Archive for HazMat
Federal Railroad Administration Funds Two Grants for Railroads Hauling … – Occupational Health and Safety
Ethanol Producer MagazineFederal Railroad Administration Funds Two Grants for Railroads Hauling ...Occupational Health and Safety“Nearly half of all short line and regional railroads handle some type of hazardous materials, and today's grants will play an important role in ensuring those materials and all shipments reach their destination safely,” said U.S. Transportation ...FRA grants support development of a Short Line Safety InstituteEthanol Producer MagazineFRA funds grants for Short Read more [...]
Pipeline Emergencies Training for First Responders
The National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) Fire Safety Training and EducationSee it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
HazMat called to Indy hospital after containers left at desk
Officials say someone walked into the hospital with five 1-gallon water jugs, placed them on the front desk, and left.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Emergency Management Investigating HAZMAT Incident in Emmet County
HAZMAT crews were called to a ditch in Alanson. They had to keep a milky-like substance from spreading Thursday. It was coming from a storm drain outflow at the dead-end of East St. in downtown Alanson.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
New Oregon committee to clarify state rules around hazmat rail transport, including crude oil
SALEM, Oregon - Oregon has created a new committee to clarify the state's rules around rail transport of hazardous materials, including crude oil.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Grants funded to mitigate risk among railroads hauling hazardous materials – Government Security News
Grants funded to mitigate risk among railroads hauling hazardous materialsGovernment Security NewsThe Federal Railroad Administration has funded two grants totaling $350,000 to support development of a Short Line Safety Institute. The Institute would help mitigate risk associated with shipping hazardous materials by rail by working to improve the ... Read more [...]
Hazmat volunteers praised for dedication at Seven Springs conference
As publicly funded hazardous materials teams have seen their emergency calls dwindle along with the number of volunteers in recent years, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency ...See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Albemarle County Hosts Fire Marshal Hazmat Training
Fire marshals from around the state got some hazardous material training in Albemarle County Friday.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Rail Safety and Security Task Force Meets in Lynchburg, VA
Lynchburg, VA- Governor Terry McAuliffe's Rail Safety and Security Task Force held its second meeting in downtown Lynchburg Wednesday.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Fire crews rehearse a worst-case rail mishap – The News Journal
Fire crews rehearse a worst-case rail mishapThe News JournalFunded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Norfolk Southern Corp. and local industry, the day-long session at the shuttered Occidental Chemical clorine plant along Del. 9 simulated both a crude-oil tanker derailment and fire ... David Irwin ... Read more [...]
20 Undesirable 'Neighbors' You Don't Want Living Next Door to You – NASDAQ
20 Undesirable 'Neighbors' You Don't Want Living Next Door to YouNASDAQThey know it's better to live next door to the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif. than the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pa. That it's better to live in Newport, R.I., famous for its gilded-age mansions, than the ... Read more [...]
Crews work to clean up after train derailment
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio– Multiple crews were on the scene well into the night working to contain a fuel
Report Says West Virginia Wasn't Trained for Chemical Spill
A federal report says West Virginia public health officials weren't trained to respond to a January chemical spill along the Elk River. The U.S. Centers foSee it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
City considers 5 county hazmat co-op
CEDAR CITY — At its Wednesday work meeting, the Cedar City Council considered a five-county regional hazardous materials interlocal agreement. See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Hydrogen peroxide mixture leads to #hazmat situation in Atascadero
A substance that spilled in an Atascadero parking lot Wednesday, causing the area to be blocked off and the Haz Mat Team called in, turned out to be a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, according to the Atascadero Fire Department.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Demolition of Bay Street home stretches on after more hazardous materials found – Fall River Herald News
Demolition of Bay Street home stretches on after more hazardous materials foundFall River Herald NewsFALL RIVER — The saying “the best-laid plans of mice and men often go astray” could apply to the effort to take down the arson-damaged two-family home at 1945 Bay St. The effort started Wednesday but was delayed after crews found hazardous material ... Read more [...]
Fire crews tackle chemical leak at Brighton police station – Brighton and Hove News
Fire crews tackle chemical leak at Brighton police stationBrighton and Hove NewsFirefighters evacuated an office at Brighton Police Station in John Street while they dealt with a chemical leak this afternoon (Friday 22 August). East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: “Firefighters were sent to John Street police station ...and more » Read more [...]
Acid Spill Closes Spokane Street
SPOKANE, Wash. – Firefighters were called to the scene of a hazmat situation on Wednesday morning near Wellesley and Crestline.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Chemical Safety Board says loose pipes to blame for Tesero acid spill
In a report published last Friday, the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said that loose pipe fittings caused the 84,000 pound sulfuric acid spill that seriously injured two workers at Tesoro's Golden...See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Texas Firefighters Exposed to Hazardous Chemicals
Fort Worth fire authorities say 20 firefighters were exposed to hazardous chemicals at a commercial structure fire
FRA funds safety initiative for smaller railroads
WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The Federal Railway Administration is awarding two grants totaling $350,000 to help short line and regional railroads reduce the risks associated with shipping crude oil, propane and other hazardous materials. There are currently 550 short-line railroad companies that operate over 50,000 miles of track, or nearly one third of the national railroad network.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Rail disaster training event planned Saturday – The News Journal
Rail disaster training event planned SaturdayThe News JournalOrganized by the Local Emergency Planning Committee for New Castle County, the five-hour exercise will begin at 8 a.m. at the former Occidental Chemical plant along Del. 9 ,just north of the Delaware City Refinery. Plans call for simulation of ...and more » Read more [...]
