/incident-command Incident Command en-US Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:53:51 GMT /safety/articles/5-ems-safety-considerations-for-a-structure-collapse-response-JSukfiTNYLHLZeXg/ A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:53:51 GMT /safety/articles/5-ems-safety-considerations-for-a-structure-collapse-response-JSukfiTNYLHLZeXg/ /off-duty/labor-day-deals-for-emts-paramedics Save on duty gear, Faraday bags, tactical clothing, command post equipment and more during the last long weekend of the summer Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:52:23 GMT /off-duty/labor-day-deals-for-emts-paramedics /ems-products/training-tools/articles/training-hard-and-fighting-easy-BmITua2IGLVEgY2z/ Creating an effective tabletop training exercise for pre-planning MCI response Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:13:58 GMT /ems-products/training-tools/articles/training-hard-and-fighting-easy-BmITua2IGLVEgY2z/ /hazmat/conn-teacher-student-injured-in-science-experiment-gas-leak A faulty tube caused a nitrogen dioxide leak during an experiment involving nitric acid and copper pennies at Berlin High School Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:00:27 GMT /hazmat/conn-teacher-student-injured-in-science-experiment-gas-leak /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/2-dead-in-ky-plant-explosion-that-injured-several-workers Louisville firefighters rescued several from inside the collapsed food coloring plant Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:32:43 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/2-dead-in-ky-plant-explosion-that-injured-several-workers /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/at-least-11-injured-in-ky-plant-explosion Residents have been urged to shelter in place after an explosion ripped through a business in Louisville Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:55:43 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/at-least-11-injured-in-ky-plant-explosion /rescue/driver-bypasses-roadblock-goes-down-gorge-along-n-c-interstate Highway patrol officials said the fatal crash is the most egregious breach of the roadblock they have dealt with since the I-40 closure Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:22:07 GMT /rescue/driver-bypasses-roadblock-goes-down-gorge-along-n-c-interstate /mass-gathering/1-dead-16-injured-in-shooting-during-ala-university-homecoming-weekend 12 wounded by gunfire during a shooting at Tuskegee University Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:10:20 GMT /mass-gathering/1-dead-16-injured-in-shooting-during-ala-university-homecoming-weekend /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/4-dead-17-injured-in-fiery-mich-traffic-jam-crash Michigan State Police said a semitruck driver did not see the backup in time and crashed into a dozen vehicles Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:00:08 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/4-dead-17-injured-in-fiery-mich-traffic-jam-crash /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/46-treated-for-food-poisoning-at-md-food-distribution-business Howard County Fire and Rescue personnel transported patients to several hospitals after an isolated food poisoning incident in Jessup Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:32:01 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/46-treated-for-food-poisoning-at-md-food-distribution-business /disaster-management/milton-emergency-base-camp-relocated-before-storm-tore-through-tropicana-field-roof Before the storm hit, the home of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays was set up as a base camp for 10,000 emergency workers to aid in debris cleanup and response efforts Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:36:12 GMT /disaster-management/milton-emergency-base-camp-relocated-before-storm-tore-through-tropicana-field-roof /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/1-dead-7-hospitalized-after-mass-overdose-in-l-a-jail LAFD personnel arrived at the Men's Central Jail and upgraded the incident to a "multi-casualty incident" Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:29:36 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/1-dead-7-hospitalized-after-mass-overdose-in-l-a-jail /safety/articles/5-ems-safety-considerations-for-a-structure-collapse-response-JSukfiTNYLHLZeXg/ A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:53:51 GMT /safety/articles/5-ems-safety-considerations-for-a-structure-collapse-response-JSukfiTNYLHLZeXg/ /hazmat/shelter-in-place-order-extended-indefinitely-during-ga-chemical-plant-fire Approximately 17,000 people were evacuated earlier and several roads closed after a fire at the BioLab facility on Conyers sent smoke over the area Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:30:44 GMT /hazmat/shelter-in-place-order-extended-indefinitely-during-ga-chemical-plant-fire /disaster-management/usar-teams-activate-deploy-as-hurricane-helene-moves-towards-fla-coast Hurricane Helene is expected to bring storm conditions as far inland as Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana when it makes Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:09:43 GMT /disaster-management/usar-teams-activate-deploy-as-hurricane-helene-moves-towards-fla-coast /police/2-injured-in-explosion-at-calif-courthouse One person was detained after a blast from "an intentionally set improvised explosive device" inside the Santa Maria Courthouse Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:20:09 GMT /police/2-injured-in-explosion-at-calif-courthouse /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/4-dead-17-injured-in-targeted-mass-shooting-outside-ala-hookah-lounge Birmingham police search for suspects in a fatal