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Your Nose Is Not A Meter

Your Nose Is Not A Meter

Your Nose Is Not A Meter Using your senses during a hazardous materials incident is one of those topics that makes instructors uncomfortable. Not because sensory clues are useless, but because they are incredibly easy to misuse. The moment someone hears that an odor...
When a Routine Gas Leak Becomes a Major Emergency

When a Routine Gas Leak Becomes a Major Emergency

When a Routine Gas Leak Becomes a Major Emergency Every major natural gas disaster begins with a moment when someone realizes the incident is no longer routine. Up until that point, the call looks familiar. An odor complaint. A homeowner reporting the smell of gas....
Radiation Is Not Rare. We Just Pretend It Is.

Radiation Is Not Rare. We Just Pretend It Is.

Radiation Is Not Rare. We Just Pretend It Is. Radiation has always been one of those weird corners of hazmat that gets treated like either the end of the world or not worth talking about at all. There never seems to be an in-between. For a lot of responders, radiation...
AI, Hazmat, and the Confident Answer That Can Get You Hurt

AI, Hazmat, and the Confident Answer That Can Get You Hurt

AI, Hazmat, and the Confident Answer That Can Get You Hurt We have a bad habit in hazmat of trusting anything that sounds organized. A clean answer feels useful. A fast answer feels even better. Put it in a neat sentence with the right technical words, and suddenly it...