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Dow, UP Release Updated Report on Next Generation Tank Car Project
One result is a number of new measures have been taken to reduce non-accident releases, with 99.98 percent of Dow's hazardous material shipments now reaching their destination without an NAR.
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Robot Tests Chemical Protective Clothing
h2bComing Soon: Atlas High-Mobility Robot for Rough Terrainbh2 iBy Mary Jane Dittmari Petman, an anthropomorphic robot, was designed for testing chemical protection clothing for the military.
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Hazmat, emergency crews called back to Dupont Fluoroproduct
Hazmat and firefighters were called back out to Dupont Fluoroproduct in Rubbertown Monday evening.
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Bristol Fire Company to Honor One –Year Anniversary of Fallen Fire Police … – Patch.com
Bristol Fire Company to Honor One –Year Anniversary of Fallen Fire Police ...Patch.comThe ceremony pays homage to Wintz, who died in the line of duty while directing traffic during a three-alarm blaze at Dow Chemical's Rohm & Haas Bristol plant in May 2012, according to a press release. Wintz, who served as a firefighter for 50 years ...
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County prepping for severe weather – Daily Mail – Charleston
County prepping for severe weatherDaily Mail - CharlestonHe said that the original warning sirens were put in place because of potential emergencies at chemical plants in the Kanawha Valley. "People used to think that meant 'shelter-in-place,' " he said. "It's just a general warning siren." In areas not ...
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Benton County firefighters tackle Finley blaze – Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
Benton County firefighters tackle Finley blazeMid Columbia Tri City HeraldBenton County firefighters are now battling another blaze east of Kennewick near the fertilizer plant off Highway 397, also called Chemical Drive. Fire crews from several agencies are switching from the large fire south of Kennewick that's ... The fire ...and more »
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Ashland County conducted what's called a "functional" emergency exercise … – WMFD.com
Ashland County conducted what's called a "functional" emergency exercise ...WMFD.comAshland County conducted what's called a "functional" emergency exercise Tuesday. The scenario involved a flammable chemical incident at Ashland Polymers on Cottage Street, with an alarm sounding and the employees being evacuated, and nearby ...
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Factory fire highlights China safety failings – The Japan Times
Jagran Post
Factory fire highlights China safety failingsThe Japan TimesWorkers quoted in state media said the exits were locked to secure the property and to keep them from stepping outside for breaks, despite the requirement in Article 24 of China's Emergency Response Law requiring that safety exits be kept open and ...Fire kills 119 at poultry plant in ChinaAG Weekall 19 news articles »
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County 4Culture Seeks Artists for Environmental Health Projects – Patch.com
County 4Culture Seeks Artists for Environmental Health ProjectsPatch.comA collaborative effort between the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program and 4Culture, the project will commission artists to combine hazardous materials information and art in a comic book and a short film. These materials will be used by the ...and more »
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5 fire departments, HAZMAT team respond to plant fire in Vonore
Four fire departments and a HAZMAT team arrived at Protech in Vonore after reports of a fire on Sunday morning.
National Fire Academy Hazardous Materials Code Enforcement Course – FireEngineering.com
National Fire Academy Hazardous Materials Code Enforcement CourseFireEngineering.comThe United States Fire Administration's National Fire Academy has added two Hazardous Materials Code Enforcement offerings for the first semester Fiscal Year 2014. The courses are scheduled for January 5 - 10 and March 23 - 28, 2014 at the National ...
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King County seeking artists for hazardous materials education program – Mercer Island Reporter
King County seeking artists for hazardous materials education programMercer Island ReporterA collaborative effort between the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program and 4Culture, the project will commission artists to combine hazardous materials information and art in a comic book and a short film. These materials will be used by the ...
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Fire kills 119 at poultry plant in China – AG Week
Fire kills 119 at poultry plant in ChinaAG WeekThe provincial fire department attributed the blasts to an ammonia leak. The chemical is kept pressurized as part of the cooling system in meat processing plants. The fire was one of China's worst recent industrial disasters, with the death toll the ...and more »
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After Rosedale derailment, questions about hazardous cargo – Baltimore Sun
After Rosedale derailment, questions about hazardous cargoBaltimore SunThree of the railcars were transporting hazardous materials, and investigators believe it was sodium chlorate that exploded. Hazardous materials pass through American neighborhoods each day by train, and some advocates have been pushing for years to ...
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Researchers develop laser-driven nuclear detector
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Chemical leak prompts shelter-in-place order – WAVE
Chemical leak prompts shelter-in-place orderWAVELOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – A shelter-in-place order has been issued after an acid leak. According to MetroSafe, at 5:47 on Sunday they received a call about a hydrochloric acid leak at DuPont Chemicals & Fluoroproducts. A mile radius shelter-in-place ...and more »
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Shelter-in-place order lifted after chemical leak at Dupont Fluoroproduct – WHAS 11.com (subscription)
Shelter-in-place order lifted after chemical leak at Dupont FluoroproductWHAS 11.com (subscription)(WHAS11) -- The shelter-in-place order has been lifted for those near a chemical leak inside Dupont Fluoroproduct in the 4200 block of Camp Ground Road in Louisville. The leak is still not contained at this time. Emergency crews say the winds are ...and more »
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Texas Blast Is Wake-Up Call – Wall Street Journal- India
Dallas Morning News
Texas Blast Is Wake-Up CallWall Street Journal- IndiaShe added Cross Plains lacks an emergency plan for chemical accidents but officials are developing one. Lawrence Farm & Ranch didn't respond to requests for comment. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire at West Fertilizer that ...At least 74 Texas sites report large stores of potentially explosive ammonium ...Dallas Morning Newsall 3 news articles »
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Poultry plant fire kills at least 119 in China – Mail Tribune
Poultry plant fire kills at least 119 in ChinaMail TribuneThe provincial fire department attributed the blasts to an ammonia leak. The chemical is kept pressurized as part of the cooling system in meat processing plants. It was one of China's worst recent industrial disasters, with the death toll the highest ...
