This was a very long and tedious week of predominantly classroom work devoted primarily to Hazardous Materials Operations. For me, the classroom work was punctuated by a variety of “Fire Chief” ...

Time is precious for the often limited number of hazmat technicians within a department. Makers of handheld gas detectors, ...

Emergency response to hazardous materials releases is an equipment-intensive job. It’s ironic that at a time when grant funding is starting to dry up, there has never been a greater amount of ...

A team of responders transports a ‘victim’ to safety during an exercise at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness. Using the type of equipment firefighters and others have in the field and exercises ...

Tripwires, drug labs and unsecured radiological material aren’t commonplace sights in Juneau, but beginning on Tuesday, members of the local emergency services, military and other federal ...

Learning how to proceed if there was an emergency chlorine or sulfur dioxide leak at the Corning Wastewater Treatment Facility was the goal of the Shasta Cascade Hazardous Materials Response Team on ...

Janssen Covid-19 vaccine vials. Credit: Johnson & Johnson Infectious substances, drugs used in veterinary or human treatment, biological products, vaccines, urine samples and medical waste require ...

DURANT, Ok (KTEN) – Firefighters from across the region are advancing their skills in hazardous materials response this weekend at Kiamichi Tech. The course, provided by OSU Fire Service Training, ...

Fleets should be aware that as of May 31, 2005, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is requiring any driver seeking to renew a hazardous-materials endorsement on their Commercial ...

Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services to the federal government, announced today that the Company has been awarded a hazardous materials (HAZMAT) inventory ...

Authorities are investigating a hazardous materials incident at Olympia, Wash.-based Providence St. Peter Hospital Jan. 2 that prompted the hospital to divert patients from the emergency room, ...

When firefighters arrived, they sawn an SUV with heavy heavy damage, and an overturned dump with a significant fuel leak.