Hazards and Hazmat
The hazards and hazmat topic section covers operations involving hazardous materials, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidents.
The AskRail program gives dispatchers information on train contents and provides FFs with hazmat training additional chemical details
The emergence of unconventional chemical threats
Kalispell firefighters will begin training on using their drone at hazmat incidents to safely investigate the scene and take air samples
The school was evacuated twice due to the smell
The cat pawed its owner’s nose to alert her to the gas
Two firefighters were without protective eye gear while clearing the scene; another firefighter was injured while fleeing
The California Air Resources Board has determined that 30 to 40 ‘avoidable deaths’ occur in California each year because of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning
Under evaluators’ watch, administrators evacuated about 300 students for the school and firefighters searched for victims
There was an explosion and fire minutes after police entered the building
An explosion occurred when flammable butane vapors were ignited during a process to extract THC
Crews put out the fire within two hours
Hazmat crews to enter building
Thieves tried to steal the chemical from a farm to likely use it to make methamphetamine
The workers were decontaminated after complaining of itchy eyes, scratchy throats and runny noses
Cops and firefighters broke into an elderly woman’s apartment and discovered the beef
These are hazardous environments and should only be managed by persons with appropriate respiratory and physical protection
Firefighters had set up a positive pressure ventilation fan and should have asked the utility company to immediately cut power, investigators say
Tests will include simulated chemical spills and a terrorist attack with a radioactive bomb
One emergency responder suffered a mild chemical burn to the foot
Brad Walls warns firefighters of Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems, a petroleum-based material that can harm firefighters
A gas station equipment expert says the only other fatality from a static-generated fire was in Oklahoma more than a decade ago
Fire chief: no hazardous materials found yet
Two were killed and two others critically injured
2 injuries occurred prior to the substance being found
A suspicious substance prompted evacuations; some people had medical emergencies unrelated to the substance
About eight homes were evacuated as a precaution
Man in charge of reading meters warned workers that gas levels were dangerously high, report claims
Officials puzzled when no toxic gas shows up in air of their school
More than 20 people showed symptoms of CO poisoning
New CO detectors installed, firefighters repaired leaky vent
All but one of the victims were treated and released