CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Labelmaster, the leading provider of products, services and technology for the safe and compliant transport of dangerous goods (DG) and hazardous materials (hazmat), today ...

Members of an area Emergency Medical Technician team undergo training required for certification as rescue (gray suits) and decontamination (green suits) unit responders to hazardous material and ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered what the most common mistakes are that shippers and carriers make when transporting Hazardous Materials? According to the United States Department of Transportation, Federal ...

Designed to meet OSHA's 1910.120 requirements for first responder hazmat awareness training, Emergency Training Solutions LLC announces the availability of a new Hazardous Material Awareness Training ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- The 84th Chemical Battalion has implemented a pilot program for Soldiers-in-training, which will earn them a nationally recognized certification in HAZMAT operations and as ...

Most of the recent firefighter deaths in the United States involving hazardous materials occurred in the nation's heartland. Incidents in rural places like Burnside, IL, population 242; Albert City, ...

You have been dispatched for a leaking 55-gallon drum. The call came in from the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, which just disarmed a large-caliber artillery shell next to the leaking drum. Your ...

Henderson firefighters have spent the past six weeks training for worse-case scenarios with the hope of never having to use those skills. Three battalion chiefs and 30 firefighters finished 120 hours ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Responders from area response agencies on Thursday completed a four-week course on hazardous materials awareness and operations ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Rail cars carrying hazardous materials travel through Iowa every day. When accidents happen, first responders need quick access to critical information to protect communities.