Archive for HazMat
'Chemical release' at Hill-Finklea Detention Center – ABC NEWS 4
'Chemical release' at Hill-Finklea Detention CenterABC 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.” Officials say there was not a riot at the jail, however. According to new partner ... Read more [...]
Holiday Park swimming pool chemical leak injures children – BBC News
BBC NewsHoliday Park swimming pool chemical leak injures childrenBBC NewsThree children were taken to hospital when a chemical "vapour" was released into a holiday camp swimming pool. Residual gas in pipes found its way into the pool at Woodland Holiday Park in Trimingham, Norfolk. Paramedic Lee Fox said patients were ...Evacuation At Holiday Park After Chemical LeakSky News'They were coughing and had stomach aches': Three children hospitalised after ...Daily MailInvestigation launched into Read more [...]
'They were coughing and had stomach aches': Three children hospitalised after … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail'They were coughing and had stomach aches': Three children hospitalised after ...Daily MailThree children have been rushed to hospital after a chemical leak in the swimming pool of a popular holiday park on Monday. Emergency services were called to Woodland Holiday Park in Trimingham, Norfolk, just after 11am as the crowded pool was ...Evacuation At Holiday Park After Chemical LeakSky NewsHoliday Park swimming pool chemical leak injures childrenBBC NewsThree Children In Hospital After Read more [...]
Mexico Loses 80 Schools after Chemical Leak – Naharnet
NaharnetMexico Loses 80 Schools after Chemical LeakNaharnetAuthorities in Mexico said Monday they have closed about 80 schools after sulfuric acid leaked from a copper mine in the country's northwest and contaminated the Sonora River. "About 5,000 students from around 80 schools will not have classes this week ...and more » Read more [...]
Attleboro company guilty of violating federal law at former Pawtucket chemical … – Attleboro Sun Chronicle
Attleboro company guilty of violating federal law at former Pawtucket chemical ...Attleboro Sun ChroniclePROVIDENCE — An Attleboro chemical company pleaded guilty in federal court today for violating the Clean Air Act at its former plant in Pawtucket, the U.S. Attorney's office announced. Roberts Chemical Company, Inc. pleaded guilty in U.S. District ... Read more [...]
Viewpoints: Oil trains are necessary and their risks can be minimized
California needs energy and there are limited options for getting it here.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Hazardous Material Crews Responded to Merck and Company
Hazardous material crews responded to Merck and Company in Cleveland this morning.Troy Spence with B
Disputes in West Virginia American Water investigation to be ruled on this week – WOWK
Disputes in West Virginia American Water investigation to be ruled on this weekWOWKUPDATE: Charleston Police have released the names of the two adults arrested in connection with the Kanawha City Foodland robbery and shooting. They have also ... According to Cabell County emergency dispatchers, the fire was reported sometime after 6 ...and more » Read more [...]
Evacuation At Holiday Park After Chemical Leak – Sky News
Evacuation At Holiday Park After Chemical LeakSky NewsThree children are taken to hospital after a chemical leak closes a Norfolk seaside holiday park's swimming pool. 6:51pm UK, Monday 18 August 2014. The entrance to Woodland Holiday Park in Trimingham, Norfolk. Pic: Google Street View. Three children ...Three Children In Hospital After Chemical Leak Near CromerHeartall 2 news articles » Read more [...]
Three Children In Hospital After Chemical Leak Near Cromer – Heart
Three Children In Hospital After Chemical Leak Near CromerHeartThree children have been taken to hospital after a chemical leak at a holiday park near Cromer. Ambulances were called to Woodland Holiday Park in Trimingham just after 11am today after the swimming pool had to be evacuated. Paramedic Officer, Lee Fox ... Read more [...]
Mexico acid leak leaves orange river, toxic water
Ramona Yesenia stood in her town square with two empty jugs, waiting for water to replace the municipal supply contaminated by a chemical spill that turned Mexico's Sonora river orange. Yesenia is one of 20,000 people left without water since a massive sulfuric acid leak last week at the Buenavista copper mine in northwestern Mexico, one of the largest in the world. An estimated 40,000 cubic meters (10.6 million gallons) of sulfuric acid, which is used to dissolve copper from ore for processing, Read more [...]
Union Pacific offers grants to promote rail safety
Union Pacific is again offering grants to help communities along the railroad promote safety.
EPA Requests Public Comments on Chemical Safety Standards
On July 24, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released [1] a preview of its Request f..See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Major fire burning near SE Bexar chemical plant – KSAT San Antonio
Major fire burning near SE Bexar chemical plantKSAT San AntonioSAN ANTONIO - Bexar County emergency management and county firefighters are on the scene of what they are calling a major fire burning near a chemical plant near Elmendorf. Emengency management personnel says they have alerted all county fire ... Read more [...]