shooting in the city's entertainment district Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:21:20 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/4-dead-17-injured-in-targeted-mass-shooting-outside-ala-hookah-lounge /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/this-is-going-to-be-an-mci-8-calif-firefighters-injured-in-rollover Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy said six of the injured firefighters were transported to local trauma centers Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:37:10 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/this-is-going-to-be-an-mci-8-calif-firefighters-injured-in-rollover /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/mutual-aid-response-when-wagon-overturns-during-wis-school-field-trip At least 17 patients were transported by EMS to hospitals after a wagon carrying children and adults overturned near Chippewa Falls Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:55:46 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/mutual-aid-response-when-wagon-overturns-during-wis-school-field-trip /hospital/workers-injured-during-pa-hospital-3-alarm-fire A fire on the roof of Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Allegheny County was determined to be caused by welding Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:45:30 GMT /hospital/workers-injured-during-pa-hospital-3-alarm-fire /search-and-rescue/1-dead-2-missing-6-hurt-in-conn-boat-crash First responders from several departments and agencies worked the scene in Old Saybrook Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:19:27 GMT /search-and-rescue/1-dead-2-missing-6-hurt-in-conn-boat-crash /fatal-incidents/2-dead-4-injured-after-man-drives-into-minn-restaurant-patio Authorities charged the driver with criminal vehicular homicide after striking Methodist Hospital employees outside a St. Louis Park restaurant Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:36:28 GMT /fatal-incidents/2-dead-4-injured-after-man-drives-into-minn-restaurant-patio /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/7-dead-dozens-injured-in-miss-bus-crash 36 patients were transported to hospitals after a bus overturned on Interstate 20 near Bovina Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:10:50 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/7-dead-dozens-injured-in-miss-bus-crash /fatal-incidents/1-dead-5-injured-in-la-house-explosion First responders arrived to find the Ragley house leveled, on fire and debris thrown some distance Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:49:28 GMT /fatal-incidents/1-dead-5-injured-in-la-house-explosion /fdny/4-injured-3-critically-in-nyc-house-explosion A gas leak caused an explosion in an East Flatbush house in Brooklyn Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:14:20 GMT /fdny/4-injured-3-critically-in-nyc-house-explosion /off-duty/labor-day-deals-for-emts-paramedics Save on duty gear, Faraday bags, tactical clothing, command post equipment and more during the last long weekend of the summer Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:52:23 GMT /off-duty/labor-day-deals-for-emts-paramedics /fatal-incidents/rock-ledge-collapse-kills-worker-at-mass-quarry First responders worked to find signs of life inside an excavator buried under rocks and boulders at a quarry in Sterling Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:16:58 GMT /fatal-incidents/rock-ledge-collapse-kills-worker-at-mass-quarry /rescue/pa-man-rescued-from-rubble-of-fatal-house-explosion A woman was killed and a man injured in a suspected propane explosion in Jefferson Township Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:00:58 GMT /rescue/pa-man-rescued-from-rubble-of-fatal-house-explosion /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/approximately-100-were-sickened-by-extreme-heat-at-colo-air-show First responders in Colorado Springs treated several patients during the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:50:52 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/approximately-100-were-sickened-by-extreme-heat-at-colo-air-show /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/8-dead-at-least-40-injured-in-fla-bus-crash A bus carrying farm workers overturned after it collided with a truck in Marion County Tue, 14 May 2024 15:55:46 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/8-dead-at-least-40-injured-in-fla-bus-crash /tornado/50-trapped-in-mich-fedex-building-collapse-during-tornado Officials report multiple injuries and damage in Portage and Kalamazoo Wed, 08 May 2024 11:53:40 GMT /tornado/50-trapped-in-mich-fedex-building-collapse-during-tornado /safety/articles/secondary-crashes-the-big-red-truck-is-simply-not-enough-to-keep-you-safe-B2kiF6jlF7K2CEvi/ The ERSI has already tracked 34 first responder roadway-incident deaths in 2022 and an average of two struck-by incidents daily Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:50:15 GMT /safety/articles/secondary-crashes-the-big-red-truck-is-simply-not-enough-to-keep-you-safe-B2kiF6jlF7K2CEvi/ /patient-assessment/trump-assassination-attempt-7-patient-assessment-reminders 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 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:31:45 GMT /patient-assessment/trump-assassination-attempt-7-patient-assessment-reminders /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/this-is-going-to-be-an-mci-8-calif-firefighters-injured-in-rollover Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy said six of the injured firefighters were transported to local trauma centers Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:37:10 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/this-is-going-to-be-an-mci-8-calif-firefighters-injured-in-rollover