Hazards and Hazmat
The hazards and hazmat topic section covers operations involving hazardous materials, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidents.
Approximately 500 Teutopolis residents within a mile of the crash scene were evacuated
Officials say approximately 4,000 gallons of the tanker’ load of anhydrous ammonia was released in the crash in Teutopolis
The AskRail program gives dispatchers information on train contents and provides FFs with hazmat training additional chemical details
A neighbor said the woman and the three school-aged children had moved into the rental home within the last few weeks
Louisville Fire Department Capt. Salvador Melendez said 1,000 workers were evacuated
The firefighter had carbon monoxide in his blood and was taken to the hospital for observation
Two other plant employees were injured and have been released from the hospital
Other items that will be bought with the grant money include water rescue suits, portable radios, pagers and an RAD-57
The firefighters responding to a house fire suffered chemical burns that had eaten holes through their gloves and uniform pants
Firefighters entered through a second floor window and woke her up
A special team from the Tokyo Fire Department blasted water on the No. 3 reactor early Saturday and again in the afternoon
As firefighters were in front of the house getting their gear on a large explosion occurred
Tanker truck crashed, critically injuring the driver, spilling thousands of gallons of gasoline and closing a 13-mile stretch of highway for about 9 hours
Assistant Fire Chief Cherie Penn describes the evacuations as precautionary
The explosion Monday night injured eight Marines and two Navy personnel from the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune
At least 10,000 people are believed to have been killed and millions of people were facing a fifth night with little food, water or heating in near-freezing temperatures and snow
Footage shows a building being blown apart at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant
The injured went through a decontamination procedure at a hospital and were released
The explosion appears to have been caused by a generator battery malfunction
The fire department and San Rafael police officers worked with two members of a University of California, Berkeley bomb squad to isolate the area
Investigators believe a propane tank may have exploded, but the state fire marshal is still investigating
A hazmat team determined that there was no public threat
At least two of the men were seriously injured
It has been a decade since the board investigated a pipeline accident as serious as the San Bruno accident that killed 8
Two workers were flown to hospitals after Wednesday night’s explosion, and another was taken by ambulance
Garden City Park Fire Department Volunteer Firefighter Thomas V. Regan had served as a firefighter for 38 years
One fire engine, one truck, one command unit and six ambulances were dispatched to the scene
Firefighters and workers from gas company UGI were on the scene and are digging into the street
Firefighters face higher odds of developing diseases in highly toxic chemical fires like Plastimet, where 400 tons of recycled plastic burned for 4 days
Wednesday night’s explosion flattened a pair of row houses and set fire to a block of homes, killing five people
Officials had no reports of injury from the nighttime explosion Thursday and fire near Hanoverton
The Concord Fire Department sent all 20 of its on-duty firefighters to the accident in the snow
Packed layers of snow and ice delayed shutting off a ruptured underground gas line that was feeding the flames