Posts Tagged: 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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Medical Oxygen Tank Over Pressurization On Wheels
You get a call for a truck with a high-pitch sound coming from it. On arrival the truck is a Class B straight truck with hazardous materials placards easily identifiable on your approach.
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Pre-arrival video: FDNY at Brooklyn Con Ed substation fire.
Fire at John Street & Bridge Street in DUMBO.
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Anhydrous Nurse Trailer – Company Drill
This company drill was passed over to me from Lt Bronner (Perkins Township FD).
Many of you are seeing anhydrous nurse trailer throughout your jurisdictions this time of year. The “nurse trailer” in this picture was parked about 15 feet from a c…
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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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Coweta County Fire Department in GA has a new Hazmat truck with special features.
Rig can be used as command center.
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Best of the Rest – Alt Kilt, MN8 Contest, Boston Fire Gear, Random Tweet of the Week and Much More!
This week: Alt Kilt will be dressing The Fire Critic for FDIC, Boston Fire Gear St. Patrick's Day shirts, Magnesium Fire in Bellevue (OH), 4 Factor Door Chocks, Random Tweet of the Week, Woman risks life for Cell Phone, and much more!
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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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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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