Disaster Management
A tragic incident in which a NY firefighter was killed by ambulance should have your department reviewing post-accident/incident plans, EVOC and safety courses
Philip D. White, master fire service instructor, addressed planning effective first responder incident preparedness and recovery training sessions at the recent California Mobile Command Center Expo
The Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Initiative is developing dispatcher mutual aid for disaster response
Rescue crews are sifting through the rubble with hopes of finding survivors, and are still assessing the full extent of the damage
Fire chief: ‘We’re up against the Earth, and the Earth’s movement is an extremely powerful thing.’
The commercialization of unmanned aerial aircrafts is leading to innovative, off-the-shelf tools for EMS
This is the second time the emergency management director was inside a public safety building that was hit; the county moved to a backup plan after $500K in damage to the 911 system
Only three of those killed in the March 22 disaster are still unidentified; the missing list has gone down to 12 from 13
Rescue teams continue the search for victims and work to identify bodies
The number of confirmed dead increased from 18 to 21; searchers are worried about dysentery, tetanus and contamination
As an increasingly desperate search progresses, the official death toll rose to 16, with the possibility of 24 dead once bodies are confirmed
Within hours of the mudslide, emergency crews were searching for life in a post-apocalyptic scene, dodging chunks of splintered birch trunks, half-buried pickup trucks and growing pools of water
The Texas facility was evacuated for a hazmat situation after about 12 people had reactions to a large packet of cinnamon that broke open
Accidents involved at least 50 cars along a 2-mile stretch, as emergency workers stuck in traffic struggled to reach victims
Two passengers requested medical attention, and a group of Belgian firefighters on board the US Airways jet assisted with the evacuation
The driver and passenger did not suffer any serious injuries when the vehicle overturned
More than 100 neighbors had already rushed to help when responders arrived; the snow crushed a house where a boy was playing outside
He was pale with signs of hypothermia after surviving days of rain and sub-freezing temperatures
Members of the volunteer corps. were forced out when melting snow fell fell from the condemned building fell onto the ambulance garage
She was knocked unconscious and treated at an area hospital
It’s the 16th avalanche death nationwide so far this winter
Three were also injured in the third deadly slide in the state in less than a week
The 6-pound, 6-ounce baby boy was delivered by c-section after a pregnant NY woman loading groceries into her car was struck and killed by a snowplow
2 died and 2 were injured; deep snow and changing weather hindered the rescue team that made its way into the mountain on skis, snowmobiles and snowshoes
It took them 90 minutes and all the salt and kitty-litter they could find, but they finally got the ambulance up the hill to transport a woman to the hospital
By the time the road reopened more than seven hours after the first fender-bender, 55 cars had been towed from the scene
