Incident Command
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From a hoax school shooting to Boston Marathon planning, real-world incidents show how relationships and pre-event coordination determine outcomes
Multiple people suffered minor injuries after a school bus carrying students from the Maryland School for the Blind crashed into a building
More than 100 first responders responded after a bus crashed into a building in Pikesville, prompting a mass casualty incident
LAFD paramedics transported all 12 occupants of an overturned SUV after a Sun Valley crash
Four people were flown to a burn center and five others were taken by ambulance after a cruiser exploded near Chesapeake City
Los Angeles County firefighters declared a mass casualty incident after a tractor-trailer crossed a freeway median and collided head-on with multiple vehicles
Specialized cave and swift-water rescue teams worked through flooded roads and dangerous conditions to pull 14 people safely from two Jackson County caves
Fourteen Minster swim team members were hospitalized after a chlorine pump malfunction reportedly exposed swimmers to chemicals
Officials called the fire and explosion at Robbins Lumber a mass-casualty event in Searsmont
Eleven people were taken to hospitals after a vehicle struck a dairy cow on Route 116 in Sunderland and then collided with a second vehicle
Cleveland firefighters and a medical helicopter responded to Amaero Advanced Materials after an industrial explosion
A possible fuel-related explosion aboard a 40-foot cabin cruiser near the Haulover Sandbar sparked a mass-casualty response
A valve malfunction involving boron trifluoride at a Lafayette Parish business prompted evacuations and hospitalized workers and first responders
More than 100 paramedics staffed the three-day event, using foot teams to reach and treat patients in dense crowds
A suspected impaired driver going the wrong way triggered a seven-vehicle crash on Interstate 680 in Contra Costa County
Medina County crews used a rescue sling and grain sleeve to free the man, who was buried chest-deep in corn
Four students and a security guard were taken to hospitals after the stabbing at Foss High School in Tacoma
A toxic gas release at a silver recovery facility in Kanawha County left two people dead and about 30 others hospitalized as officials investigate a chemical reaction involving nitric acid
A roughly 70-vehicle pileup on snowy Interstate 70 west of Denver shut down eastbound lanes in Clear Creek County
Officials say hazards have been neutralized at the East Providence facility, where a machinery blast triggered a mass casualty response
A van erupted in flames beneath Interstate 5 in Portland after a crash, trapping six injured people inside until firefighters and a bystander pulled them to safety
Approximately 15 people were hurt, some seriously, when an impaired driver hit revelers during a Lao New Year parade, prompting a large EMS response
Emergency crews from Hickory and surrounding communities took part in a simulated plane crash at Hickory Regional Airport, training on triage, coordination and response times in a mass-casualty scenario
First responders spent hours navigating steep terrain to reach and airlift a hiker who plunged up to 30 feet in North Cheyenne Cañon Park
A floor collapse at a wedding venue in Tamworth injured six people and sent about 70 guests into the basement
A massive explosion leveled a commercial production building in Logan Township, sending four people to the hospital in critical condition
A Cessna 172 made an emergency ice landing on the Hudson River near Newburgh
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