TRAFFIC ALERT: 18-Wheeler Carrying Hazardous Materials Catches on Fire on … – WJTV
TRAFFIC ALERT: 18-Wheeler Carrying Hazardous Materials Catches on Fire on ...WJTVMotorists should still use caution as traffic begins to flow freely. More details have been released about the crash. Highway Patrol says two people were seriously injured in the crash. A moving truck was pulled over on the side of the road with ... Read more [...]
I-20 closed as vehicle carrying hazardous materials burns – Mississippi Business Journal (blog)
I-20 closed as vehicle carrying hazardous materials burnsMississippi Business Journal (blog)WARREN COUNTY — A fire has closed Interstate 20 in Warren County, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). MDOT reports a vehicle carrying hazardous material is on fire on I-20 eastbound before Bovina/ Tiffintown Road (Exit ... Read more [...]
Multiple errors in Quebec rail disaster
Eighteen errors lines up to cause last summer's catastrophic derailment of a runaway train in the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic, Canadian accident investigators said Tuesday.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Haz Mat Incident at Germantown Boat Launch
On August 17th at approximately 4:50pm, Troopers from SP Livingston were dispatched by Columbia County 911 to assist the Germantown Fire Department with a
Hazmat scare shuts down DeKalb County road
DeKalb officials responded early Tuesday morning to a Hazmat incident at West Side Place and Moore Road in DeKalb County.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Officials tell Dayton more training, funding needed for rail safety
RED WING — Small communities along the Mississippi River are ill-equipped to deal with a potential oil train disaster and the state needs to do more to help.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Biohazard Cleaning Company in Tampa Eases Trauma Cleanup with New Web … – PR.com (press release)
Biohazard Cleaning Company in Tampa Eases Trauma Cleanup with New Web ...PR.com (press release)With the launch of a new Web site and Internet marketing campaign from Bio Restore 24, this locally owned and operated hazmat cleanup company is now readily available online to assist nearby home- and business owners with a variety of residential and ... Read more [...]
OSHP: Semi Crash Causes Causes Oily Mess on I-70 – WRGT TV Fox 45
WRGT TV Fox 45OSHP: Semi Crash Causes Causes Oily Mess on I-70WRGT TV Fox 45... were closed for hours to clean up the 47,000 pounds of lubricant from the highway. The left lane remained open. Troopers say the lubricant was non-hazardous, but required help from the Harmony Township Fire Department, Clark County post of the Ohio ...and more » Read more [...]
Kzoo Co. begins budgeting for meth cleanup – WWMT-TV
Kzoo Co. begins budgeting for meth cleanupWWMT-TVIt wasn't until recently, though, that money was allocated to clean-up, disposal bills, or calling in an outside HAZMAT company; and that process is not only time consuming, but can add up to thousands of dollars. "We have to notify residents this is ... Read more [...]
Pullenvale explosives: Two Newcastle homes raided in connection to explosives … – ABC Online
Yahoo!7 NewsPullenvale explosives: Two Newcastle homes raided in connection to explosives ...ABC OnlineIt followed another morning of searching for hazardous materials at the Pullenvale home. The Army supplied a dozen soldiers with sniffer dogs following a request for help from police. They packed up and left the house around midday. The soldiers were ...Pullenvale explosives: Soldiers, sniffer dogs search Brisbane property for ...Yahoo!7 Newsall 94 news articles » Read more [...]
Radiation measuring device triggered by load at Yukon facility
State officials are investigating a load of hazardous waste that set off radiation monitoring detector alarms last week at MAX Environmental Technologies Inc.'s hazardous waste ...See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Fastest-Ever Camera Captures Chemical Reactions
A camera which captures trillions of frames every second could have uses in engineering and medical fields.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Transporting Bakken crude by rail a volatile situation
As federal regulators continue investigating why tank cars on three trains carrying North Dakota crude oil have exploded in the past year, energy experts say part of the problem might be that some producers are deliberately leaving too much propane in their product, making the oil riskier to transport by rail...See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Edgewater boy, 7, turns in mom for cooking meth
Edgewater police say a brave 7-year-old boy turned in his mother for 'really bad stuff' in her car — bad stuff that turned out to be a meth lab.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Countdown: Deadliest Chemical Accidents Since 2009 – Huffington Post
Countdown: Deadliest Chemical Accidents Since 2009Huffington PostPrior to the introduction of this public comment period the Interagency Working Group in May released a report to the President, which listed 27 significant incidences that led to 75 deaths over the last five years. The fertilizer plant explosion in ...and more » Read more [...]
Pullenvale explosives: Soldiers, sniffer dogs search Brisbane property for … – Yahoo!7 News
Yahoo!7 NewsPullenvale explosives: Soldiers, sniffer dogs search Brisbane property for ...Yahoo!7 NewsThe Army is assisting police in the search for hazardous materials at a house in western Brisbane, as an investigation into the discovery of a cache of explosives continues. More than a dozen soldiers with sniffer dogs have arrived to search around the ...and more » Read more [...]
Caulk used to repair shower triggers medical alert at Berkeley County jail – ABC NEWS 4
Caulk used to repair shower triggers medical alert at Berkeley County jailABC NEWS 4MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCIV) – Inmates are being removed and relocated to another part of Berkeley County's jail after officials say there was a “chemical release.” According to Berkeley County Sheriff's Office spokesman Dan Moon, the inmates had a ...and more » Read more [...]
