**5. Discussion**

The study's results emphasize the importance of inter-organizational collaboration and the willingness of other stakeholders to participate in the managemen<sup>t</sup> of MIDs. These findings also demonstrate the feasibility of the FSC-concept and enable all contingency planners to approach this concept fairly. A FSC-plan may offer the crisis managemen<sup>t</sup> system another tier of resources, resulting in a regionally increased capacity to safely treat many victims. However, before any attempts to retrofit facilities of interest into functional ACFs are undertaken, a range of issues must be considered carefully. The following sections discuss the proposed FSC-concept concerning the four main components of surge capacity.
