S. Florida Hazmat Team Covers Huge Mutual-Aid Area
Nestled between Miami and Fort Lauderdale is the city of Hollywood, Fla. The city, and it’s fire department, started off small. But that has all changed. Hollywood Fire Rescue was
Nestled between Miami and Fort Lauderdale is the city of Hollywood, Fla. The city, and it’s fire department, started off small. But that has all changed. Hollywood Fire Rescue was
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
It shouldn’t be a surprise that Venezuela’s largest fire department has a substantial, dedicated hazmat team. In fact, it was hazmat that put the city on the map. The northern
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
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
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
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
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
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