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The hazards and hazmat topic section covers operations involving hazardous materials, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidents.

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Search and Rescue
Firefighters rescue Fla. man trapped inside garbage truck
Escambia County Battalion Chief Curt Isakson said people get in dumpsters “to protect themselves from others”
May 25, 2023 08:22 AM
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Hazards and Hazmat
‘We dodged a bullet': 12-year-old Texas girl saves family from CO poisoning
Jaziyah Parker noticed her mom was “acting weird” so she called 911
May 24, 2023 02:54 PM
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Go or No-Go: Incident Command Decision-Making
Go/no-go: Offensive hazmat operations
Evaluating the operational period and logistics, plus the “tactical trifecta,” to gauge response level
May 18, 2023 02:29 PM
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Perfume sparks emergency scare in Texas
July 31, 2009 07:04 AM
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Texas plant fire under control, evacuations lifted
July 31, 2009 03:58 AM
Texas chemical plant fire evacuates thousands
July 30, 2009 12:29 PM
Hazards and Hazmat
1 dead, several hurt in Miss. copper plant explosion
July 29, 2009 12:53 PM
4 injured in blast at Ohio explosives plant
July 28, 2009 06:19 AM
Ill. firefighters find boys detonating explosives
July 23, 2009 04:54 AM
Hazards and Hazmat
2 injured in an explosion at a Chicago factory
July 17, 2009 04:53 AM
Gasoline tanker explodes near Detroit
July 16, 2009 03:48 AM
Reverse 911 fails to alert Mass. residents of toxic smoke
July 14, 2009 05:29 AM
New hazmat device helps Va. crews identify suspect substances
July 13, 2009 05:24 AM
Hazmat Equipment
Chemical fumes send 27 to hospital in La.
July 09, 2009 06:01 AM
Mo. fire district accused of asbestos hazard violations
July 09, 2009 05:50 AM
15 firefighters sent to hospital in NY chemical lab fire
July 01, 2009 05:08 AM
Hazards and Hazmat
Gas train derails in Italy, kills 14, burns 50
June 30, 2009 12:59 PM
3 cleaning workers killed in putrid NYC well
June 29, 2009 11:30 AM
Ill. derailment revives hazardous cargo debate
June 27, 2009 07:46 AM
9 injured as van full of chemicals crashes into bus in Fla.
June 25, 2009 05:51 AM
Mass. firefighters use absorbent material to stop fuel spill
June 25, 2009 05:26 AM
Woman killed fleeing Ill. train derailment, blast
June 21, 2009 04:57 AM
Fire Station Stimulus Funding: The Narrative
June 17, 2009 06:36 AM
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Mo. firefighters exposed in herbicide warehouse fire
June 13, 2009 04:06 PM
22 fall ill from carbon monoxide leak at Calif. church
June 12, 2009 12:34 PM
Fire, safety violations shut down Ga. chemical plant
June 11, 2009 04:51 AM
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Hazmat Equipment
Crews find 3rd body inside NC Slim Jim plant
June 10, 2009 04:47 AM
41 injured in NC Slim Jim plant explosion, collapse
June 09, 2009 05:59 AM
300 evacuated in Texas Boeing facility nitrogen leak
June 04, 2009 05:50 AM
Varnishing prompts hazmat call in downtown Jersey City
May 30, 2009 07:31 AM
Firefighters find 2 dead from carbon monoxide in Pa.
May 28, 2009 05:36 AM
Firefighters battle Kansas grain elevator blaze
May 26, 2009 08:13 AM
Tire fire forces evacuation of East Texas town
May 26, 2009 04:56 AM
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