BC Coroners Service mass fatality response plan : Mass fatality response plan

"The purpose of the British Columbia Coroners Service (BCCS) Mass Fatality Response Plan is to address how the BCCS will prepare for and respond to mass fatality incidents (MFIs) within the province. The plan outlines the major components of a mass fatality response, whether natural or human-caused, and provides for the proper coordination of MFI response activities. The plan establishes the means by which human remains should be respectfully and ethically handled in disaster situations having significant numbers of unexpected fatalities. In a disaster, it is the ultimate goal of the BCCS to identify deceased victims, human remains, and body parts, and repatriate the remains back to the legal next-of-kin and/or the country of origin. It is important to note that in Canada, there is currently no existing national body to coordinate fatality management assets. Likewise, there is no national fatality management response plan. Each province or territory is responsible for creating and exercising its own plan"--Page 1.