MCI Plan

Question 1

The Metro-Boston Homeland Security region includes the City of Boston and eight of the
surrounding cities and towns including

Answer 1

Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Quincy, Revere,

Somerville, and Winthrop

Question 2

What is a mass casualty incident?

Answer 2

Any incident, whether intentional or accidental, which could potentially generate a number of
victims that requires resources beyond those normally available from local, regional or statewide
sources.

Question 3

In any incident with more than ____ victims at a scene, the first arriving crew should begin using MCI protocols.

Answer 3

Five

Question 4

A Metro-Boston U.A.S.I. city or town requesting mutual aid will advise the Metro-Boston regional ___center located at Boston EMS Dispatch Operations, of the nature, location and declared phase of an incident.

Answer 4

C-MED

Question 5

In an MCI, Metro-Boston C-MED will ascertain the number of

Answer 5

response units, support personnel or specialty equipment requested to respond, and the established staging location.

Question 6

Phase designations

Answer 6

Phase 1: 1 to 10 potential victims
Phase 2: 11 to 30 potential victims
Phase 3: 31 to 50 potential victims
Phase 4: 51 to 200 potential victims
Phase 5: Greater than 200 potential victims
Phase 6: Incident or Event Requiring Sustained EMS Operations (longer than twenty-four hours)

Question 7

a_____ a system of responding resources to an incident based on the number of potential victims that could be generated from that incident. The phases indicate the number of potential causalities at a declared mass casualty incident (MCI) should any of the regional EMS providers ask for a mutual aid response.

Answer 7

Phased incident response

Question 8

In any MCI, the _____is responsible for performing triage and a situation sizeup.

Answer 8

first arriving crew

Question 9

Metro-Boston C-MED should be notified of any incident above phase ___ and updated as escalation occurs

Answer 9

one

Question 10

METHANE

Answer 10

M = major incident declared
E = exact location
T = type of incident
H = hazards present
A = access
N = number of causalities & severity
E = emergency services required

Question 11

What is methane for

Answer 11

Method of incident observation

Question 12

The Treatment Area is under the direction of the ___ arriving unit, one member who shall
assume the designation of _____until relieved by the first arriving Paramedic.

Answer 12

Second

“Treatment Officer”

Question 13

Where is the treatment area established?

Answer 13

The Treatment Area shall be established in a safe location adjacent to the Incident Operations
Area

Question 14

Where is the transportation area established?

Answer 14

The patient Transportation Area will be located adjacent to the patient Treatment Area so that
patients can be quickly moved into position for loading into vehicles and matched for transport.

Question 15

Who assumes the designation of transportation officer?

Answer 15

The second arriving Supervisor shall assume the designation of “Transportation Officer”.