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- EMS, law enforcement, and hospital disaster planners need to work together in developing an organized approach to disasters and mass casualty events. To be successful, pre-hospital and hospital disaster plans need to be effectively integrated into the community disaster plan. This planning may be best accomplished through existing committees, such as the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), or in association with the local fire chief and local emergency management officials. - Hospitals and EMS providers should jointly develop mutual aid agreements concerning patient transfers during a mass casualty situation. Anticipating that the closest hospitals to the incident will see the majority of casualties, EMS should transport the less injured patients to outlying medical facilities to help ensure adequate medical care to all disaster victims.  - Formulate policies and procedures that enable the safe identification, decontamination, and treatment of contaminated victims.