A triage system separates the urgent from routine, removes guesswork and helps create a more consistent approval path.

Two trains collided in Chatsworth. The death toll would reach 25. More than five times that were injured. Peering through a home’s chain-link fence, first responders saw fire licking twisted metal.

Triage is a system that helps decide who gets emergency medical care first. Triage systems often use color codes to show how ...