Hazards and Hazmat
The hazards and hazmat topic section covers operations involving hazardous materials, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidents.
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The fire that spread quickly over 8 acres was fed by pallets, cars, construction materials, hand sanitizer and other items being stored under the freeway in an industrial neighborhood
Roll on/roll off vessels like the Grande Costa d’Avorio can pack thousands of vehicles of various conditions
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
Tower was contaminated with debris from the trade center
Analysts believe these cases are drastically underreported in the United States
Fire officials evacuated about 150 people from the area
Firefighters used three fire hoses and a fogging technique to direct the leaking propane away from workers who were emptying a propane tank
Fire officials trying to determine if exploded container posed environmental hazard from toxic fumes or water runoff
Philadelphia Gas Works employees were called to repair a natural-gas leak not far from the scene of the gas-main explosion that killed a utility worker, injured six others this month
Officials say the cause of the explosion hasn’t been determined
Fire dept. called back to scene to help person suffering from respiratory problems after discovering dead man
Madison Township Fire Chief Kent Hall says dousing it with water could spread toxins into the ground
An evacuation had been ordered in the town, but residents were instead later directed to turn off gas lines and stay inside
The fire raged for nearly six hours, shooting flames into the sky on the outskirts of Mumbai
The family was using a gas-power generator to provide power and heat after electricity to the home had been shut off
Similar paint-like substance spill occured last month