Disaster Management
The story behind one of the busiest mobile incident command and communication resources in Silicon Valley
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Despite the destruction of the medical tent, and a lack of water for attendees, a New Orleans concert continued after several attendees were injured in a stampede
Damage to front-end bun and windshield shattered of iconic 27-foot long hot dog on wheels
2 medics and patient were checked at hospital after collision on icy road
Their injuries were listed as serious, but prognosis for both is good
County emergency management activated amateur radio experts to relay information about fire and police personnel
7 people in serious condition; thick fog and icy roads at time of pileup
2 crashes during a mix of rain and snow involved tractor-trailers, cars and a fully loaded bus
“They saw that somebody needed help, and they took time out of their day and their busy schedules to do something like that.”
Male climber had broken femur, female climber two broken ankles; both required helicopter evacuation
Medics delivered her son about two minutes from the hospital during a record-setting snow storm
During blizzard 17-year-old boy lost control of tube and crashed into a light pole
Sleds, shovels, and academy recruits added to every ambulance
Blanket drag used by EMS and bystanders to move man possibly having a heart attack to ambulance
At least 660 calls were on hold by the afternoon as icy conditions led to multiple car and bus crashes
The city’s preliminary timeline confirmed that passengers waited more than a half-hour for help, and that more than an hour passed before an ambulance began carrying the dying woman to a hospital
Both victims died after leaving their vehicles; 1 was struck and other died of internal injuries
Erik Steciak, 29, was a paramedic and member of several fire companies
Responders used a vehicle equipped with a snow plow to maneuver a patient’s driveway in bad weather; it slid and hit the medic
Emergency crews rescued a husband and wife trapped in rubble after the tornado destroyed their mobile home and damaged the area
The storm swept from California into the Mojave Desert and Nevada, bringing snow to parts of northern Arizona and New Mexico along the way
35-care pileup on I-93 in N.H. causes multiple injuries; none believed to be serious
Cellphone footage shows the avalanche in action; they survived in an ice cave
The Australian medic coordinated a Thailand hospital’s disaster response during the chaos
A fellow snowmobiler was able to belly crawl across the ice and rescue a friend who has been hospitalized with symptoms of hypothermia
Fire officials will review the operation to see what allowed the firefighter to get caught in the fast-moving water
Hundreds of rescuers dig through debris with their bare hands, shovels and hoes
West coast storm - a ‘Pineapple Express’ - dumps torrential rains, causes debris avalanches and mud flows, topples trees, and floods roadways
Western N.Y. man succumbs to complications from sudden cardiac arrest while shoveling after 90 inch snowfall
Emergency workers evacuated nearly 40 residents from the neighborhood as a nearby home exploded, killing an 86-year-old woman inside
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