The Piqua Fire Department recently completed a 40-hour, weeklong Hazardous Materials Technician course, earning members of the department hazmat certification. According to ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 27-- The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency issued the following news: Tennessee emergency managers, firefighters, and first responders now have expanded certification ...

FORT SILL, Okla. (March 10, 2016) -- Sgt. 1st Class Arthur Bruton, Oklahoma City Military Entrance Processing Station guidance counselor, is set to retire in June with almost 21 years of service. He ...

A Hazardous Waste Worker Training class is July 18-29, and five seats are still available for the free training at Truman Education Center here. Known as HAZWOPER, for hazardous waste operations and ...

Dispatchers and 911 operators are usually the first to receive notification of any type of emergency that occurs in the community. They may be talking with the person who is a victim of an incident, a ...

Exam Prep: Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations, the fifth publication in the Exam Prep Series published by Jones and Bartlett Publishers in partnership with the International Association of ...

More than half of the West fire department had hazardous material training. April 18, 2012— -- In the wake of a deadly fire and chemical explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant near Waco, which ...

A wide variety of the chemicals, materials and equipment that are used on the RIT campus require compliance with Federal, state and local regulations. RIT’s Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) ...

Highest Level of Hazardous Materials Response Capability Recognized in New York State Mayor Mike Spano today announced that the Yonkers Fire Department (YFD) has officially been accredited as a Type 1 ...

One of the most dangerous locations for fire, EMS and law enforcement emergency responders is the confined space. Hazards in confined spaces include mechanical/electrical, communicative, thermal, ...