair of row houses and set fire to a block of homes, killing five people
One young woman reportedly was pinned against a wall by the cab and had her leg severed
Three workers were flown to a hospital burn unit
Calhoun City Fire Chief Mike Dunagin said the 18-wheeler sideswiped the first bus and hit the second one head-on
All five were wearing their seat restraints
Eight of the people were hospitalized in serious condition
An Evansville firefighter was among those inside the restaurant at the time was able to free a person trapped under the vehicle
Survivors were taken by ambulance and helicopters to nearby hospitals
Fannett-Metal Fire and EMS assisted at the scene where two vehicles collided