Incident Command
Regularly reviewing and practicing MCI skills will make sure EMS personnel are ready to act when a major incident happens
Take control of the situation and establish command as soon as possible to start triaging and transporting patients
Assistance is available from the U.S. government, but local systems have important responsibilities
Elk City and Oklahoma City first responders utilized whole blood to save a worker pinned underneath a bulldozer
Boise Fire Department Operations Chief Aaron Hummel described the scale of the scene as a “global collapse”
Tampa Fire Rescue responded to 156 medical calls during the pirate parade
The person who was killed was a guest at the resort and from out of town; two others were caught in the slide and extracted from the snow without injuries
MedStar stated 15 patients were transported from the Sandman Signature Hotel in Fort Worth after an explosion
Fort Worth Fire Department PIO Craig Trojacek are working a mass casualty incident at the Sandman Signature Hotel
One patient in critical condition was flown from the crash scene in Lake George to Albany Medical Center
Several patients were transported to hospitals after the two front cars of the train derailed outside of Orinda
First responders in Cheektowaga faced several sick players and parents
Over 50 workers were evaluated after an anhydrous ammonia leak at La Quesera Mexicana in Greeneville
A pilot, passenger and truck driver escaped serious injury in a fiery crash on I-26 near Asheville
An extinguisher fell off a hallway wall inside a Suffolk school, releasing its contents as students passed through
“This scene was chaos. Multiple victims, a house on fire, and a madman on a rampage, on a mission,” said Patrick Hendry, the head of the NYPD’s police union
Two vehicles ended up overturned inside a Boston Market in Saugus
Rescuers in Chaffee County were sent to rescue an ill-prepared hiker trapped by a snowstorm
A charter bus carrying students was struck by a tractor-trailer in Licking County
Four women were injured in what authorities called a random attack at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston
A shelter-in-place order was given to residents near Sound Resource Solutions in Shepherd
A gas explosion collapsed part of a multi-family structure in Wappingers Falls
Martin County Judge Executive Lon Lafferty said they have not had any communication with the second worker in the coal plant collapse
One worker is dead and another trapped in the collapse of an 11-story coal plant in Martin County
Rescuers are in contact with one worker buried in the collapse of a multi-story plant in Martin County
Central Maine Medical Center’s ED was already at capacity when the shootings in Lewiston occurred
Smoke from wetland fires mixed with fog to create a “super fog,” causing several crashes on I-55 near New Orleans
One patient suffered life-threatening injuries after falling into a mine shaft in Kern County
First responders from several agencies in Ottawa County participated in scenarios involving clearing rooms, treating victims
People fled in panic as a shooting happened inside the fairground
One patient in the New Bedford pier collapse was transported to St. Luke’s Emergency Department by rescue boat
Several patients experiencing headaches and dizziness at a North Whitehall childcare center were transported to area hospitals
Prince George’s County first responders faced a total of 56 passengers at the crash scene
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