New England Concert Venue has Mass Casualty Incident

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One of New England's popular outdoor concert venues, The Xfinity Theater in Hartford CT had a very scary start to this weekend when a concert Friday night included a Mass Casualty Incident. The concert being held at the venue on Friday night was a multiple act Rap/Hip Hop event called The Hot 93.7 Hot Jam concert. The name of the event was more than a little ironic as temperatures in the mid 90's were likely one of several factors the resulted in 90-100 concert goers being transported to local hospitals. Hartford Police are also saying that a very large amount of underage alcohol consumption took place before and during the event which combined with the high heat was a recipe for disaster that result in multiple cases of "Severe Intoxication". Hartford Police also arrested at least 50 other concert goer for underage drinking before the concert began.

At least 1 person transported from the concert was put into intensive care with a blood alcohol level of 0.5 which is 8 times Connecticut's legal limit.

The number of concert goers needing medical attention at this event required ambulances to be called from additional towns around Hartford as the Hartford Fire Department became overwhelmed due to the number of transport runs needed and those transported from the event were taken to one of several hospitals in nearby towns of Farmington, Manchester and New Britain.

According to the Hartford Police the number of individuals transported from this event was more than 5 times the number of medical transports normally from this particular venue.

While this was not a Jimmy Buffett and The CRB concert events like the one in Hartford have become all to commonplace at concerts and usually always involve pre-show tailgating festivities. This was not the first New England concert venue or arena to experience such Mass Casualty Incidents. There have been 2 such incidents at Greatwoods in Mansfield MA and another at TD Garden in Boston. We Jimmy Buffett fans enjoy the pre concert festivities at shows and have for many years but more and more of these major incidents could lead to the day when tailgating is a thing of the past and that would be huge loss.

[Crazy Navy Flyer]

Bunch of amateurs.

[SMLCHNG]

The term "Mass Casualty" means (to me) deaths or severe injury. This just says to me "stupidity".

[Saltx3]

...marathon...not a sprint...

[TommyBahama]

This Venue is not far from me ,They also had the same problem for the ZBB a week or so before with I want to say 20 minors getting arrested , that was one area of a lot , almost impossible to police a entire lot, and many more had to be taking to hospitals in the area.. I have a friend who works for the security team there (CSC) , he says the underage drinking is out of control. The one solution he says is , not allow tailgating. Which they don't want to do , but may be forced to. Also that means people are buying for minors , or liquor stores aren't ID'ing. They need to make the fines more stiffer in my opinion , and that may make minors think twice.

[TommyBahama]

One of New England's popular outdoor concert venues, The Xfinity Theater in Hartford CT had a very scary start to this weekend when a concert Friday night included a Mass Casualty Incident. The concert being held at the venue on Friday night was a multiple act Rap/Hip Hop event called The Hot 93.7 Hot Jam concert. The name of the event was more than a little ironic as temperatures in the mid 90's were likely one of several factors the resulted in 90-100 concert goers being transported to local hospitals. Hartford Police are also saying that a very large amount of underage alcohol consumption took place before and during the event which combined with the high heat was a recipe for disaster that result in multiple cases of "Severe Intoxication". Hartford Police also arrested at least 50 other concert goer for underage drinking before the concert began.

At least 1 person transported from the concert was put into intensive care with a blood alcohol level of 0.5 which is 8 times Connecticut's legal limit.

The number of concert goers needing medical attention at this event required ambulances to be called from additional towns around Hartford as the Hartford Fire Department became overwhelmed due to the number of transport runs needed and those transported from the event were taken to one of several hospitals in nearby towns of Farmington, Manchester and New Britain.

According to the Hartford Police the number of individuals transported from this event was more than 5 times the number of medical transports normally from this particular venue.

While this was not a Jimmy Buffett and The CRB concert events like the one in Hartford have become all to commonplace at concerts and usually always involve pre-show tailgating festivities. This was not the first New England concert venue or arena to experience such Mass Casualty Incidents. There have been 2 such incidents at Greatwoods in Mansfield MA and another at TD Garden in Boston. We Jimmy Buffett fans enjoy the pre concert festivities at shows and have for many years but more and more of these major incidents could lead to the day when tailgating is a thing of the past and that would be huge loss.

To be fair , it isn't just this concert , ZBB had at least 20 underage drinking arrest , and multiple people taken to area hospitals. See my post above.

[TommyBahama]

The term "Mass Casualty" means (to me) deaths or severe injury. This just says to me "stupidity".

it's more irresponsibility of whoever is buying or giving alcohol to minors. People don't realize the penalty for buying for minors , or what it cost a person carrying a fake ID ( Forgery of a Government ID is a felony and punishable) . I bartend , and work in a liquor store I'm TIPS ( Training for Intervention Procedures ) trained ( The focus of this program is on assessing patrons in a short period of time to prevent illegal alcohol sale}. The penalties for me are severe if selling to minors , or even over serving. I card everyone , even someone who was born in 1977 once ( he aged well ).

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The term "Mass Casualty" means (to me) deaths or severe injury. This just says to me "stupidity".

A mass casualty incident (often shortened to MCI and sometimes called a multiple-casualty incident or multiple-casualty situation) is any incident in which emergency medical services resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by the number and severity of casualties.

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This Venue is not far from me ,They also had the same problem for the ZBB a week or so before with I want to say 20 minors getting arrested , that was one area of a lot , almost impossible to police a entire lot, and many more had to be taking to hospitals in the area.. I have a friend who works for the security team there (CSC) , he says the underage drinking is out of control. The one solution he says is , not allow tailgating. Which they don't want to do , but may be forced to. Also that means people are buying for minors , or liquor stores aren't ID'ing. They need to make the fines more stiffer in my opinion , and that may make minors think twice.

