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A multiple casualty incident is one in which there are multiple casualties. The key difference from a mass casualty incident is that in a multiple casualty incident the resources available are sufficient to manage the needs of the victims. The issue of resource availability is therefore critical to the understanding of these concepts.
Incident Location 6,000 29 March 1809 Ponte das Barcas disaster in Porto. Civilians fleeing the advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed. [citation needed] Portugal: 4,000 5 June 1941 Mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation.
Mass fatality incidents may or may not be a result of a mass casualty incident, which is considered a different type of incident and usually focuses more on managing the surviving victims of an incident. Mass fatality and mass casualty incidents may, and often do, occur simultaneously. Mass fatality incidents, differ from mass casualty ...
The National Weather Service is surveying storm damage today to confirm whether tornadoes touched down. The Wilmington office, which covers Central Ohio, said it dispatched crews shortly after 9 ...
An X user who was driving from Lima and passing through Logan took pictures of the extensive damage. In the post on X, he said authorities told him that he had missed a tornado "by about 2 minutes."
An incident of civil unrest sparked by the beating of Rodney King. It was the second deadliest incident of civil unrest in modern U.S. history since the New York City Draft Riots. 62 1960 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375: Accident – aircraft Boston, Massachusetts: 62 1985 1985 Election Day floods: Flood Virginia, West Virginia: 61 1944 Freckleton ...
Both directions of Interstate 70 are closed in Licking County near the State Route 310 interchange after a "mass casualty incident." Around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, dozens of emergency personnel from ...
A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc.