Mass Casualty Incidents
As the military saying goes, “Prior planning prevents poor performance.” This phrase can be applied to preparing for mass casualty incidents. Check this page for articles and resources on ensuring you and your department are ready for the unexpected, as well as the latest updates on major incidents in the United States and across the world.
One chief tells how quarterbacking an MCI with police fatalities changed her professionally and personally
High-fidelity, full-scale exercises for SWAT and EMS at Urban Shield 2016 create a unique and memorable MCI and active shooter training experience
Ballistic protective equipment for active shooter response is eligible for Assistance to Firefighters grant funding
Police said a 29-year-old was driving home from a local bar when he took a wrong turn and ended up stuck on the tracks
Several people were taken to local hospitals after Wednesday night’s crash, but all the injuries were considered minor and non-life-threatening, officials said
The aim is get as many people as possible to visit Qldalert.com in one day to replicate the traffic that would be experienced during a disaster
The Nebraska State Patrol says 41 people were taken to a nearby hospital
The explosion at a fertilizer plant injured four workers and spilled 2,000 gallons of ammonia
With key medical health facilities out of commission, emergency responders say many of the injured would be treated in tents set up at field hospitals wherever needed
At least 271 people were hurt, none seriously, said Xu Jiangguang, head of the city’s health bureau
The episodes have inflicted a severe emotional toll on people, but also instilled a greater sense of community as people came together in the face of crisis
The FDNY said one person refused medical attention and the others are being treated after the accident Tuesday morning
Amateur video clips appeared to show a small piece of the aircraft falling to the ground before the crash
Witnesses were spattered with blood and pieces of flesh, yet video of the scene shows paramedics, police and spectators attending to the wounded with a control that seems contradictory to the devastation
It appeared that the 1940s-model plane went straight down in the first few rows of VIP box seats
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Terry Williams told The Associated Press Saturday that a team has arrived from Washington to join regional officials
The storm had barely passed through the state when Audrey Snyder, assistant professor in the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing, received an alert to be ready to deploy
A section of scaffold installed to protect cars from overhead construction collapsed onto eight northbound lanes shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday
A brief clip from a police security video that was initially released after Tuesday’s crash shows the bus driver clearly ignoring flashing lights and a ringing bell
There are more locked doors, required ID badges and more training required for Abilene city officials compared with a decade ago
The damage was concentrated along the Susquehanna in Binghamton, N.Y., in Wilkes-Barre, where more than 70,000 people were told to evacuate
More than half of families surveyed had no plan for what to do in a major emergency
For a New York City paramedic who had seen it all, the attacks on 9/11 changed everything
What one medic found among the rubble was the caring and courage of those who died on 9/11
The changes that began on 9/12 have stretched into weeks, months and years
In your life in EMS, or in the fire service, what is the worst event you can imagine?
As the former National Coordinator of Disaster Volunteers for the American Red Cross, Dr. Kelly B. Close was on the front lines of the emergency medical response following the 9/11 attacks in New York City
While working at Ground Zero, responders inhaled jet fuel, soot, glass fibers, asbestos, crushed metals, cement dust, pesticides, dioxins and other contaminants
Man marched to a table of uniformed National Guard members before shooting each one of them
Mass-fatality incidents (MFIs) occur when there are more decedents or remains than the available resources can handle, when there are 10 or more fatalities, and when the incident involves a protracted and complex remains-recovery operation
Emergency responders used a range of sophisticated and even archaic tools to pluck people from raging floodwaters
Salvation Army locations across the United States have mobile feeding units able to provide hundreds of thousands of meals per day if needed
In many cases, the moment of maximum danger arrived well after the storm had passed
