Feature Article Tech Talk Training Q&A: Director on Massive, new Hazmat Training Site If you drill down into the massive global company Ambipar, you will find its Ambipar Response Training Centers, a division that focuses on training hazmat responders. It is best known for its sites in Peru, Brazil and Chile. Earlier this year it opened what it calls the largest hazmat training facility in the world in […] Written by Phil Ambrose November 9, 2023November 9, 2023
Feature Article General Tech Talk Equipment Distributor Discusses the Hazmat Niche Whether it is meeting customers in their stations or at tradeshows, or pouring out some top-shelf bourbon at the Hazmat Nation annual party in Baltimore, Steve Haise is a recognized fixture in hazmat circles. We sat down to ask Haise about the company he started, All Safe Industries, and the hazmat industry. What inspired your […] Written by Phil Ambrose October 17, 2023October 17, 2023
Feature Article General Tech Talk Training Q & A: Tracking Company Aims for More Than Knowing Who is Where The fire service and military share many common traits. Chief among those is putting humans in harm’s way and trying to reduce the risk to those humans in those environments. Not surprising, there are tech solutions for that. Alex Gorsuch, is co-founder and chief technology officer Ascent Integrated Tech, one of those tech companies trying […] Written by Phil Ambrose September 21, 2023November 9, 2023
Feature Article Important Releases Tech Talk Training HazSim, Hazmat Nation to Raise Money for Firefighter Cancer HazSim and Hazmat Nation to host its 6th annual networking event at IAFC’s hazmat conference to raise money for the Firefighter Cancer Support Network and demo the new HazSim Pro 3 For the sixth year, Hazmat Nation and HazSim will bring together more than 200 hazmat professionals for a networking and fundraising event in conjunction […] Written by Phil Ambrose May 8, 2023May 18, 2023
Important Releases Tech Talk Training HazSim to Reveal Next-Gen Platform at FDIC, Dragertown HazSim’s revised firefighter training platform, that improves usability for frontline firefighters and training officers, will be on display at Dragertown at the 2023 Fire Department Instructors Conference For more than 10 years, HazSim has been the standard for training hazardous materials experts on how to properly use gas-detection meters in hot-zone evolutions. This month, HazSim […] Written by Phil Ambrose April 14, 2023April 14, 2023
Important Releases Tech Talk Training HazSim Plays Key Role in Hazmat Training Event, Video A large Florida hazmat team put their equipment and personnel through ultra-realistic training and made a high-quality video to share with other teams When Polk County (Fla.) Fire Rescue’s hazmat team wanted to conduct a high-impact training event for a common, but volatile hazard, it turned to HazSim to provide enhanced realism. The team went […] Written by Phil Ambrose April 21, 2022April 21, 2022
Tech Talk FarrWest presents: Hazardous Gas Tactical Response – Technology Advances During this FREE to attend, one hour presentation, which will include an introduction to HAZSIM, highly experienced Instructor, Michael Parsons will give a brief overview of multiple actual events. Using one of these scenarios as a vehicle for discussion and demonstration on the use of hand-held portable sensors (multi-gas and PID). The tutorial will explain the […] Written by Phil Ambrose April 15, 2022June 21, 2023
Tech Talk From our Readers: How to Buy Gas Meters Recently one of our readers posted an interesting and practical question on one of our social media channels. And he got some interesting and useful advice. In fact, it made us wonder how many more of our readers are wrestling with the same problem and how many more readers may have different solutions. After you’ve […] Written by Phil Ambrose March 25, 2022March 25, 2022
Tech Talk Training Hazmat PHOBIA – Taking the mystery out of Hazmat Haz-Mat is the mystery mission of the fire service. Mysteries can be scary. Like setting sail from Europe over 500 years ago with the belief that you might just sail off the end of the flat Earth, many firefighters don’t know what to expect when they walk into their haz-mat class. Unless they are part […] Written by Phil Ambrose July 28, 2019July 28, 2019