Training How to handle Acid spills In the news this week Ft. Myers FL HazMat teams mitigated an Acid Spill. See Fox News Video below: Acids, or Corrosives, can be pretty nasty and require special handling as some acids can ‘eat’ through regular PPE as well as react and off-gas flammable Hydrogen. Here are a few multimedia training tips from The […] Written by Phil Ambrose March 10, 2016March 10, 2016
Training Dramatic Explosion and a Mushroom Cloud Created Using 1,000 Sparklers and a Microwave Oven Source: Mike Opelka The Blaze.com In the past, Swedish experimentalist Alexander and Benjamin Jönsson have posted videos of crazy stunts like sending a donut into space and exploding a microwave oven using a sealed bottle of water and some duct tape. Today, the brothers have delivered their latest YouTube experiment involving 1,000 sparklers and a […] Written by Phil Ambrose March 7, 2016March 7, 2016
Training Mercury Spill Response According to UpperMichigansource.com: ERWIN TOWNSHIP — Authorities have cleaned up what they called “a large mercury spill” Wednesday night in Gogebic County. The Upper Peninsula Regional Hazardous Materials Team was called out to a home in Erwin Township. A homeowner was cleaning the basement when a glass bottle of mercury was knocked over, breaking on […] Written by Phil Ambrose March 2, 2016March 2, 2016
Training One reason why BHO extractions end up as explosions According to Chhun Sun of the Gazzette: It wasn’t until Thomas Chmielewski woke up and heard an explosion in his kitchen that he realized something went wrong in his attempt to make hash oil, according to his arrest affidavit. The explosion caused an early Sunday fire at his home on the 2500 block of San […] Written by Phil Ambrose March 2, 2016March 2, 2016
Training HazMat Decon drill in Mesa AZ – video Mesa Az – Firefighters and hospital personnel practice mass decontamination of patients in multi-agency drill. Related: Confined space rescue in Mesa Training: Disaster response has more than one patch – Phoenix area Special Ops teams rely on teamwork Written by Phil Ambrose March 1, 2016March 1, 2016
Training Amphibious HazMat – Team trains on getting in to difficult to reach places Today members of County OEM, County Fire Marshals and HazMat trained on our Hydratrek. The Hydratrek is an amphibious vehicle that has multiple uses including water rescue and can be used for HazMat incidents along shorelines and hard to reach areas. The Middlesex County Hazardous Materials Unit, started in 1979, is one of New Jersey’s […] Written by Phil Ambrose February 19, 2016February 19, 2016
Training The HazMat Guys Nation Roundtable – HazMat Tech Standards Written by Phil Ambrose February 18, 2016February 18, 2016
Training CNG Bus Fire/ CNG Vehicle Response – RAW Video With the push for cleaner fuel alternatives – New set of hazards for First Responders There are more vehicles on the road with alternative fuels creating a new set of hazards for first responders. Fuels such as CNG, LNG and Propane, all of which have certain inherent hazards, are used in everything from cars and […] Written by Phil Ambrose February 17, 2016February 17, 2016
Training Chemical Suicide Training – Video Source: Hazmatter7/Youtube Excellent training video by Todd Burton [divider] Written by Phil Ambrose February 7, 2016February 7, 2016
