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 ...

When Time is of the Essence, after an exposure to a hazardous chemical substance, any delay, even for a few seconds, can result in serious injury. OSHA and ANSI require that Emergency Showers be ...

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 ...

DQE has introduces the MasCas II Decontamination Shower, a durable, lightweight, multi-victim decon shower with a fast-deploying design for technical decontamination. INDIANAPOLIS - Every community ...

It was just a drill but a mock scenario surrounding a mass contamination hazmat incident elsewhere in the community brought (mock) victims and real hazmat team members to OhioHealth Mansfield Monday ...

FEMA's large-scale HAZMAT training exercises involve dozens of different organizations. What they learn together changes the way an entire community responds to any major emergency. It was a disaster.

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 ...

Members of the Muscatine Fire Department began training on a new decontamination process. According to a release, the new HAZMAT (Hazardous Material) decontamination kit was purchased through a grant ...

Fisher-Titus hosted an emergency training exercise April 6 and 7 for members of Fisher-Titus’ Hospital Emergency Response Team, facilities employees, emergency department staff and participants from ...

Jun. 6—Sounds of laughter, fake coughs and the crunching of hazmat suits filled a parking lot at Southern Maine Community College on Thursday while volunteers participated in a full-scale disaster ...

BAYTOWN, Texas – A plant worker has died at the hospital after he suffered cardiac arrest following a suspected chemical exposure at the ExxonMobil Baytown Olefins plant Friday afternoon, officials ...