When firefighters receive hazmat training, they enter into a new world of strange terms and unknown hazards. They might be worried about “ethyl methyl death” or “growing a third arm from radiation.” ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota National Guard’s 82nd Civil Support Team worked with the Rapid City Fire Department on annual hazardous materials training April 28-29. The joint training enables ...

Troxler now offers an online course that satisfies U.S. DOT training requirements of 49 CFR 172, subpart H (HAZMAT) for individuals shipping or transporting hazardous materials. Recurrent training is ...

Too often in the fire service, specialty teams are thought of independently. However, there arguably is no stronger connection between two disciplines than there is between confined space rescue and ...

Like OSHA and EPA chemical safety trainings, DOT training helps hazmat employees to recognize and identify hazardous materials and learn how their functions ensure that those materials can be ...

Understanding chemistry can quite literally be a matter of life and death. Brad Livesay, a firefighter and EMT in Carroll County, Maryland, submitted this photo to illustrate how chemistry factors ...

GERMERSHEIM ARMY DEPOT, Germany -- U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz environmental engineers and firefighters conducted hazardous material spill training with Defense Logistics Agency personnel to ...

First responders trained at Glacier Ice Rink on Thursday in a simulated hazardous materials exercise. There was no threat to ...

The fire that torched the Majestic Industries facility in Passaic last January was Fire Chief Pat Trentacost's greatest fear come to life. Not only because of its extraordinary size — an army of ...

The Hazmat Training scenario will take place at the Alliance Water Facility at 85 East Cape Rock in Cape Girardeau on April 15 ...

Emergency crews were out in force over the weekend as part of a planned hazardous materials training exercise in Gallia ...

More than 1 million hazardous material shipments travel through small towns, major cities and rural expanses across the U.S. every day. Most arrive without incident. But some, like the Feb. 3 train ...