I have always admired hazmat technicians. They just mention the term CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive) and they have my attention. But then they put colorless, odorless, ...

A team of responders transports a ‘victim’ to safety during an exercise at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness. Using the type of equipment firefighters and others have in the field and exercises ...

Through a U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) SPST grant, the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) is offering hazmat train-the-trainer ...

Labelmaster, the leading provider of products, services and technology for the safe and compliant transport of dangerous goods (DG) and hazardous materials (hazmat), today announced the launch of new ...

Understanding chemistry can quite literally be a matter of life and death. Brad Livesay, a firefighter and EMT in Carroll County, Maryland, submitted this photo to illustrate how chemistry factors ...

National Volunteer Fire Council instructor Tom Miller instructs Tuppers Plains Fire Department member Collette Johnson on the deployment of a cooling nozzle on the cell battery of an electric vehicle ...

The fire that torched the Majestic Industries facility in Passaic last January was Fire Chief Pat Trentacost's greatest fear come to life. Not only because of its extraordinary size — an army of ...

COOLVILLE — The new train-the-trainer program is offered through a partnership between the National Volunteer Fire Council and U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety ...

Three Rivers Public Health Department and Union Pacific partnered for a hazardous materials training for an emergency preparedness event today. Twenty-four agencies, including 13 different fire ...