General Experts Knew a Pandemic Was Coming. Here’s What They’re Worried About Next. Nine disasters we still aren’t ready for. You might feel blindsided by the coronavirus, butwarnings about a looming pandemic have been there for decades. Government briefings, science journals and even popular fiction projected the spread of a novel virus and the economic impacts it would bring, c Written by Kevin Cresswell May 19, 2020May 20, 2020
General Training For Reality “In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable” – Douglas MacArthur, 1933. An assessment team jump starts the exercise by entering a suspected contaminated area to detect possible chemical agents, assess and report damage to Written by Kevin Cresswell May 13, 2020May 15, 2020
Hazmatters WYOMING NATIONAL GUARD 84TH CIVIL SUPPORT TEAM The Wyoming National Guard’s 84th Civil Support Team is a 22-person team made of soldiers and airmen with a mission to support civil authorities at a domestic chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear, also known as CBRN, incident site. The highly specialized training each member receives mak Written by Kevin Cresswell May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
General Coming into contact with dangerous drugs – part of the job for first responders! In Bartlesville, Oklahoma, one officer had a scary exposure to fentanyl last year. The power of even the smallest touch of fentanyl is clear. Bartlesville police officer, Sgt. Jim Warring, was wearing protective gloves as he packed up drug evidence believed to be laced with fentanyl, when suddenly h Written by Kevin Cresswell May 9, 2020May 9, 2020
General Back to Business – The new normal under Covid clean up! Re-opening commercial properties at the height of a pandemic needs some serious planning and thought. Recent events have heightened the need for remediation and decontamination of common interior surfaces and the safe disposal of infected materials. Okay so your state has decreed you can re-open for Written by Kevin Cresswell May 5, 2020May 6, 2020
General Mixing cleaning products – not a good idea! During this time of heightened anxiety about Covid-19 with increasing attempts to clean and disinfect everything around us, making sure you get it right when using cleaning products has become more important than ever. In the present Covid-19 lockdown, accidental poisonings in the US have risen dram Written by Kevin Cresswell May 4, 2020May 5, 2020
General Cambodia & Thailand: Demining/EOD Country Profile Originally posted on NCT-MAGAZINE Security situation overview: Antipersonnel mines in Thailand & Cambodia As a region marred by a history of complex cross-border and international conflict, South East Asia is an area of particular focus when it comes to demining. With this profile focusing speci Written by Kevin Cresswell May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
Training Well Blowout Control; Training Tips From The Industry Leaders. HazmatNation chats with Wild Well Control about how we can prepare for a well blowout event. Written by Ryan Henry April 28, 2020April 28, 2020
General Russia gets new CBRN Recon vehicle. The Russian Land Force is to receive the newest RKhM-8 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance vehicle this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced this week. “The Land Force is set to receive more than 1,500 combat vehicles … including the modern RKhM-6 a Written by Kevin Cresswell April 24, 2020April 24, 2020