Delmar home that housed chemicals sees #hazmat crews return
A suspicious vial was found by family members at a Delmar home.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
@DOT Announces Grants to States for #Hazmat Training
The Department of Transportation announced this week it will award states grants to help them respond to crude oil railroad spills.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Longtime Oconee hazmat chief Bobby Williams dies
Charles R. “Bobby” Williams, 51, of Westminster, died Friday in St. Francis hospital in Greenville after several years of declining health.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Chemical spill sends 6 Vt. Guard members to hospital
Six members of the Vermont Air National Guard are back on the job after a chemical spill Friday morning. The maintenance crew landed in the hospital after exposure to a form of jet fuel.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
How Pittsburgh Airport Will Frack for Gas Under Active Runways
Pittsburgh International Airport has seen better days. Saddled with debt from building now unused gates, the troubled airport is expanding into a completely different business: fracking. The airport will stay open as drillers tap the gas reserves underneath, thanks to a technique called horizontal drilling.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Regulators to decide depth of spill probe – spiritofjefferson (blog)
Regulators to decide depth of spill probespiritofjefferson (blog)Businesses temporarily shuttered by the spill, Advocates for a Safe Water System and the PSC's Consumer Advocate Division think reviewing emergency plans is fair game to determine if the water company did its due diligence after the Jan. 9 spill.Regulators to decide depth of W.Va. spill probeChron.comUtility regulators to decide depth of documents needed in West Virginia ...The Republicall 17 news articles » Read more [...]
Sheriff's Office announces marijuana seizure – The Daily News Journal
Sheriff's Office announces marijuana seizureThe Daily News JournalSophisticated hydroponic operations use little to no soil, simulate sunlight by using high-intensity lamps and incorporate irrigation systems of water and chemical fertilizers. These operations are a danger to ... The study also showed that plant ... Read more [...]
Nickerson Volunteer Fire Department marks 75 years – Fremont Tribune
Nickerson Volunteer Fire Department marks 75 yearsFremont TribuneNobody in Nickerson is old enough to remember the April 19, 1923, fire that wiped out most of the businesses on the north side of Cedar Street and that could have served as a watershed moment for the village. ... Nickerson's first fire truck was a 1930 ... Read more [...]
U.S. trade deal might loosen Europe’s chemical safety rules
It’s been difficult for American chemical companies to crack the European market because the safety standards there are tougher than they are in the U.S. But that might be changing.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Authorities work to contain fuel spill in Rockaway River
Hazardous materials crews were working Thursday to clean up at least 200 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled into the Rockaway River.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Firefighters monitor, defuse, chemical cloud in Broomfield
Chemical vapor cloud in Broomfield draws haz-mat crews, no injuries.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
One hospitalized after chemical release in Santa Maria – Lompoc Record
One hospitalized after chemical release in Santa MariaLompoc RecordOne person was hospitalized and four others became ill after an unknown chemical seeped into an obstetrics center in Santa Maria. The Santa Maria Fire Department responded Friday afternoon to a report of five people experiencing intestinal symptoms at ... Read more [...]
No hazardous materials found at East GR High School after evacuation – WWMT-TV
No hazardous materials found at East GR High School after evacuationWWMT-TVNo hazardous materials found at East GR High School after evacuation. Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014. No hazardous materials found at East GR High School after evacuation story image. EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Staff at a ... Read more [...]
Hazardous Materials Incident in Morris County – TheAlternativePress.com
Hazardous Materials Incident in Morris CountyTheAlternativePress.com... Scotch Plains/Fanwood, South Orange/Maplewood, South Plainfield, Sparta, Summit, Sussex, Vernon, Warren, West Essex, West Orange, Westfield. Go. You are here; Home · Press Releases · Hazardous Materials Incident in Morris County ... Read more [...]
Disclosure Rules on Dangerous Chemicals Fuel Political Fight in Texas – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalDisclosure Rules on Dangerous Chemicals Fuel Political Fight in TexasWall Street JournalMr. Abbott last month advised citizens instead to "drive around" to chemical-storage facilities and ask the managers what is being stored at the sites, which he said are still required to disclose such information to citizens. Under state law, the ...and more » Read more [...]
I-84 Closed After Two Semis Collide, One Carrying Hazardous Chemicals
TWIN FALLS – Two semi trailers – one a refrigerated shipping truck, the other hauling hazardous materials – collided on Interstate 84 late Wednesday evening, closing the road and delayingSee it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Hillsboro meth labs provide example of HAZMAT readiness
Emergency responders often deal with people when they are at their most vulnerable and frightened, and on Thursday, July 31, Vernon County’s HAZMAT (hazardous materials) team was put to theSee it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Crews contain HazMat leak in Norfolk
Part of Indian River Road in Norfolk was blocked Wednesday as crews worked to contain a HazMat leak at a business.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
First responders learn how to handle derailments
They carry billions of gallons of crude oil, but what happens when they go off the tracks?See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Suspicious white powder causes hazmat scare at Tavares court house
Officials with the Lake County fire department and hazmat team responded to the Lake County court house located at 122 E. Main Street in Tavares a little before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Clean-up of spilled lye continues at Norfolk business – WVEC.com
Clean-up of spilled lye continues at Norfolk businessWVEC.comNORFOLK -- The Regional Hazardous Materials Team will be working most of the day to contain and clean up a spill at a Norfolk business. Officials stress "there is no direct risk to the Berkeley Community at this time." One westbound lane is closed in ... Read more [...]
Hazardous materials cleaned up, I-84 reopens – KTVB
Northwest Cable NewsHazardous materials cleaned up, I-84 reopensKTVBBURLEY, Idaho -- The Idaho Transportation Department and Idaho State Police are investigating a crash involving two tractor-trailers on eastbound Interstate 84 at milepost 196, east of Hazelton. The crash was reported around 8:19 p.m. Wednesday.I-84 near Twin Falls open after crash involving hazardous materialsLocalNews8.comCrash involving hazardous materials closes east I-84Northwest Cable NewsI-84 Re-opens After Two Semis Collide Read more [...]
