ALCOA, Tenn. (WATE) — First responders in Blount County are training on how to deal with incidents that involve hazardous materials. On September 26, the Blount County Emergency Management Agency will ...

Emergency responders, including a hazardous materials response crew from Sioux City have been sent to a scene near Rock ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The city of Toledo Division of Environmental Services received $15,000 for the purposes of first responder hazardous materials training, state representative Michele Grim announced ...

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) on June 24 reported finalizing a new rule that would require railroads “to proactively provide” real-time, electronic information ...

MCLEAN, Va. & BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MITRE licensed its HAZMAT Auxiliary Unit (HAU) drone technology to Detectix, a provider of hazmat data collection solutions. The HAU technology ...

Responders from area response agencies recently completed a four-week course on hazardous materials awareness and operations, resulting in eligibility for state certification through the Board of ...

The grant includes a more than 50 percent increase in funding for a grant to firefighters that will aim to double hazmat training for firefighters. The awards provide over $32 million in grants to ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The Local Emergency Planning Committee, in partnership with emergency responders from Plymouth, Monona, Cherokee, Ida, and Woodbury Counties, conducted a full-scale hazardous ...

A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted ...

BAY MINETTE, Ala. (WALA) - First responders from across Baldwin County were in Bay Minette Thursday, August 22, 2024 for a full-scale emergency response exercise. The goal was to better coordinate ...