Posts Tagged: Hazmat
Busy Spartanburg Intersection Closed, Tanker On Its Side Leaking Fuel
SPARTANBURG - An overturned gas tanker truck leaking fuel has prompted officials in Spartanburg to shut down a busy intersection Friday afternoon.
Spartanburg County Dispatch tells 7 On Your Side all lanes have been shut down at Southport Road and Joh…
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Tanker Carrying Acid Overturns in Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG - A tractor trailer tank truck has overturned at Union Street and Cedar Branch Road. The tanker was carrying a sodium hydroxide solution at the time of the accident.
Spartanburg Firefighters report that only fuel from the saddle tanks is l…
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Acetylene Cylinder Fires…Allow Tanks to Cool for 24 Hours?
Fire and hazmat forces across the pond have a SOP for dealing with burning acetylene cylinders that require them to cool the cylinders for 24 hours after the fire is out.
During a recent incident, BBC quoted Station manager Gary Swinn, from the fire s…
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Ethanol Train Derails and Burns in Illinois
A train operated by the Iowa Interstate Railroad derailed early this morning in Tiskilwa, Illinois. Fire departments and hazmat teams from multiple communities are on the scene.
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Bomb Squad and Navy Hazmat Team Respond to Chemical Suicide. Will an H2S vehicle Suicide burn?
A church employee discovered the truck in the morning with a homemade note "Do Not Come Near. Truck Will Explode. Danger is Gas".
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Hazmat prank on TV show scare tactics
Never forget the cardinal rule for hazmat technicians: Always wear clean underwear to a hazmat run. You never know when your gonna end up in your skivvies during decon.
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Phenol Leak exposes first responders, Mass. Regional Hazmat Goes to Work
Initial reports are that a worker in Millburry, MA was wrenching on a 50,000 gallon above ground storage tank containing Phenol, when a leak developed.
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Chemicals that have SH in the formula smell like $#!t
San Bernardino City and County fire departments sent their hazmat teams to a fire and leak involving molten sulfur. A police officer first noticed a stank in the air and requested the fire department.
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Must see video: Tanker explosion in Sawyer, Michigan.
Explosion left one firefighter with minor chemical burn.
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Fireground audio: Multi-alarm titanium plant fire in Buffalo. Foam shortage after last week’s industrial fire.
Vendor brought in foam after second major industrial fire in Buffalo.
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UPDATED Live video & audio: Niagara Lubricant Company in Buffalo still burning nine hours after it started. Raw video added.
Fire began at 6:00 this morning.
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“No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn”
Lloyd Mitchell Takes in DeKalb Ave. HazMat
Lloyd takes in a hazardous materials call in the borough of fire.
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Too big for their britches
I had to cancel my trip to the Pa. Fire Expo this weekend but that doesn't mean that YOU can't go.
I've been getting some pics and updates from the floor in Harrisburg and it looks like I'm missing a great show.
I had intended to spend som…
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People you don’t want to see …
Dentist, doctors, morticians, the health department nurse after a Friday night at the local strip club ... you know, all folks you don't necessarily WANT to see.
How about your local Hazardous Materials Response Team ??
Usually not ... but in my …
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FD Holds Emergency Preparedness Training
The Cheraw Chronicle
CHERAW –- The Firefighters of Cheraw participated in an emergency readiness drill last week at the site of the old Walmart. The scenario was a hazardous materials situation, one of the many areas that firemen train on eac…
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Welcome To Hilton Head Island
The masses have converged on our department headquarters for the weekend.
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Ohio Derailment Caused Brief Evacuation.
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An evacuation was begun in Netwon Falls, Ohio yesterday when 14 cars came off the tracks. It was initially believed an ammonia car was leaking. Th…
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Indianapolis Hazmat Determined Pepper Spray Caused Odor at Planned Parenthood
People inside complained of a strange odor
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State Fire News Roundup
AIKEN - A majority of residents in Belvedere's Pinewood Plantation do not want fire service by the Belvedere Volunteer Fire Department; they want fire service by the North Augusta Department of Public Safety. (more...)
DARLINGTON COUNTY - A homeowner …
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STATE RED FLAG ALERT
A RED FLAG ALERT IS IN EFFECT IN ALL SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON THIS ALERT.
MORE: Tradesville Brush Fire Scorches 14 Acres
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Fires, Fretting, more fire and Hazmat in “The Noke”
I worked and extra shift yesterday (the 2nd half of it anyway) at Station #3. Rhett needed the day off so he could go to some kind of dance contest. Now, he put on like it was for his daughter but I know the truth.
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Governor Haley Meets With Leaders About Plant Fire
HARTSVILLE -- South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley arrived in Hartsville Wednesday afternoon to tour the scene of the Agrium US Fertilizer Plant fire.
Governor Haley met privately with the state Department of Health and Environmental Control, first res…
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FF’s Face Unique Challenges in Hartsville
HARTSVILLE -- Whether it was fighting fire, smoldering debris, smoke, water runoff or even unsuspecting motorists, emergency responders in Hartsville faced one challenge after another Monday and Tuesday, and officials say they aren’t out of the woods j…
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Chicken Farm Fire
WEST COLUMBIA -- A hazardous materials team helped contain a fire at a chicken farm in West Columbia Tuesday afternoon. West Columbia Police Chief Dennis Tyndall said firefighters are still battling a fire in one building at the Columbia Farms Poultry Pl…
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