Hazmatters Lean, Private Hazmat Training Company Booming This lean, four-person, safety training and inspection company teaches on a range of topics including hazmat skills and regulatory inspection preparation. The two main consultants who lead the team are […] Written by Phil Ambrose May 16, 2024May 16, 2024
Hazmatters USAR, Hazmat Team Protects 5 So Cal Counties More times than not, urban search and rescue operations are also hazmat operations. That’s one reason Pasadena, Calif.-based USAR Task Force 32 preps for hazmat incidents. Developed in the early […] Written by Phil Ambrose April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Hazmatters Costa Rica Hazmat Team Covers the Nation Known predominantly as an ecotourism destination, Costa Rica spreads across 19,700 square miles and a population of a tick over 5 million. About half its population, 2.3 million, live in […] Written by Phil Ambrose March 14, 2024May 16, 2024
Hazmatters Indiana Hazmat Team Pools Resources as it Evolves When a clear need for better hazmat response arose nearly 45 years ago, fire chiefs in central Indiana’s Madison County got busy. It started with a 1977 rail incident that […] Written by Phil Ambrose February 29, 2024February 29, 2024
Hazmatters Combo Pa Hazmat Team Trains Often When one of the best-known nuclear incidents happened in your backyard, you take hazmat response seriously. Dauphin County, Pa. is home to Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, which famously […] Written by Phil Ambrose February 22, 2024February 22, 2024
Hazmatters Hazmat Team Protects Mexico’s Third Largest City As the largest suburb of Mexico City, Ecatepec, has a population of 1.6 million and is the third most populous city behind Mexico City’s 16 boroughs and Tijuana. Migration from […] Written by Phil Ambrose January 10, 2024January 10, 2024
Hazmatters National Guard WMD, Hazmat Unit ‘Best Assignment’ Across the United States, the Department of Defense through the National Guard operates 57 Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams. There is one WMD CST for each state and […] Written by Phil Ambrose December 28, 2023December 28, 2023
Hazmatters Calif Hazmat Team Born on the Rails California’s northern-most Type 1 Hazmat Team makes its home in Roseville. While the fire department dates back to 1907, the hazmat team didn’t come into existence until 1995. The department […] Written by Phil Ambrose December 22, 2023December 22, 2023
Hazmatters Wash. Company Blends In-Person, Online Hazmat Training More than 10 years ago, a small group of hazmat professionals saw a training gap in the industry. Looking at agencies that lack continuing training, they felt the need to […] Written by Phil Ambrose September 7, 2023September 18, 2023