Archive for HazMat
Winter weather threat is almost over – Savannah Morning News
Winter weather threat is almost overSavannah Morning NewsIslands High School students skate away after school was released early on Tuesday afternoon in preparation for the approaching winter weather. Back | ... People should also exercise caution when using space heaters, said Ben Morse, Savannah Fire ...and more » Read more [...]
Chemical-Leak Estimate Raised to 10000 Gallons – Wall Street Journal
Chemical-Leak Estimate Raised to 10000 GallonsWall Street JournalWest Virginia environmental officials said Monday that the company at the center of the chemical spill earlier this month now estimates that 10,000 gallons of chemicals leaked, up from a prior estimate of 7,500 gallons. Randy Huffman, head of the state ... Read more [...]
Senators Introduce Chemical Safety And Drinking Water Protection Act In … – Huffington Post
Senators Introduce Chemical Safety And Drinking Water Protection Act In ...Huffington PostThe bill, the Chemical Safety and Drinking Water Protection Act, would require state inspections of aboveground chemical storage facilities and the industry's development of state-approved emergency response plans. It would allow states to ... Members ...and more » Read more [...]
Mackenzie Wethington, Teen Skydiver, Survives Parachute Failure – Huffington Post
Mackenzie Wethington, Teen Skydiver, Survives Parachute FailureHuffington PostIt was her first attempt at skydiving, and it was almost her last. Mackenzie Wethington, of Joshua, Texas, was celebrating her 16th birthday by taking a skydiving trip to Oklahoma. She jumped just after her father, but her primary parachute didn't open ...and more » Read more [...]
W. Virginia chemical leak scope grows – Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera AmericaW. Virginia chemical leak scope growsAl Jazeera AmericaW. Virginia chemical leak scope grows. January 28, 2014 5:22AM ET. State regulators say some 10,000 gallons of chemicals, up from an earlier figure of 7,500 gallons, were involved. Topics: West Virginia · Environment. View comments. West Virginia.Company increases chemical leak estimate in W.Va.Sacramento BeeChemical-Leak Estimate Raised to 10000 GallonsWall Street Journalall 122 news articles » Read more [...]
Man Gets Car Stuck In Snow, Then Gets Attacked – Huffington Post
Man Gets Car Stuck In Snow, Then Gets AttackedHuffington PostA fire broke out in the unfinished Jianye Building at about 7 p.m. on Sunday with around 380 firemen attending the blaze, authorities have yet to say whether there are any casualties. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ... Emergency personnel respond to the ...and more » Read more [...]
Kanawha Water Distribution Over; Water Sampling Shows More Non-Dectable … – WCHS
Kanawha Water Distribution Over; Water Sampling Shows More Non-Dectable ...WCHS9 chemical spill on the Elk River in Charleston just above the WVAWC's Kanawha Valley water plant. ... flushing, sampling and testing, the interagency response team has reached non-detectable levels of MCHM in multiple pressure zones, accounting for ...and more » Read more [...]
Chemical Spill In West Va. Worse Than Initially Reported – Huffington Post
Chemical Spill In West Va. Worse Than Initially ReportedHuffington PostFreedom Industries, which owned the tank that leaked into a river supplying water in the state, now says that approximately 10,000 gallons of the chemicals 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (also known as MCHM) and PPH were released. The company ...and more » Read more [...]
Company Increases Chemical Leak Estimate in W.Va. – ABC News
Insurance JournalCompany Increases Chemical Leak Estimate in W.Va.ABC NewsCompany Increases Chemical Leak Estimate in W.Va. CHARLESTON, W.Va. January 28, 2014 (AP). Associated Press. West Virginia regulators say the company behind a chemical spill that contaminated the water supply of 300,000 people now estimates ...West Virginia Chemical Spill: Learn Lessons and Let States LeadHeritage.orgWest Virginia Chemical Firm Files for Bankruptcy As Litigation BeginsInsurance JournalWest Virginia Chemical Read more [...]
