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.
Searchers and cadaver dogs have covered 25% of the burned area of Lahaina
Residents reported an explosion in the Newark Housing Authority building that led to the collapse
Hundreds of first responders participated in several small group and full-scale exercises at Willoughby South High School
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has been working with the National Guard to respond
The high winds on Saturday ripped roofs off buildings in Yazoo County
More than 600 others were injured in the attack at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Under evaluators’ watch, administrators evacuated about 300 students for the school and firefighters searched for victims
Seven others in the home were taken to a hospital
Rescuers hoped to vent enough poisonous gas to safely get inside and look for possible survivors; four people still missing
The incident is the worst US mine disaster since 1984; rescuers had been trying to get to at least 10 miners they thought were trapped
Veteran firefighter creates customizable incident management software
A total of six motorcyclists were injured
The truck crossed over the median on an interstate highway
The bus driver was critically injured; Reedy Creek Fire Department transported patients
New spine board introduced to provide cost-effective support tool
None of the injuries are reported to be life threatening
The U.S. Geological Survey listed the quake at 5.9 magnitude; 34 additional victims were treated for injuries
A bilingual 4th grader, himself hurt, helped translate for firefighters and paramedics
Ten of the injured were taken by ambulance to various hospitals and five were flown by medical helicopter
Aftershocks have added another level of danger amid rescue efforts
At least 708 people were killed
The flash floods were so powerful they carved paths down mountains and ripped through the city of Funchal
Fire marshal says officials have verified the whereabouts of 95 percent of the nearly 100 workers
‘Bodies everywhere’ as workers injured, neighboring buildings damaged in blast
A measured response is needed for support coming in from outside affected areas
Firefighters and EMS personnel can assist rescue and medical efforts in affected areas through several groups
Fire Chief Joe Downey is helping to lead a team of 80 specialists on a search-and-rescue mission
Rescuers fed water through a rubber pipe when they discovered the man was trapped beneath four meters of rubble
11 Brazilian peacekeepers and five international police officers were killed
Aid groups said the challenge of helping Haiti’s desperate quake survivors was enormous
The fire chief for the nation’s largest military base said his 26 years on the job couldn’t prepare him for what he saw