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With no integrated emergency services and a lack of resources, many incidents in Kenya escalate to such an extent that they become major incidents. Lack of specific training of emergency services personnel to respond to major incidents, poor coordination of major incident management activities, and a lack of standard operational procedures and emergency operation plans have all been shown to expose victims to increased morbidity and mortality.<\/jats:p><jats:p>This report provides a review of some of the major incidents in Kenya for the period 2000-2012, with the hope of highlighting the importance of developing an integrated and well-trained Ambulance and Fire and Rescue service appropriate for the local health care system.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:mixed-citation id=\"S1049023X13000010_ref\" publication-type=\"journal\"><jats:name name-style=\"western\"><jats:surname>Wachira<\/jats:surname><jats:given-names>B<\/jats:given-names><\/jats:name>, <jats:name name-style=\"western\"><jats:surname>Smith<\/jats:surname><jats:given-names>W<\/jats:given-names><\/jats:name>. <jats:article-title>Major incidents in Kenya: the case for emergency services development and training<\/jats:article-title>. <jats:source>Prehosp Disaster Med<\/jats:source>. <jats:year>2013<\/jats:year>;<jats:volume>28<\/jats:volume>(<jats:issue>2<\/jats:issue>):<jats:fpage>1<\/jats:fpage>-<jats:lpage>4<\/jats:lpage><\/jats:mixed-citation>.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1049023x13000010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,6]],"date-time":"2013-02-06T10:39:38Z","timestamp":1360147178000},"page":"170-173","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Major Incidents in Kenya: the Case for Emergency Services Development and Training"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Benjamin W.","family":"Wachira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wayne","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1049023X13000010_ref27","unstructured":"More tapped Kenyans pulled out. 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