by Timmy | Jun 17, 2025 | Featured
When Chlorine Hits Hard: Lessons from the Jordan Gas Release When I sat down with Bobby Salvesen and Mike Monaco for Episode 346 of The Haz Mat Guys Podcast, we knew we had a big one to unpack. A chlorine cylinder had dropped from a container ship in Jordan,...
by Timmy | Jun 10, 2025 | Featured
Rethinking Hazmat Response: A Real Talk on Neutralization and Risk-Based Decisions As someone who’s spent a good bit of time with hazmat technicians, I’ve heard all the rules. And if you’ve trained in this world, you’ve likely memorized them too. But what happens when...
by Timmy | Jun 3, 2025 | Featured
“It’s Not Legal, It’s Just Not Illegal”: What First Responders Need to Know About Pot Extraction Labs I sat down again with Bobby Salvesen and Mike Monaco – two of the sharpest minds in hazmat – to talk about something that’s becoming far too...
by Timmy | May 29, 2025 | Featured
When Pool Chemicals Go Wrong: A High-Rise Hazmat Response with Chlorine Gas I sat down with Mike Monaco for what we call a “hot wash” episode – where we unpack real incidents shared anonymously by first responders. This time, it was a story from a Midwestern...
by Timmy | May 28, 2025 | Featured
When Mercury Flows from the Ceiling: A Hazmat Call That Was Anything But Routine You know that feeling when a call comes over and just doesn’t seem real? That’s exactly what happened on this particular Sunday when the ticket read “mercury leaking from an air...
