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 ...

Fleets should be aware that as of May 31, 2005, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is requiring any driver seeking to renew a hazardous-materials endorsement on their Commercial ...

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 ...

Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services to the federal government, announced today that the Company has been awarded a hazardous materials (HAZMAT) inventory ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced that federal hazardous-materials transportation laws preempt District of Columbia rules that ban hazmat transport within 2.2 miles ...

FIRE DRILL: The Asheville Fire Department, firefighters from Buncombe County fire departments and several local municipalities and staff from the N.C. Department of Transportation and Norfolk Southern ...

Recent chemical spills on the nation’s roads and rails, including from a fiery train derailment this month in northeast Ohio, have spurred questions about the safety of transporting toxic chemicals on ...