Shortly after 4:30 PM yesterday evening, Howard County’s 911 Center received multiple calls for a deck collapse in the 4900 block of Bonnie Branch Road in Ellicott City. Callers reported about 20 people were on a 20’ x 40’ deck with it collapsed approximately 12’ to the ground.
Based upon this information, HCDFRS categorized this call as a mass casualty incident (MCI) – automatically routing additional fire fighters, paramedics, and equipment to the scene. Upon arrival, paramedics began immediately triaging patients to receive care based upon their injuries.
A total of eight patients were transported – three to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore and the remainder to a local hospital. None of the patients had life-threatening injuries.
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