Hazmatters Hazmat Duo Pushes Training, Awareness in Portugal Since 2018, Intervir.Pt has been educating hazmat teams, first responders and anyone who may have to deal with a hazmat emergency. The two-member team is prolific on both social media and education and training events in Portugal. In fact, this spring the group hit the 100,000 views milestone on its Facebook page. And a month […] Written by Randall Kravarik May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
Hazmatters Hazmat Girl Power in Europe, Middle East In 2019 a small group of women set out to take on a big hazmat problem — CBRN. The 10-member CBRN Women are co-located in Norway and Lebanon and tout their passion for the work, their wide knowledge of CBRN and their broad reach being from multiple countries and nationalities. The group is trained in […] Written by Phil Ambrose May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
Hazmatters Military Weapons of Mass Destruction Teams aid Local Agencies 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 territory, with Florida, California and New York each having two teams. Each team has 22 members who are trained to at least the hazmat tech […] Written by Phil Ambrose January 26, 2023January 26, 2023
Hazmatters Hazmat Training Company the Star of South Texas Springing from an EMS training program, the privately held training company National First Responder Training Complex has extended into hazmat, rescue, OSHA and industrial response training. With 20 highly trained instructors, including hazmat specialists, NFRTC offers hazmat awareness, operations, technician, incident commander and hazwoper training. Fire and EMS training remains at the core of NFRTC’s […] Written by Phil Ambrose January 19, 2023January 19, 2023
Hazmatters Rescue Device Works for Downed Hazmat Responders When you think of rapid intervention teams or rapid rescue operations, hazmat isn’t often front of mind. Yet a Pennsylvania-based firefighter-run company that makes quick rescue boards does look at how to rescue downed hazmat responders. FAST Rescue Solutions sprung out of longtime Philadelphia special operations firefighter Eric Allen’s seeing a need for a better […] Written by Phil Ambrose December 29, 2022December 29, 2022
Hazmatters Florida Academy Focuses on Hazmat Team Training Getting trained in highly specialized fields like hazmat often requires turning to trainers who are, well, highly specialized in that field. Florida-based Intercontinental Fire Training Academy does just that. The company’s team of more than 40 instructors bring more than 100 combined years of experience to fields like technical rescue, urban search and rescue, fire-rescue […] Written by Phil Ambrose November 3, 2022November 3, 2022
Hazmatters Hazmat Military Division Trains Soldiers, Protects Civilians in Brazil When you have the world’s fifth largest land area, seventh largest population and the twelfth largest GDP, you had better take hazmat seriously. One way Brazil addresses hazmat threats is through its military’s 1st Battalion of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense. With nearly 300 members, the team says it is the most specialized outfit […] Written by Phil Ambrose October 6, 2022October 6, 2022
Hazmatters Important Releases New Hazmat Training Company Draws from Military After more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, Nicholas Otero formed Tactical Pause Training Group with the goal of teaching what he learned from responding to military-grade hazmat incidents to first responders around the country. Otero finished his career as the information systems analyst for the 95th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support […] Written by Phil Ambrose September 21, 2022September 21, 2022
Hazmatters Tech Company Enters Hazmat Alerting Arena New Hampshire-based Zco Corporation rolled out its cloud-based software Hazmat+ to bring the internet of things to hazmat inventory and release notification. In what it calls a digital ecosystem, Hazmat+ is aimed at private industry with onsite hazardous materials and first responders in that jurisdiction. Zco has been developing web and mobile apps for more […] Written by Phil Ambrose July 29, 2022July 29, 2022