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2009. you know i think it shows really the community we have clear at scott & white weve continued over two years to engage our partners at darnel to make sure were continuously improving our response to emergencies as this. i feel like those efforts paid off and into huge dividends. >> how did the hospital get ready? >> i think there is a tremendous amount of human resources go into that. we have a very well coordinated command center we utilize whenever we have incidents like this. that is act...

>> people were calling the command center immediately. we had ample staff. we had a large number of folks that chose to stay through the evening hours. many of them with the extra hands on deck. we were amply staffed from the moment the first patient arrived. >> in addition to doctors, the nurses, anesthesiologists, it was a very impressive group that rose to the occasion. [ indiscernible question ] >> i would say the majority of them, suffered from what appears to be shot wounds still net use s...

Regards to that. we had a large number of doctors contacted to us make sure we had staffing needs that we have training facilities to help as well we had, we did have key individuals coming from homes. i mentioned command center and folks came in from outside. >> people calling it command center immediately. so we had ample staff. and folks chose to stay throughout evening hours to be extra hands on deck if needed but were amply staffed from the moment the first time the first patient arrived. >...

Exact extent of those, i did not take care of those myself. they may be able to give you more specifics on that. >> basically they were both -- there was both the individual gunshot -- >> i apologize, can you recap again the numbers? >> sure. so we were first notified shortly after 5:00 this evening that there was a shooting incident that occurred. and we opened up our command center at that time in anticipation. and over the next couple hours, we have received now a total of four patients who h...

A bit, main road in, theres another checkpoint here. you come to the base headquarters right here. this is really the command center of the base in the middle where so many things would center around. then you mentioned the hospital and where the shooting is believed to have happened. thats all right down here, again very close. theres the gate over there, the headquarters over here. this is the big medical center there on the base that serves not only thousands of soldiers but thousands of fami...

Anything like that. >> were any here in 2009? >> i was, yes. >> similarities? >> i would say so. theres a lot of unknowns early on. and it creates some logistical problems in how you plan for this kind of event. we routinely practice for mass casualty events. we have a command center that we run practice drills. so im pleased to report that we were well prepared for that. it always takes a little while to figure out exactly how many people are coming and where theyre coming from. but we are amfu...

I think it shows really the communality we have here and the culture we have at scott and white. we have continued over the last few years to engage our partners at darnell and across the region to make sure were always continuously improving our response to energy and to disasters such as this. i feel like those efforts this evening have paid off with huge dividends. [ inaudible ] >> you want to address that one? >> i think theres a tremendous amount of human resources that go into that. we hav...

You can see on the screen right there we are awaiting a press conference on the scene from the commanding general of ft. hood, texas to get more information. it is a situation very much in flux with many developments happening throughout the evening. wolf blitzer picks up or our breaking news conference right now. john, thanks very much. the news another horrible shooting at americas largest army base, ft. hood, texas. a soldier on soldier shooting ace as it has been describe. the post once ag...

See there, flipping over. nearly two dozen aftershocks followed. well, about an hour ago, a moment of silence took place in washington state to mark the instant a monster hillside collapsed and killed at least 17 people one week ago today. before and after video shows how green valleys are now drowning in mud. and as people paid tribute, volunteers and rescue teams search for survivors in rainy weather. cnns paul vercammen is live in arlington, washington where a command center has been set up...

Feet. partially submerged. >> reporter:er every object seen will be reported to the command center which then will send a ship to take a closer look from the surface of the ocean. that search will resume as soon as the weather clears. clayton sandell, abc news, perth, australia. and in washington state search crews at the site of the devastating mudslide found another body overnight. the death toll stands at 25. but 90 people are still unaccounted for. heavy equipment is scooping up small load...