PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - With a high potential of danger from the spill and spread of hazardous materials, training emergency response teams to deal effectively with such incidents has become ...

Experience: I’ve been at LRC-Benelux working as a HAZMAT supply technician for two years come November. Before this, I was working as a compliance contractor with U.S. Army Garrison Benelux in the ...

There’s an old saying among the firefighter community: “Train as if your life depends on it, because it does.” Training can mean the difference between life and death, particularly when it comes to ...

At the specialist level, trainees are expected to don and doff a hazmat suit. For some, this can bring out anxieties that range from fear of suit entrapment to decreased mobility or visibility. There ...

SALISBURY — From a distance, the men and women wearing oversized and encapsulated suits in lime green and bright blue look as if they are preparing to board a spaceship. Instead, the group of 33 are ...

Here is a question for all of you out there that are a member of a HazMat Team or a HazMat Instructor (or both). How many times have you come across someone, either on the line or in one of your ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The bright yellow, orange and blue suits looked hot and uncomfortable and ...

The fire that torched the Majestic Industries facility in Passaic last January was Fire Chief Pat Trentacost's greatest fear come to life. Not only because of its extraordinary size — an army of ...

This course provides information and skills needed to recognize, evaluate, and control an incident involving the release, or potential release, of hazardous materials at the technician level. The ...

SCRANTON -- Some firefighters in our area are getting trained this week in the event of a large-scale hazardous situation. Scranton firefighters were suited up responding to a hazmat situation, a ...

Lt. Spencer Ripperger of the Muscatine Fire Department (MFD) has been named the 2024 Iowa Hazmat Technician of the Year by the Iowa Hazmat Task Force, recognizing his outstanding contributions to ...