Feature Article Important Releases Hazmatters Turnout to Support Firefighter Cancer Charity About 400 firefighters and hazmat specialists descended on Baltimore this past week to raise money for firefighter cancer and network with fellow hazmat professionals. For the eighth year, Hazmat Nation […] Written by Phil Ambrose June 19, 2025June 19, 2025
Feature Article Important Releases Hazmat Icon Cartwright Dies Hazmat Nation readers will know Richard Cartwright as the author of Today in Hazmat History. Cartwright died April 21 from an unexpected medical emergency. He was, as friends describe him, […] Written by Phil Ambrose April 24, 2025April 24, 2025
Feature Article Training All-Woman Training on Chemical Weapons Response By Joelle Khadra As part of the 2024-2025 International Training Cycle on Assistance and Protection for Women First Responders, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) organized a […] Written by Phil Ambrose March 20, 2025March 20, 2025
Feature Article Hazmat Nation, Noted Hazmat Instructor Dies Respected hazmat instructor and Hazmat Nation regular contributor Vance Bennett died unexpectedly earlier this month The hazmat world lost one of its shining stars when Vance Bennett died at 71 […] Written by Phil Ambrose January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
Feature Article Hazmat in the Land Where pH is Less Than Zero By Vance Bennett Not everything you were taught is necessarily 100% true. Do meters lie? They don’t exactly “lie” but sometimes they don’t give us the whole truth and nothing […] Written by Phil Ambrose January 16, 2025January 16, 2025
Feature Article Q&A: New Fire Suppression Tech Company Hits Market Long-time fire service publishing executive Scott Bieda left retirement to jump into the fire suppression tech industry, where he and his partners launched a new company with a relatively old […] Written by Phil Ambrose January 9, 2025January 9, 2025
Feature Article Hazcat’s origin story By Vance Bennett We often take for granted the various pieces of equipment we use, practices we follow and response tactics we use. Where did they come from? They don’t […] Written by Phil Ambrose December 26, 2024December 26, 2024
Feature Article OK, You Metered for Oxygen, Now What? By Vance Bennett O2. Element 8 on the periodic table. We all need it. We can’t live without it. That’s the good. But is too much of it a bad […] Written by Phil Ambrose December 20, 2024December 20, 2024
Feature Article How to Verify Your Training Videos are Real By Vance Bennett Hazmat trainers across the county routinely show a video of a brave cop running into a cloud of anhydrous ammonia to save an unconscious person. They will […] Written by Phil Ambrose December 5, 2024December 5, 2024