The ZBB concert was nothing compared to Friday nights show with 90-100 concert goers transported by ambulance from the venue to local hospitals. The Hartford Police stated in an article in The Hartford Courant that the number of ambulance runs Friday was more than 5 times what they normally deal with at any show

[TommyBahama]

This Venue is not far from me ,They also had the same problem for the ZBB a week or so before with I want to say 20 minors getting arrested , that was one area of a lot , almost impossible to police a entire lot, and many more had to be taking to hospitals in the area.. I have a friend who works for the security team there (CSC) , he says the underage drinking is out of control. The one solution he says is , not allow tailgating. Which they don't want to do , but may be forced to. Also that means people are buying for minors , or liquor stores aren't ID'ing. They need to make the fines more stiffer in my opinion , and that may make minors think twice.

The ZBB concert was nothing compared to Friday nights show with 90-100 concert goers transported by ambulance from the venue to local hospitals. The Hartford Police stated in an article in The Hartford Courant that the number of ambulance runs Friday was more than 5 times what they normally deal with at any show

still 20 is a lot of minors drinking , and they concentrated on one area , also not insure about the private lots. This show was after that , and I'm sure they beefed up security , and checked lots a lot harder. I'll have to find that article. What Buffett fans have to worry about is , if they checked the lots during those shows , I see a lot of it going on , but it's not my place to stop it. The only good thing , and we hate it . They check to make sure you have a ticket for the show. That eliminates the people or minors , who are there to get hammered,

[TommyBahama]

This Venue is not far from me ,They also had the same problem for the ZBB a week or so before with I want to say 20 minors getting arrested , that was one area of a lot , almost impossible to police a entire lot, and many more had to be taking to hospitals in the area.. I have a friend who works for the security team there (CSC) , he says the underage drinking is out of control. The one solution he says is , not allow tailgating. Which they don't want to do , but may be forced to. Also that means people are buying for minors , or liquor stores aren't ID'ing. They need to make the fines more stiffer in my opinion , and that may make minors think twice.

The ZBB concert was nothing compared to Friday nights show with 90-100 concert goers transported by ambulance from the venue to local hospitals. The Hartford Police stated in an article in The Hartford Courant that the number of ambulance runs Friday was more than 5 times what they normally deal with at any show

This is something that came out before the ZBB show. 14 of 16 people were arrested for underage drinking , no mention if any had to be transported to local hospitals....HPD did note that it was a calmer crowd and mostly older. I just don't want to see tailgating shut down , because minors have to drink.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/loca ... 05493.html

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This Venue is not far from me ,They also had the same problem for the ZBB a week or so before with I want to say 20 minors getting arrested , that was one area of a lot , almost impossible to police a entire lot, and many more had to be taking to hospitals in the area.. I have a friend who works for the security team there (CSC) , he says the underage drinking is out of control. The one solution he says is , not allow tailgating. Which they don't want to do , but may be forced to. Also that means people are buying for minors , or liquor stores aren't ID'ing. They need to make the fines more stiffer in my opinion , and that may make minors think twice.

The ZBB concert was nothing compared to Friday nights show with 90-100 concert goers transported by ambulance from the venue to local hospitals. The Hartford Police stated in an article in The Hartford Courant that the number of ambulance runs Friday was more than 5 times what they normally deal with at any show

still 20 is a lot of minors drinking , and they concentrated on one area , also not insure about the private lots. This show was after that , and I'm sure they beefed up security , and checked lots a lot harder. I'll have to find that article. What Buffett fans have to worry about is , if they checked the lots during those shows , I see a lot of it going on , but it's not my place to stop it. The only good thing , and we hate it . They check to make sure you have a ticket for the show. That eliminates the people or minors , who are there to get hammered,

Here is a link to the story published in The Hartford Courant regarding this show:

http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc ... story.html

The Hartford Police had 70 officers on hand and no security was apparently not beefed up enough based on the videos posted in the above article. What one has to remember is that when incidents like this occur requiring ambulances from multiple fire departments it becomes a drain on resources. Having to send ambulances to assist at the Xfinity Theater in Hartford left other communities in a difficult situation in the midst of a heat wave.

[FinsUp6835]

This is why in HOLMDEL, NJ at the PNC Art Center (Jimmy used to play there in the 90s) they have "banned" tailgating before shows. I use quotations because the only acts they allow to tailgate there are "country" artists but parking lots do not open until 4:30-5 and they are VERY strict on that. They also have a state trooper station there and have troopers go up to anyone who looks under 21.

I would love Jimmy to go back to playing there cause its so close but the no tailgate thing is brutal. I saw ZBB there two years ago and by the time we set up, we had to go in. I think that ship has sailed for Jimmy

[lime rickie]

This is why in HOLMDEL, NJ at the PNC Art Center (Jimmy used to play there in the 90s) they have "banned" tailgating before shows. I use quotations because the only acts they allow to tailgate there are "country" artists but parking lots do not open until 4:30-5 and they are VERY strict on that. They also have a state trooper station there and have troopers go up to anyone who looks under 21.

I would love Jimmy to go back to playing there cause its so close but the no tailgate thing is brutal. I saw ZBB there two years ago and by the time we set up, we had to go in. I think that ship has sailed for Jimmy

It was never a tailgating mecca but it was always a decent and inexpensive place to see Jimmy, and many other shows. And really zero close-by hotels for folks who travel to shows. NJ parrotheads have a broad selection of venues to choose from. Compared to Jones Beach, Camden, Atlantic City, even Hershey the PNC venue makes the least sense in terms of pulling in fans from surrounding states.