Posts Categorized: Hazmat
MCI at DC Firehouse: Firefighters at Engine 10, Truck 13 ill hours after fire at what may have been a PCP lab.
Firefighters from House of Pain in Northeast taken to Police-Fire Clinic.
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Mysterious Smoking Drum Generates Haz-Mat and Bomb Squad Response
When they reported back for work on Monday morning they found the barrel hissing and smoking.
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Lightning Strikes Chemical Tanks in Pennsylvania …. Vol. Fire Police Officer Suffers Fatal Heart Attack
Two Quarter Million-Gallon Tanks Involved
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“Old School” Captains …
There was a "life lesson" or some sort of Fire Department training in every task. They worked hard and expected the same of you. There was never an option other than "the right thing" and they ALWAYS looked after their members.
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State Police pull over radioactive firefighter
What paperwork MUST you have to avoid becoming a CBRNE incident. Who knew?
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Explosion Blows Doors Off of Ice Plant
AN AMMONIA EXPLOSION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING blew the doors off of a Reddy Ice plant in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
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Fiery Tanker Crash Kills Two in France
The crash killed both drivers of the two trucks and sent a flaming river of burning fuel along the roadside
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Must see video: Close-up view of Coachella, California LPG explosion at McDonalds drive-thru.
No one was injured by the explosion.
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Booth Babes, FDIC another 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb and more!
I guess Rhett and I were kinda like the FoxFire "booth babes". I say that for several reasons. One of the reasons is because we were wearing kilts. Not dresses ... kilts (it's defined by what you ARE or are NOT wearing under em ...lol). Not just any kilt either. We were wearing our custom kilts from ALT KILT.
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Raw video & pictures: PGFD technical rescue with medical ‘Go Team’ on scene. Man trapped in machinery in Laurel, Maryland.
Go Team assists in 90-minute rescue.
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Show us your TETS
Get your minds out of the gutter.... I said "TETS" .... not tits....LOL
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Explosion at GM Tech Center in Warren (lithium battery explosion)
The Warren Fire Department reports that there was a lithium battery explosion at a lab on campus. Fire and emergency crews are on the scene.
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Boston Haz Mat overnight incident: part B
Second half of tweeted Boston haz-mat incident
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Update Boston Haz Mat incident: part A
First part of a Boston haz mat incident from a chemical suicide
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Fully involved
I don't usually post these types of pictures but I know this one isn't photo shopped or a fake
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Heavy fire on arrival in Roanoke, Va
How quickly can your company put a 2 1/2 into service on an exposure ( direct application or water curtain )? Do your rigs carry enough water to briefly support such operations or are you dependent on hydrants?
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Explosion, Fire in German Chemical Plant
A CHEMICAL PLANT IN AN INDUSTRIAL PARK IN MARL, Germany, had an explosion-like event Saturday afternoon that started a large fire.
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Tanker Driver Perishes in Fiery Crash
A GASOLINE TANKER IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, COLLIDED with a passenger car shortly after midnight Wednesday morning.
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Magnesium Fire in Ohio
A MAGNESIUM FIRE PRESENTED THE BELLEVUE, OHIO, firefighters with an unusual challenge Tuesday morning when they responded to the MagReTech factory across the road from the Bellevue Hospital.
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Six Alarms Down Under
A SIX-ALARM FIRE JUST NORTH OF Adelaide, South Australia, is knocked down but still burning at a waste oil depot where more than 100 firefighters are working.
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Brotherhood abound and remembering 2 of Virginia’s fallen
When you hear the word "Brotherhood" spoken, most of us associate it with the larger Departments in the Country. The FDNY always comes to mind for most but, you hardly ever hear about the "small town USA" Volunteer Fire Company.
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I’m alive! Half naked cowboys, firefighters down, head shaving and a lot more “catching up”
Talking about these situations in a classroom setting is one thing but getting "hands on" for actual experience is invaluable.
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Train Carrying Methanol Derails in Abbeville
ABBEVILLE COUNTY - Crews are on the scene working around the clock to clean up a chemical spill following a Thursday morning train derailment in Abbeville. Nearby homes were evacuated after more than two dozen CSX train cars derailed around 5…
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Smelly Motorcyclist Brings Haz Mat Response
A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN BUSHKILL TWP., PENNSYLVANIA, Wednesday afternoon caused police to think that the bike was carrying chemicals used to make "meth" and called out a haz mat response.
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Chemical Fire Leaves Colorful Runoff in Germany
FIREFIGHTERS IN GOTTINGEN, GERMANY, were called out at 4 am Friday morning for a fire in a chemical storage building.
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