Non-detectable levels of MCHM reported in 85 percent of WVAWC system – West Virginia MetroNews
Non-detectable levels of MCHM reported in 85 percent of WVAWC systemWest Virginia MetroNews9 chemical spill on the Elk River in Charleston just above the WVAWC's Kanawha Valley water plant. The spill contaminated the company's system in parts of nine counties. “Through ... “The amount of time dedicated by local Volunteer Fire Departments ...and more » Read more [...]
Pardon The Disruption: Ana Marie Cox Briefly Forces A Sunday Chat Show To … – Huffington Post
Pardon The Disruption: Ana Marie Cox Briefly Forces A Sunday Chat Show To ...Huffington PostAnd the conversation was putt-putt-putting along in tidy fashion, until Cox brought up The Story That Must Never Be Mentioned On Sunday -- the Elk River chemical spill in West Virginia. (In the video below, Cox's comments .... Members of the West ...and more » Read more [...]
Budget cuts slow chemical leak probe – Charleston Gazette
Budget cuts slow chemical leak probeCharleston GazetteCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state and federal agencies that have been responding to the Elk River chemical leak all have one thing in common: They have had their budgets cut in the last few years. And people connected with those agencies say, perhaps ... Read more [...]
Lafourche to collect hazardous materials – KATC Lafayette News
Lafourche to collect hazardous materialsKATC Lafayette News0.0 (0 votes). Authorities in Lafourche Parish will collect household hazardous materials March 1 at the Mathews Government Complex. The Daily Comet reports collection times are 8 a.m. to noon. Residents can turn in products such as corrosive cleaners, ...and more » Read more [...]
VAHMRS Business Meeting Notice
Va. Assoc. of Hazmat Response Specialists's insight:The Winter / Spring Business Meeting of the VAHMRS will be Held on Thursday February 20, 2014 at the Doubletree Hotel in Virginia Beach (in the Crepe Myrtle Room) at 7:00 pm.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
US-Canada Transportation Safety Boards target old rail cars
New recommendations from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada could affect tens of thousands of older model DOT-111 rail cars that have long served as the top choice for the oil-by-rail industry.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Russian teen charged with possessing weapon of mass destruction in Pa.
A teenage Russian national was arrested late Friday on charges of possessing a weapon of mass destruction, police in Altoona, Pa.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Fire services still battling Dublin recycling plant blaze – Irish Times
Fire services still battling Dublin recycling plant blazeIrish TimesA garda wears a mask at the scene of a fire at the Oxigen plant in the Ballymount Industrial Estate. Up to 30 firefighters remain at the scene and are now ... The fire was first reported to the emergency services at 3.15am yesterday morning and by 3 ...and more » Read more [...]
Company knew from start of second chemical leak – Columbus Dispatch
Company knew from start of second chemical leakColumbus DispatchCompany knew from start of second chemical leak. Environment Blog. State updates pipeline standards. Other news. Company knew from start of second chemical leak · Algae in drinking water a concern · Froggy went a courtin' — and got eaten · Keystone ...and more » Read more [...]
4 deputies safe after Madison Co. hazmat scare
Four deputies were checked out at a hospital after encountering chemicals at the scene of an apparent suicide Friday.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
W.Va. official: Spill company knew of 2nd chemical – FireEngineering.com
San Francisco ChronicleW.Va. official: Spill company knew of 2nd chemicalFireEngineering.comCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The company at the center of the West Virginia water crisis immediately knew a second chemical leaked from its plant into the Elk River, and told its workers in an email, according to a state environmental official. ... "The ...Sachs: Chemical spill a wake up call for VirginiaRichmond Times Dispatch (blog)Eugene Robinson: Silence over a chemical spillDaily Ardmoreiteall 948 news Read more [...]
Freedom Industries Ordered To Remove Storage Tanks After West Virginia … – Huffington Post
San Francisco ChronicleFreedom Industries Ordered To Remove Storage Tanks After West Virginia ...Huffington PostA statement released Saturday by Gov. Earl Ray ... Members of the West Virginia Army National Guard, along with a member of the Belle Police Department and a volunteer, offload emergency water from a military truck to a forklift as citizens line up for ...W.Va. official: Spill company knew of 2nd chemicalFireEngineering.comSachs: Chemical spill a wake up call for VirginiaRichmond Times Read more [...]
