Disaster Management
Prepared to treat your own? Lessons learned from a problematic incident
Emergency management concerns for the hours and days following an active shooter event
This timely and important event is a significant cross-disciplinary training opportunity for all public safety personnel
The new mobile Emergency Response Guidebook app gives first responders the ability to quickly search an indexed list of dangerous materials and their associated ID number, the hazards they pose and the safety precautions recommended
Real-time thermal imaging and GPS transmitted victim’s locations to responders miles away from the center of storm
Most of the crashes were rear-end collisions and spin-outs that were hit by other vehicles during a dust storm that reduced visibility
A total of 172 people were injured, and there have been no reported deaths
System received over 35 calls for service over the next four hours, the equivalent of a normal 24 hour shift
Two major injuries have been reported, and hospitals have been very busy with moderate injuries
Responders rescued at least six motorists in separate incidents; sporadic storms are expected to continue for the next few days
Two others were also hospitalized after a bolt hit a tree as middle schoolers were taking shelter from a storm during football practice
Exhaust from a parade of antique tractors put off a lot of the gas in the exhibit hall; some experienced nausea, drowsiness and headaches and one man was transported to the hospital
He praised fire and EMS workers for pulling many stranded motorists to safety after the city was overwhelmed by the most rain it’s seen in one day in 89 years
A flood crashed through the locked doors at at Nebraska’s Good Samaritan Hospital, sending nine feet of water rushing into the building
Crews are working to free about 2,500 people trapped by flash floods and mudslides after thunderstorms tore through the area
At least 100 ambulances have been sent to the area where 70 homes were buried and 158 more were hit
A tree fell on couple’s tent and their 13-year-old son suffered life-threatening injuries; hospitals were treating more than two dozen patients as of Thursday afternoon
Although the search ended in April after 42 bodies were found, workers had been screening debris for the body of 44-year-old Molly Kristine “Kris” Regelbrugge
Rescue crews responded to multiple injuries after intense thunderstorms sent trees crashing onto campsites
A 42-year-old woman was found dead in the water Monday after boating during the storm; a 40-year-old man she was with is missing
The strike injured seven other people; two were taken to the hospital by ambulance
The firefighter, identified as Lt. Stu Tudor, had to be resuscitated, and was listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit
He was pulling down the garage when it hit, and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
Karen Sykes’ body was found in Seattle’s Mount Rainier National Park and her death has been ruled an accident
Emergency crews and residents spent the evening sifting through demolished homes and businesses
Rare, duel twisters converged into one massive tornado, causing significant damage near Stanton, Neb.
The kit contains an identification photograph and a list of a person’s medications, prescriptions and family contacts
One of the twisters hitting near a junior golf tournament injured a caddy and flipped an empty trailer
