Hazards and Hazmat
The hazards and hazmat topic section covers operations involving hazardous materials, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidents.
A shelter-in-place order was given to residents near Sound Resource Solutions in Shepherd
Four synagogues and a university were sent intimidating letters creating hazmat investigations
How to address real-world scenarios
Authorities need near perfect weather and only light winds to destroy the home
Prosecutors say a man quietly packed the home with the largest amount of homemade explosives ever found in one location in the U.S.
Small electrical fire at a medical equipment business sent 2 firefighters to hospital, evacuated 375 people from building
Doctoral student’s chemical explosion evacuated wing of engineering center
Sheriff Bill Gore said there is no way to make the property safe and that it must be destroyed
Fire crews smelled gas and called the incident a possible gas explosion
Chief Mike Brown said investigators would sift through the electrical debris and eliminate possible causes
The 18-wheeler tractor-trailer had crashed into a utility pole, forcing the evacuation of about 100 people who live nearby
Firefighters found blood on a workbench and about 12 pipe bombs in various stages of construction
Police said quick work by the Manchester Fire Department prevented an explosion
Firefighters found high levels of carbon monoxide inside the residence
Firefighters are frequently exposed to known carcinogens, including asbestos, benzene, and diesel fumes, and many have inadequate healthcare
Carbon monoxide poisoning could have been fatal if firefighters had arrived later
Hotel evacuated after fumes released from patron’s fatal sex act
Magnesium phosphide reacts with water, so rain caused several of the containers to release the toxic gas
The Columbus Fire Department bomb squad, school security and FBI were at the scene
The drill is held each year so the Department can be prepared and plan its response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incidents
The chemical was water-reactive and would have become even more dangerous had crews put water on the fire
Company officials believe hazardous materials were not released into environment when 10,000-gallon tank undergoing maintenance exploded
Residents were evacuated the neighborhood following the explosion
Hazmat specialists and firefighters were stunned by the intense fumes coming from a second-floor room of a senior citizens’ high-rise home
Residents were evacuated to a firehouse and people were treated at a triage center
Fire officials say anyone who had been near one of the devices could have suffered chemical burns or been blinded
Chico fire officials said there was an explosion in her apartment which badly burned her over much of her upper body
Crews found several cinderblocks in the wall pushed in and a 1-inch gas line that feeds a heating unit split
No one was exposed or contaminated by radiation, but the crash shut down the highway for six hours while responders cleaned the site
Four of the injured teens at North High School in Torrance were seriously hurt
Police and firefighters were investigating chemicals in the home of a boy who brought an exploding pen to school
The fire was determined to be electrical, and started in an area of the house devoted to a marijuana growing operation
There was military ammunition being stored in a shed that caught on fire