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.
An independent review says incident command wasn’t formally established until 25 minutes after the shooter was in custody and fire crews were dispatched late
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The shooter also died in the incident inside the Chesapeake store busy with Thanksgiving shoppers
Chesapeake police believe “less than 10" people have died, after officers sent rescue and tactical teams inside to render aid
Colorado Springs police officers, 34 firefighters, 11 ambulance crews and some FBI personnel responded to the active shooter incident at an LGBTQ club
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Mayday training, preplanning, mutual-aid agreements and scene size-ups emerge as common themes in major incidents
Roughly 1,700 emergency workers were dispatched to the scene where ambulances lined streets and EMS providers and bystanders performed CPR
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The jury said that it could not unanimously agree that the shooter should be executed
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At least 10 ambulance crews responded, according to the Chicago Fire Department, which asked for help searching the structure
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He was on scene as the EMS incident command and said more than 100 EMS, fire and police personnel from several municipalities and counties responded
Cell phone photos taken by law enforcement officers after the Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting were being spread the same night
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“We’re able to get the stretcher under the patient and drag them to what amounts to a safer area and use less rescuers,” said Fitchburg Fire Chief Joe Pulvermacher
The challenge now is how to show up every day, with the same energy, and resist the threats of indifference and complacency
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