Known predominantly as an ecotourism destination, Costa Rica spreads across 19,700 square miles and a population of a tick over 5 million. About half its population, 2.3 million, live in

When a clear need for better hazmat response arose nearly 45 years ago, fire chiefs in central Indiana’s Madison County got busy. It started with a 1977 rail incident that

When one of the best-known nuclear incidents happened in your backyard, you take hazmat response seriously. Dauphin County, Pa. is home to Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, which famously

As the largest suburb of Mexico City, Ecatepec, has a population of 1.6 million and is the third most populous city behind Mexico City’s 16 boroughs and Tijuana. Migration from

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

California’s northern-most Type 1 Hazmat Team makes its home in Roseville. While the fire department dates back to 1907, the hazmat team didn’t come into existence until 1995. The department

More than 10 years ago, a small group of hazmat professionals saw a training gap in the industry. Looking at agencies that lack continuing training, they felt the need to

Based in Slovakia, this two-person operation kicked off nearly five years ago with the mission of helping civilians learn to survive a CBRN incident.  The project aims to teach civilians

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