The team, on average trains three times per month and as often as possible with outside agencies. And that’s important as Bucks County is the fourth most populous county in the state and lies immediately north of Philadelphia in the Delaware Valley.

This lakefront suburban county Level B hazmat team operates under the county’s Emergency Management Agency, which in turn operates under the county sheriff’s department. The 16-member hazmat team regularly trains with all the fire departments within Ozaukee County as well as those in adjacent counties.

Team D4 specializes in bomb squad response as well as more traditional hazmat incidents. That means Team D4 trains with FBI, CST and various bomb squads. They also coordinate with local businesses to train for special circumstances in varied spaces.

Since 1985 the Fresno Fire Department has been steadily building out its hazmat team. And for good cause. The 300-square-mile city has more than a half million people exposed to

No matter where you are, it seems it’s difficult to attract and retain volunteer firefighters. And get them to sign on for hazmat? Forget about it. Yet, in northeast Ohio

Jacksonville Fire Department uses a multi-layered training approach to keeping its hazardous materials team ready for whatever may come their way. Out of more than 1,500 employees, 70 make up

In the country’s third largest state with major shipping ports, oil production and railways, hazmat teams don’t have the luxury of just protecting their own backyard. The South San Joaquin

Nearly 20 years old, the Kalamazoo County HazMat Team protects Southwestern Michigan. Spread across their 580 square miles, lives more than 265,000 residents. Purportedly Kalamazoo means “the mirage or reflecting

Low call-volume fire departments need to share resources to provide all the response capabilities necessary. And that’s especially true when it comes to hazmat. Roughly 40 miles northwest of Chicago