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, 2023September 21, 2023
Hazmatters Training Kentucky Volunteer Hazmat Team Covers 8 Counties In the fire service, volunteers have a history of being resourceful. With funding, staffing and training difficult to procure, being resourceful has been a matter of survival. The same holds true for volunteer-based hazmat teams. And nowhere is that more evident than in the Oldham County, Ky., which sits in the north central part of […] Written by Phil Ambrose June 15, 2023June 15, 2023
Feature Article Important Releases Training How to Effectively Train Leaders for Large-Scale Incidents By Tod Langley, Crisis Response Leader Training There is a growing awareness by leaders within our communities. Traditional training methods are not sufficient to support leadership development despite heroic, if not Herculean, efforts of countless first responders to save lives. There is no doubt that active shooter incidents are on the rise. Beyond the continuous […] Written by Phil Ambrose May 18, 2023June 21, 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
Training Hazmat Training Debrief: Corpus Christi, Texas Hazmat Training Debrief will give you a quick recap of interesting hazmat training going on. This week we look at recent training from Corpus Christi, Texas What agency led the training? Corpus Christi Fire Department’s Hazmat Team Where was it held? Corpus Christi Fire Station 5 (Hazmat Station) What was the set up time? About […] Written by Phil Ambrose February 23, 2023September 18, 2023
Feature Article General Important Releases Training How to Understand the Biological Weapons Threat: Part 3 By Kevin Ryan September 2001 presented a new threat that had to be learned from the ground up. Very little knowledge in the emergency response world focused on these types of threats. New techniques, equipment, methods and training had to be developed to respond to these “white powders,” We are seeing the same evolution with […] Written by Kevin Ryan December 8, 2022December 26, 2022
Training Hazmat Training Debrief: Orange, Texas Hazmat Training Debrief will give you a quick recap of interesting hazmat training going on. This week we look at recent training from Orange, Texas Written by Phil Ambrose November 17, 2022February 23, 2023
Feature Article Training How to Understand the Biological Weapons Threat: Part 2 This is the second of a three-part series on biological weapons response for hazmat teams By Kevin Ryan Part I of this series focused on defining biological weapons, understanding their threat levels and lab safety as well as getting some quick history of these weapons. The next step is to recognize when an attack is […] Written by Kevin Ryan August 26, 2022December 26, 2022