PERHAPS sparked by the devastating natural disasters and terrorist attacks the nation has experienced in the recent past, a renewed emphasis has been placed on ensuring that decontamination procedures ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany - Landstuhl Regional Medical Center assessed patient decontamination capabilities during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) exercise at LRMC, Feb.

In the November 2017 issue of Firehouse Magazine, this column presented a new theoretical approach to hazardous materials—Hazmatology: The Science of Hazardous Materials. My thesis put forth a vision ...

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance will conduct a large-scale disaster drill Tuesday simulating a ...

As medical professionals, the staff at Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River have to be prepared for the worst, including a hazmat incident. To ensure they’re ready, they recently completed First ...

Interoperability, standards of operation, incident command and safety are all important buzzwords for today’s fire service. If you keep abreast of what goes on around the country, you’re probably ...

SEMBACH KASERNE, Germany -- U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz firefighters participated in decontamination training with the 773rd Civil Support Team to demonstrate capabilities and interoperability ...

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to sweep the King County area and beyond, South King Fire and Rescue members have developed a decontamination resource for their brothers and sisters in blue. Police ...

We might have frequent runs that are hazmat incidents because of a chemical component: carbon monoxide alarms, fuel spills, natural gas investigations. However, a complicated hazmat incident that ...