Michael Wilson joined the fire service in 2003 and jumped from hazmat ops to hazmat technician in 2013. At the start of Covid in 2020,
Hazmat incidents involving rail cars don’t happen often, but when they do they are often major incidents. When fire departments and hazmat teams need to
Firefighter hazmat training is fraught with problems, not the least of which is how to conduct meaningful training that keeps hazmat responders safe and makes
Formed in 1980, Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County Hazardous Materials Response Team 800 grew from an initial 15 volunteer members to 70 members today. Still volunteers, the
Many of us have seen the videos of European firefighters attacking burning vehicles with a blanket rather than water or foam. And for many, that
Central Florida’s Seminole County has nearly 500,000 residents protected by the Seminole County Fire Department. SCFD has more than 450 personnel across 20 stations, with
On any given day at the Royal Canadian Mint, Protective Services Sgt. Yan Racette must contend with nitric acid, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide
Polk County (Fla.) Fire Rescue’s hazmat team recently sent us some photos of their HazSim units in action — or, more accurately, preparing for action.
We were so impressed with Colorado’s Boulder County Hazmat Team when HazmatNation featured them in Hazmatters this past summer, that we wanted a deeper dive
There are some really cool things happening in the field of robotics with direct application to hazmat response and safety. One of the companies pushing