ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Firefighters are the first responders in Georgia when hazardous materials become a danger. Friday, they became better trained to handle emergencies. In an emergency situation, ...

SALISBURY — From a distance, the men and women wearing oversized and encapsulated suits in lime green and bright blue look as if they are preparing to board a spaceship. Instead, the group of 33 are ...

PIQUA, Ohio (WDTN) – The Piqua Fire Department recently completed a 40-hour, weeklong Hazardous Materials Technician course, earning members of the department hazmat certification. According to our ...

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.” ...

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 ...

A team of students wearing yellow hazmat suits steps toward a simulated abandoned factory. They unlock the door, peer inside a small room and set their eyes on tipped barrels and white crystals ...

Twenty Anchorage firefighters completed an 80-hour hazmat technician certification course as the department trains a new ...

Time is precious for the often limited number of hazmat technicians within a department. Makers of handheld gas detectors, chemical field identification systems and hazmat suits take this to heart in ...

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