Chemical Safety Board Briefs Senate Committee on Chemical Leak – WSAZ-TV
Chemical Safety Board Briefs Senate Committee on Chemical LeakWSAZ-TVCHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A chemical leak that contaminated the water earlier this month is the focus of a West Virginia Senate hearing on Friday. Several members of the Chemical Safety Board spoke at a Joint Legislative Oversight Commission ...Chemical Safety Board Updates Lawmakers On Chemical Leak ProbeWCHSRecommendations coming from Chemical Safety BoardWest Virginia MetroNewsall 7 news articles » Read more [...]
New Albany Bio-Diesel Plant Explosion Under Investigation
The Mississippi Highway Patrol says officials are working a fire at a bio-diesel plant near New Albany. The Highway Patrol says the fire was reported shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday. There have been no reports of injuries.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Emergency Fim Group's new training DVD tackles latest NFPA standards
The Emergency Film Group’s newest DVD training program, Risk-Based Response, examines key issues in the latest edition of NFPA 472: Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Safety Boards Fault Rail Hazmat Standards in US, Canada
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued recommendations Jan. 23 to improve the transportation of crude oil by rail on both sides of the border.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
DEP will test well for contamination after Orrtanna hazmat fire – York Daily Record
DEP will test well for contamination after Orrtanna hazmat fireYork Daily RecordThe fire started around 8:30 Tuesday morning when workers from a contracting company used a generator to start their truck, according to emergency responders. The tractor-trailer was used as a workplace for ... Runoff from the chemical fire was ... Read more [...]
Hazardous materials spill in Funchess Hall, contents unknown – The Auburn Plainsman
Hazardous materials spill in Funchess Hall, contents unknownThe Auburn PlainsmanHazardous materials spill in Funchess Hall, contents unknown. by Eric Wallace / SPORTS REPORTER The Auburn Plainsman. Jan 23, 2014 | 1294 views | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend | print. (Symbol indicates general caution).Hazardous materials spill at Auburn UniversityWTVMAll clear after minor chemical spill at AuburnWSFAAU chemical spill sends graduate assistant to hospitalOpelika Auburn Newsal.com Read more [...]
W.Va. senator calls for shutdown of chemical leak site – The Hill (blog)
W.Va. senator calls for shutdown of chemical leak siteThe Hill (blog)W.Va. senator calls for shutdown of chemical leak site. By Laura Barron-Lopez. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is calling for the demolition of the Freedom Industries' site responsible for the chemical leak that contaminated water for 300,000 West Virginians.and more » Read more [...]
Union County plant fire is out – WTVA
San Francisco ChronicleUnion County plant fire is outWTVAUnion County Emergency Management Director Curt Clayton says the fire had to diminish enough before firefighters could apply about 20,000 gallons of water and around 100 gallons of foam. He added that attacking the fire immediately after it happened ...Union Co. biodiesel plant fire extinguished after 38 hoursJackson Clarion Ledgerall 160 news articles » Read more [...]
NFPA Awards Isman Grant to the Shelby (KY) Fire Department HazMat Task Force
Fire Protection Association's (NFPA)a Fire Safety Educational Memorial Fund Committee...See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Two toddlers die after Jerusalem home sprayed for pests
Family of six collapses after extermination; pesticide used releases a poisonous gas, phosphine, which requires evacuation for at least 10 days.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Union Co. biodiesel plant fire extinguished after 38 hours – Jackson Clarion Ledger
San Francisco ChronicleUnion Co. biodiesel plant fire extinguished after 38 hoursJackson Clarion LedgerThirty eight hours after an initial explosion rocked a Union County biodiesel plant, firefighters extinguished the fire just before 8 p.m. Thursday night, a Mississippi Emergency Management official confirmed. In a joint Union County effort comprised ...Union County plant fire is outWTVAall 150 news articles » Read more [...]
