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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- The 84th Chemical Battalion has implemented a pilot program for Soldiers-in-training, which will earn them a nationally recognized certification in HAZMAT operations and as ...

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 ...

ALBANY, GA (WALB) - 40 Albany Firefighters finished up two weeks of advanced hazmat training on Friday, elevating them to technician level hazmat-trained. The Albany Fire Department will now specially ...

One lane of I-95 in West Palm Beach, Florida, closed for a week while fire rescue hazmat personnel and environmental regulators conducted a homicide crime scene investigation.In Jupiter, Florida, the ...