Kept in Victorian ambulance disaster kits. Designed for use in mass casualty events and for the rapid assessment of casualties after first responders had attended a mass casualty site. AHSV curator Chas Martin never saw these tags actually used during his service.Yellow cardboard tag with printed details and the word ‘hospital’ prominently across centreHOSPITALmass casualty event

Maintained in Victorian ambulance disaster kits. Designed for use in mass casualty events and for the rapid assessment of casualties after first responders had attended a mass casualty site. AHSV curator Chas Martin never saw these tags actually used during his service.White paper tag with printed details and the word dead prominently across centredeaddisaster

Kept in Victorian ambulance disaster kits. Designed for use in mass casualty events and for the rapid assessment of casualties after first responders had attended a mass casualty site. AHSV curator Chas Martin never saw these tags actually used during his service.Red cardboard tag with printed details and the word ‘resuscitate’ prominently across centreRESUSCITATEdisaster

Kept in Victorian ambulance disaster kits. Designed for use in mass casualty events and for the rapid assessment of casualties after first responders had attended a mass casualty site. AHSV curator Chas Martin never saw these tags actually used during his service.Green cardboard tag with printed details and the word ‘minor’ prominently across centreMINORdisaster

Kept in Victorian ambulance disaster kits. Designed for use in mass casualty events and for the rapid assessment of casualties after first responders had attended a mass casualty site. AHSV curator Chas Martin never saw these tags actually used during his service.Fold out page containing four cards, one each red, yellow, green and blackTOP PRIORITY disaster

Provides information to ambulance crew responding to a major disaster.White paper with red text. Logos of Hospitals and Charities Commission and Ambulance Service Victoria on front cover.MAJOR DISASTER ROUTINEmass casualty event

worn by the designated ambulance co-ordinator at a disaster or mass casualty eventFluorescent white plastic vest with Ambulance Maltese cross logo centre front. Comes in a blue vinyl bag. Ambulance Coordinatorambulance co-ordinator

On 20 April 1908, at about 10:50 pm, a Melbourne‑bound Bendigo express ran into the rear of a Ballarat train standing at Sunshine Station. The collision occurred at the junction at Sunshine railway station, on the Bendigo and Ballarat lines in Sunshine, Victoria. It was Australia's worst railway accident, and the impact was catastrophic, destroying several wooden carriages and causing a mass‑casualty event with 44 people killed and over 400 injured.Sunshine Rail Disastersunshine railway disaster, sunshine station, sunshine