This was a very long and tedious week of predominantly classroom work devoted primarily to Hazardous Materials Operations. For me, the classroom work was punctuated by a variety of “Fire Chief” ...

Several events helped shape FDNY's Hazardous Materials response plan and organization. The 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult led to the establishment of FDNY’s ...

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 ...

Craters & Freighters strengthens compliant dangerous goods shipping across 30+ locations using DGIS software to streamline hazmat operations and reduce risk. Before DGIS, hazmat processes differed ...

Learning how to proceed if there was an emergency chlorine or sulfur dioxide leak at the Corning Wastewater Treatment Facility was the goal of the Shasta Cascade Hazardous Materials Response Team on ...