PERHAPS sparked by the devastating natural disasters and terrorist attacks the nation has experienced in the recent past, a renewed emphasis has been placed on ensuring that decontamination procedures ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - With a high potential of danger from the spill and spread of hazardous materials, training emergency response teams to deal effectively with such incidents has become ...

Volunteer patient Melissa Tomback, a nursing student at the University of New England, smiles as she is lifted on a backboard by hazmat suit-clad firefighters during a full-scale training exercise ...

Interoperability, standards of operation, incident command and safety are all important buzzwords for today’s fire service. If you keep abreast of what goes on around the country, you’re probably ...

DQE has introduces the MasCas II Decontamination Shower, a durable, lightweight, multi-victim decon shower with a fast-deploying design for technical decontamination. INDIANAPOLIS - Every community ...

Dressing in specialized chemical protective clothing (CPC) is a serious business. We are firm believers that this decision shouldn’t be taken lightly. So, through training, we address the issues that ...

National Volunteer Fire Council instructor Tom Miller instructs Tuppers Plains Fire Department member Collette Johnson on the deployment of a cooling nozzle on the cell battery of an electric vehicle ...

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to sweep the King County area and beyond, South King Fire and Rescue members have developed a decontamination resource for their brothers and sisters in blue. Police ...