Natural Disasters

Response Drills and Mass Casualty Exercises Done Throughout California

Medical personnel triaged mock victims at the University of Southern California Health Sciences Campus and the Los Angeles County Fire Department practiced an evacuation of its headquarters and transfer of command to battalion chiefs using their vehicle radios as the primary means of radio dispatch.

Posted Friday, October 16, 2009

Millions to Stage Massive Earthquake Drill in California

Some 6.7 million people have pledged to take part, according to organizers.

Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009

California Braces for Mudslides

The storm prompted evacuation warnings earlier Tuesday near Santa Cruz and disrupted power across the state.

Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009

How Fires Produce Cyanide

The authors of the October JEMS cyanide feature explain how the dangerous toxin is produced during fires.

Posted Friday, October 2, 2009

Illinois EMS Crews Participate in Countywide Disaster Drill

The disaster drill scenario asked EMS crews in Augusta, Ill., Carthage, Ill., Hamilton, Ill., and Warsaw, Ill., to respond to various problems brought about by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake.

Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009

Seagrave Truck POD System

This truck and POD system was built by Seagrave (fire and specialty apparatus manufacturer). The special PODS are loaded and unloaded like custom container and refuse trucks.

Posted Monday, September 21, 2009

Video: Texas Tornado Collapses Department Store Roof

One woman had to be rescued from her car and a man treated for a cardiac arrest after atornado touched down in Beaumont, Texas.

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Hurricane Amy Drill Tests Responders

The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management says this practice was made possible because of federal grant funding. This is the first time the state has put on a practice this large.

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009

Alberta Storm, Stage Collapse Injure 40; Updated

A total of 75 persons were injured; 21 taken to hospitals, 2 in critical condition.

Posted Sunday, August 2, 2009

Medical center teaches paramedics to handle disasters

The scenarios "stress them, and that is the whole point," according to David Jaslow, a doctor with the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia who helps run the courses. "If they overcome their fears in the classroom, they can do it in real life."

Posted Monday, July 27, 2009