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Lessons From an ESS Fire: Beyond “Let It Burn”

Lessons From an ESS Fire: Beyond “Let It Burn”

Lessons From an ESS Fire: Beyond “Let It Burn”   Energy storage systems are becoming increasingly common across the country, creating a new challenge for emergency responders. Unlike traditional fires that firefighters have spent decades training...
The Top 10 Chemicals Moving on America’s Highways

The Top 10 Chemicals Moving on America’s Highways

The Top 10 Chemicals Moving on America’s Highways   Every day, millions of people drive alongside hazardous materials without ever giving them much thought. Tank trucks move through cities, down interstates, and into industrial areas carrying the chemicals that...
Designing a Decon Corridor That Works

Designing a Decon Corridor That Works

Designing a Decon Corridor That Works Setting up a decon corridor should involve more thought than finding an open piece of pavement and throwing down a tarp. Where you put it, how people get to it, what happens around it, and whether it can grow with the incident all...
Decon is Not a Car Wash

Decon is Not a Car Wash

Decon Is Not a Car Wash Decontamination may be one of the most consistently undertrained parts of hazmat response. Technicians go through class thinking they’ll probably be the ones making entry, so somebody else will wash them when they come out....
Inside a Magic Mushroom Grow: A Hazmat Nightmare

Inside a Magic Mushroom Grow: A Hazmat Nightmare

Inside a Magic Mushroom Grow: A Hazmat Nightmare Hazmat tends to let the name of the incident dictate how dangerous we think it is. Dispatch says clandestine drug lab and the mind immediately goes to methamphetamine production, flammable solvents, corrosives, toxic...