🔴 #BREAKING Miami Dade authorities declare a "Level 5" mass casualty event after a 13 story apartment building partially collapses in a neighborhood of Miami Beach. Unknown number of casualties. Reason for the collapse unknown.
— John Stempin (@johnstempinNPR) June 24, 2021
MCI Level 5 – Incident will require statewide resources.
Size – greater than 1000 patients
Hospitals – initial notification to all hospitals statewide
Triage – patients identified as RED, YELLOW, GREEN following START Triage guidelines
Communications – Phone and radio communications. Incident command, operational officers, and area hospitals should monitor HRSA __ during incident. LERN Communication Center will assign a LERN Regional Tactical channel for transport operations when necessary.
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