Regional Assets

Regional Mass Casualty Support Units

Incident Respoonse Trailer

The Mass Casualty Support Units, strategically located in Brimfield, Fitchburg, Sterling, and Oxford, are used as a support system for Mass Casualty Incidents within Central Massachusetts.  They offer communications assistance and medical supply resources for major disasters twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.  The Mass Casualty Support Units must be activated through CMED.

You may download the PowerPoint Presentation for detailed information about the Regional Mass Casualty Support Units.  Be sure to read the Notes for each slide for the complete information. (Right-click on this link and select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As")

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Disaster Communications trailer

Mobile EMS Command Post with Reeves ICP Shelter with inside lighting and heat/AC.

  • Onboard generator with multiple electrical outlets
  • Multiple mobile radios
  • Ability to patch different frequencies together
  • 30' antenna to boost radio transmissions
  • Recorded radio transitions
  • Satellite phone

The trailer has the same radio equipment as the communications vehicles, but also contains an incident command tent for managing communications during an extended MCI or evacuation. CMEMSC staff will determine if this unit is deployed.


 

Communications Vehicles

Communication Vehicles are available upon request through CMED for MCI communications support.

Updated: 13 Dec, 2010

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