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Chemical leak at Dupont Fluoroproduct on Camp Ground Road in Louisville – WHAS 11.com (subscription)
Chemical leak at Dupont Fluoroproduct on Camp Ground Road in LouisvilleWHAS 11.com (subscription)(WHAS11) -- WHAS11 has confirmed through MetroSafe there is a chemical leak inside Dupont Fluoroproduct in the 4200 block of Camp Ground Road in Louisville. There is a Hydrochloric leak inside Dupont that was reported at 5:42 p.m. The chemical is in ...
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Actress accused of sending ricin-laced letters to Obama, Bloomberg
A TV actress was arrested in Arkansas on Friday in connection with ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Truck carrying fireworks hits moose on highway, lights up sky
At about 1 a.m. on Friday morning, a truck reportedly carrying goods for Purolator, including fireworks, struck a moose about 40 kilometres outside the town of Wawa
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HazMat tackles oil spill
WEATHERSFIELD — Crews worked late into the night Friday cleaning up an oil spill on the Mahoning River.
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Another HazMat incident in Morris County: Six fall ill, building evacauted in Mt. Arlington
Chemical spill caused building evacuation in Boonton earlier in the day
At least 74 Texas sites report large stores of potentially explosive ammonium … – Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News
At least 74 Texas sites report large stores of potentially explosive ammonium ...Dallas Morning NewsIn a state that imposes few restrictions on the chemical and even prohibits fire codes in many places where it is stored, businesses that handle ammonium nitrate are re-examining their practices. And local firefighters and emergency coordinators have ...and more »
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Floods in central Europe continue to create havoc – globalnews.ca
Floods in central Europe continue to create havocglobalnews.caBERLIN – More than 70,000 fire fighters and 11,000 soldiers are on duty fighting the most dramatic floods in Germany in more than a decade. Thousands of residents ... Tens of thousands of people had to be evacuated in Germany and the Czech Republic and ...
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Crash, hazmat spill close I-95 south in Stafford County – Fredericksburg.com
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Crash, hazmat spill close I-95 south in Stafford CountyFredericksburg.comCrash, hazmat spill close I-95 south in Stafford County. MORE: Read more Stafford County news. Crews work to clean up a hazmat spill on I-95. Photo by Mark Doyle / Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department. BY KATIE THISDELL. THE FREE LANCE- ...I-95 southbound reopens after hazmat spillWTOPPhosphoric Acid Spilled in Crash Caused I-95 South Closure, Lengthy CleanupCBS Localall 15 news articles »
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ACC Wants to Expand TWIC to Companies Regulated by CFATS
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Three people hospitalized following industrial hazmat in Thermal
Three people have been hospitalized this afternoon after breathing in fumes used for refrigeration purposes at a Thermal commercial building, fire officials said.
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Memorial service for fallen firefighter – phillyBurbs.com
Memorial service for fallen firefighterphillyBurbs.comHe died in May 2012, after helping direct traffic around a fire at the Dow Chemical plant. He suffered a heart attack shortly after ... The memorial lists the names of Bristol emergency responders who died in the line of duty. Wintz's name will be the ...
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FBI hazardous materials team – In-Forum
FBI hazardous materials teamIn-ForumFILE - In this May 31, 2013 file photo, members of an FBI hazardous materials team prepare to enter a residence in New Boston, Texas in connection with a federal investigation surrounding ricin-laced letters mailed to President Barack Obama and New ...
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Negligence blamed for China poultry plant fire – UPI.com
Straits Times
Negligence blamed for China poultry plant fireUPI.comThe fire last Monday at the poultry processing plant in Dehui city in northeast China's Jilin province, operated by Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Co., also injured 77 people, making it one of China's deadliest industrial accidents. ... Xinhua said the ...Doors to safety lockedWA todayNegligence blamed for fatal fire: officialChina.org.cnSafety at deadly China plant 'extremely chaotic'Seattle Post IntelligencerShanghai Daily (subscription) -Straits Read more [...]
UP, Dow Chemical release joint safety update – RailwayAge Magazine (blog)
RailwayAge Magazine (blog)
UP, Dow Chemical release joint safety updateRailwayAge Magazine (blog)Written by Douglas John Bowen · UP, Dow Chemical release joint safety update. The Dow Chemical Company and Union Pacific said Friday, June 7 they have published a new report on the progress of a cooperative agreement that began in 2007 to improve ...
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Several hospitalized after Boonton chemical leak – NorthJersey.com
Several hospitalized after Boonton chemical leakNorthJersey.comSeveral hospitalized after Boonton chemical leak. Friday June 7, 2013, 11:20 AM. BY ZACH PATBERG. STAFF WRITER. The Record. Print | E-mail. BOONTON — Nearly a dozen people were taken to the hospital Friday morning after being exposed to ...and more »
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Driver charged after crash causes chemical leak on border bridge – Sun News Network
Sun News Network
Driver charged after crash causes chemical leak on border bridgeSun News NetworkSARNIA, Ont. — Police have charged a Mississauga, Ont., man with careless driving after a collision on the Blue Water Bridge caused a chemical spill Wednesday evening. Provincial police say the transport truck Karamjit Deol, 47, was driving on the ...
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