Mass Casualty Incidents
As the military saying goes, 鈥淧rior planning prevents poor performance.鈥� 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.
Creating an effective tabletop training exercise for pre-planning MCI response
The death of a firefighter attendee and the wounding of three others, including former President Trump, is a tragic reminder of gunshot wound assessment and treatment challenges
Technologies require these four attributes to truly unite all the players in emergency response
Fort Worth Fire Department PIO Craig Trojacek are working a mass casualty incident at the Sandman Signature Hotel
A Kern County Fire Department spokesperson described the scene on I-5 as 鈥渃haotic鈥�
One patient in critical condition was flown from the crash scene in Lake George to Albany Medical Center
How a state鈥檚 wristband system and Pulsara redefined safety at the Texas Renaissance Festival
A train carrying approximately 300 people struck a stopped train at a Manhattan station
Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante said the first officers encountered multiple victims
Several patients were transported to hospitals after the two front cars of the train derailed outside of Orinda
One patient was pinned underneath a food truck, and a police officer was injured in the Manhattan incident
First responders in Cheektowaga faced several sick players and parents
A pickup truck in a no-passing zone struck a minivan near Cleburne
Over 50 workers were evaluated after an anhydrous ammonia leak at La Quesera Mexicana in Greeneville
An extinguisher fell off a hallway wall inside a Suffolk school, releasing its contents as students passed through
The rollover occurred during training at Camp Pendelton
All patients are reported to be in stable condition after a gunman shot through a wall of a Lumberton restaurant
A vehicle connected to a Chicago homicide crashed into a school bus and other vehicles
A Marion County Fire Rescue ambulance overturned in a collision with a bus and pickup truck
Two vehicles ended up overturned inside a Boston Market in Saugus
Several of the injured in the crash near Pocatello were taken to hospitals in personal vehicles
The Chicago Fire Department said 38 people, including four children, were injured; 23 were taken to area hospitals and three of the injured were in critical condition
Six people were killed when a semi crashed into a charter bus carrying high school students
A charter bus carrying students was struck by a tractor-trailer in Licking County
Deadly crash near La Pryor calls attention to the debate over high-speed police pursuits
Two people had to be extricated from the car after both vehicles crashed into a Long Beach restaurant
Fog similar to what contributed to the deadly Oct. pileup led to another crash
A gas explosion collapsed part of a multi-family structure in Wappingers Falls
Central Maine Medical Center鈥檚 ED was already at capacity when the shootings in Lewiston occurred
A vehicle collided with a King County Metro bus, sending it into a building in the Belltown neighborhood
One worker is dead and another trapped in the collapse of an 11-story coal plant in Martin County
Gov. Janet Mills provided an update to the number of dead and wounded in an active shooter incident at to locations in Lewiston
Smoke from wetland fires mixed with fog to create a 鈥渟uper fog,鈥� causing several crashes on I-55 near New Orleans
