by Timmy | Jul 30, 2025 | Featured
What the Heck Is a Mixed Load? Tips From The Haz Mat Guys The Hazmat Community’s Newest Tool: The NERD Book Before we got into the meat of the conversation, Bobby and Mike shared exciting news: their long-anticipated book is finally out. It’s called...
by Timmy | Jul 22, 2025 | Featured
A Chlorine Close Call: Breaking Down What Went Wrong and Why It Matters When Bobby forwarded me this near-miss incident report about a chlorine leak, I didn’t hesitate. “This is an episode,” I told him. It had all the hallmarks of a case worth unpacking – not...
by Timmy | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured
Vapor Pressure: The One Thing Every Hazmat Responder Needs to Know I sat down with Bobby Salvesen and Mike Monaco – better known as The Haz Mat Guys – to talk about something that honestly should’ve been covered way earlier in their podcast series: vapor...
by Timmy | Jul 8, 2025 | Featured
How Do You Detect Fentanyl? Start With the Right Question When I asked Mike and Bobby to walk me through fentanyl detection, the first thing they said was, “You need to ask why you’re trying to detect it.” Turns out, there are two main reasons: For...
by Timmy | Jul 1, 2025 | Featured
What Happens When the Barbecue Goes Boom? Picture this: you roll up on a wood-frame house with smoke rising in the backyard. The street’s full of panicked neighbors, some waving you around like a third-base coach, others stumbling drunk in bathrobes. There’s a propane...
by Timmy | Jun 26, 2025 | Featured
When a Student Brings Radiation to School It started like any typical recording with Mike and Bobby – some laughs, a little COVID vaccine banter, and Bobby’s signature “Hey everybody!” intro that he swears is still funny after 270 episodes (it is). But this...
