"The START system, developed by Hoag Hospital and the Newport Beach Fire Department (Newport Beach, CA), helps prepare emergency personnel to quickly organize their resources to handle multi-casualty emergencies. Using START, various agencies and individuals assume predetermined roles in managing the emergency, on-scene personnel quickly evaluate the situation and call in the appropriate extra resources and assign them specific tasks. Because of the planning and training that are the core of the START system, agencies and individuals know what they are expected to do when they arrive at the scene". The START triage system.relies on making a rapid assessment (taking less than a minute) of every patient, determining which of four categories patients should be in [Minor, Deceased, Immediate, Delayed], and visibly identifying the categories for rescuers who will treat the patients. If you are the initial START rescuer, you DO NOT stop to do other than the most basic intervention. If you attempt to treat every patient before completing the triage, you cannot assess the rest of the patients and identify the top priorities. (Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation, Inc.)