Building community resilience to dynamic mass casualty incidents: a multiagency white paper in support of the first care provider.

BACKGROUND Natural and manmade disasters are creating increasingly complex response challenges. The current U.S. emergency response model relies heavily upon the availability and expertise of highly trained public safety agencies. Too often, this leads the public and our leaders to assume that professional emergency medical care will be immediately available. Unfortunately, there are often delays in first responders accessing BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO DYNAMIC MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS: A multi-agency white paper in support of the first care provider The Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care FirstCareProvider.Org The Koshka Foundation for Safe Schools