Disaster Management
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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
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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
Swift water rescue crews pulled the stranded motorists from their cars; no injuries were reported
Nine cars were involved in a chain-reaction crash and police say many of the drivers were going too fast
A stampede at a school during the quake injured 42 children
Homeowners climbed onto roofs to shovel off the snow and reduce the danger of collapse
Due to feet of snow, it was not possible to get in or out of the hospital by vehicle
Stuck on roads clogged with snow and cars, she flagged down firefighters helping a stranded motorist who just happened to be a delivery nurse
Three of the deaths were heart attacks attacks; two others were also killed in N.H. and Mich. and another storm is on the way
Officials are urging residents to prepare as they would a major storm — with plenty of food, water and medicine in case they’re unable to leave home for several days
No medics were hurt; they were responding to a driver that lost control on snowy roads and crashed into a creek
The drill is the first of kind for area responders, featuring a staged scenario and specialized equipment
Luckily, EMS arrived behind firefighters to a call for difficulty breathing and evacuated the building when their carbon monoxide monitors went off
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