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Building strategic partnerships can create solutions to large community safety issues High-risk buildings can be abandoned or condemned structures. These buildings pose hazards to firefighters and communities. This is because many are structurally unsound and not safe for any person to enter. These buildings are commonly a key contributing factor to firefighter line of duty deaths, noted in NIOSH firefighter fatality investigations. National Fire Protection Association statistics show Read more [...]

Validating self-reported Toxic Release Inventory data using Benford's Law: investigating toxic chemical release … – Frontiers

Validating self-reported Toxic Release Inventory data using Benford’s Law: investigating toxic chemical release … Frontiers

Part of Arkansas 367 in White County closed due to hazardous chemical leak from train | Arkansas Democrat Gazette – Arkansas Online

Part of Arkansas 367 in White County closed due to hazardous chemical leak from train | Arkansas Democrat Gazette Arkansas Online

Hazardous materials responders investigate ‘noxious odor:’ Strongsville Fire – Cleveland 19 News

Hazardous materials responders investigate ‘noxious odor:’ Strongsville Fire Cleveland 19 News Read more [...]

Chemical leak causes hazmat situation in White County – KATV

Chemical leak causes hazmat situation in White County KATV

Emergency Ready- Hazardous Materials Down on the Farm: Playbook of Strategies for Farm and Ranch Families – AgriSafe Network

Emergency Ready- Hazardous Materials Down on the Farm: Playbook of Strategies for Farm and Ranch Families AgriSafe Network

5 hospitalized after chemical leak at Aurora swimming pool – 9News.com KUSA

5 hospitalized after chemical leak at Aurora swimming pool 9News.com KUSA

Leak at Barry chemical plant prompts huge emergency services response with residents ordered to 'close their w – Daily Mail

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BIO: Richard T. Cartwright PE, CHMM, CPIM* is the Senior Vice President responsible for remediation technology marketing at MECx, LP.He has an MBA in Operations and Logistics Management from Indiana University, a BES in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and recently completed a Professional Certificate Program in Project Management at the University of Buffalo. He has a proven “hands-on” track record of solving recalcitrant hazardous materials problems at landfills, brownfields, manufacturing facilities, chemical plants, oil refineries, and retail petroleum outlets. Mr. Cartwright is an internationally recognized course instructor and motivational platform speaker on In-situ chemical oxidation soil Remediation and & Groundwater remediation, Hazardous Materials Management, Professional Certification & Ethics, and Successful Career Planning Strategies. He is a Past President of the National Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers and is currently serving his fifth term on their Board of Directors. At their 2005 National Conference, he received the prestigious “Pete Cook Founders Award” for distinguished lifetime service and achievement within the hazardous materials management profession. Mr. Cartwright is the author of the “CHMM Career Planning and Survival Guide”.

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