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 […] Written by Kevin Ryan December 8, 2022December 26, 2022
Hazmatters Tenn. Hazmat Team is City and Regional Resource It is impossible to overstate how much 9/11 changed the U.S. fire service. What’s easy to forget is the rash of suspicious white powder calls that sprung up in mailrooms […] Written by Phil Ambrose September 30, 2021September 30, 2021
‘How to Make a Bomb’ Was a Top 10 Google Search Term in September and October Originally published by Homeland Security “How to make a bomb” ranked in the top 10 terms searched on Google in September and October 2020, said a DHS bombing prevention awareness […] Written by Staff Writer January 26, 2021January 28, 2021
3,100 pounds of meth seized on the Mexico-US border — the second-largest bust ever Originally published on The YUCATAN TIMES CBP announced this week that border patrol officers seized more than 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills and heroin at the Otay Mesa commercial facility on […] Written by Staff Writer October 15, 2020October 15, 2020
General First look at poison letter to Trump: Return address on ricin envelope leads right to Quebec apartment Originally published on The Leduc Rep The strange letter, seen here for the first time, is handwritten in English in all capital letters. It is stained in blotches, presumably residue […] Written by Staff Writer October 1, 2020October 1, 2020
Hazmatters WYOMING NATIONAL GUARD 84TH CIVIL SUPPORT TEAM The Wyoming National Guard’s 84th Civil Support Team is a 22-person team made of soldiers and airmen with a mission to support civil authorities at a domestic chemical, biological, radiological, […] Written by Staff Writer May 10, 2020October 11, 2021
Hazmatters Hazmatters: DC Fire and EMS Hazmat Team This edition of Hazmatters was submitted by Jack Spencer of theDistrict of Columbia Fire & EMS Department HazMat Response team. The District of Columbia is unique as it is not a State, […] Written by Phil Ambrose June 30, 2019June 30, 2019
Buzz Blog Training BUZZ BLOG: What Makes It Worth It Hello again friends and hazmatters. I want to lead off this edition of the blog focusing on our friends in VA, more specifically the Virginia Association of Hazmat Response Specialists. […] Written by Kevin Ryan September 19, 2018March 27, 2020