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Radioactive materials lost in more than 30 incidents over past decade
Health and safety watchdog admits firms and hospitals have mislaid dangerous substances that could be used by terrorists
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Coast Guard called to help with chemical spill in southeast Houston
The Coast Guard was called Wednesday to assist with a chemical spill in southeast Houston.
Stillwater residents invited to dispose of hazardous materials – Stillwater News Press
Stillwater residents invited to dispose of hazardous materialsStillwater News PressStillwater residents invited to dispose of hazardous materials. By Chase Rheam Stillwater NewsPress The Stillwater News Press Thu May 16, 2013, 10:47 PM CDT. STILLWATER, Okla. — The city of Stillwater is inviting residents to bring their hazardous ...
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West investigation results – press release: May 16, 2013 – Waco Tribune-Herald
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West investigation results - press release: May 16, 2013Waco Tribune-HeraldWEST, TX – The Texas State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Response Team (ATF), along with ATF Special Agents from the Houston Field Division, announce the conclusion of the scene ...West Fertilizer Blast May Have Been Criminal Act: Authorities - Huffington PostHuffington PostTexas firefighters focused concern on toxic gasesOskaloosa Read more [...]
Company aims to introduce wireless gas- and flame-detection technology – Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Company aims to introduce wireless gas- and flame-detection technologyCreamer Media's Mining Weekly... when there are low-level gas leaks at process plants. When staff need to be evacuated, a second alarm level will be transmitted, followed by a third alarm level should evacuation of the plant and emergency shutdown be necessary,” says Taitz ...
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Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day, Saturday, June 1 – Red Stick Now
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Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day, Saturday, June 1Red Stick Nowhousehold hazardous material collection ascension parish East Baton Rouge Parish residents can drop off household hazardous materials for safe disposal at the upcoming Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day on Saturday, June 1, from 9 a.m. ...
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PHILADELPHIA, May 14, 2013: First Responders to Paulsboro Conrail Hazmat Train Derailment Seek Answers and Damages in Lawsuit
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The largest group of first responders – including 12 police officers from Paulsboro and Greenwich Township, New Jersey – have named Conrail as the lead defendant in a Complaint that alleges that the freight railroad's...
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Texas Fire Station Evacuation Lifted After Hazmat Situation
College Station Fire officials have ended an evacuation order around Fire Station 2 because of a possible Hazmat situation.
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Final Research Report: A Transportation Guide for All-Hazards Emergency Evacuation
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 196: Final Research Report: A Transportation Guide for All-Hazards Emergency Evacuation documents the development of the NCHRP Report 740 that focuses on the...
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Chemical Scare Closes Highway – WLOS News13 – News – Featured
An accident on Highway 9 in Polk County has hazardous materials crews checking for a possible chemic
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OSU Chemistry Student Causes Hazmat Scare
COLUMBUS Tara Morgan -- Police say an OSU chemistry student brought home chemicals he shouldn'
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First responders prepare for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear … – Joplin Globe
First responders prepare for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear ...Joplin GlobeSkip Harper, emergency preparedness coordinator for Freeman Health System, is a realist about what might happen in the Four-State Area that would put lives in danger. “You plan for the worst, hope for the best ... On Wednesday, responders from 18 ...and more »
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Texas firefighters hed helpy – San Angelo Standard Times
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Texas firefighters hed helpySan Angelo Standard TimesFILE - In this April 25, 2013 file photo, an honor guard stands in front of caskets prior to a memorial service in Waco, Texas for first responders who died in a April 17 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. Four weeks later, investigators have ...Explosives Next Door Unnerve Towns With Fertilizer PlantsBloombergLawyer: Texas Paramedic Denies Explosives Charge - Claims JournalClaimsJournal.comFormer West Medic Denies Involvement Read more [...]
JJ Keller & Associates Introduces Hazardous Materials Program Management – Truckinginfo
JJ Keller & Associates Introduces Hazardous Materials Program ManagementTruckinginfoJ. J. Keller & Associates Inc. continues to expand its on-site advisory services with the addition of Hazardous Materials Compliance & Safety Program Management. The service is designed to protect companies that handle, package, ship, receive, or ...
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Texas Fertilizer Explosion: Toxic Gas Leak Is Firefighters' Main Concern – Huffington Post
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Texas Fertilizer Explosion: Toxic Gas Leak Is Firefighters' Main ConcernHuffington PostWEST, Texas -- When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a catastrophe ...Explosives Next Door Unnerve Towns With Fertilizer PlantsBloombergLawyer: Texas Paramedic Denies Explosives Charge - Claims JournalClaimsJournal.comFormer Read more [...]
Hazardous Materials Leak in RIT Laboratory – Rochester YNN
Hazardous Materials Leak in RIT LaboratoryRochester YNNEmergency crews were at the Rochester Institute of Technology campus Wednesday morning for an alarm indicating a leak of hazardous materials in one of the laboratories. RIT says this is the third time in two months crews had to be called in for the ...
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Investigators Set to Release Details on West Plant Explosion – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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Investigators Set to Release Details on West Plant ExplosionNBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthVolunteer fire companies operate on shoestring budgets and many rely on local emergency planning committees to keep them informed about potential chemical threats. In McLennan County, the committee had not held a full meeting since 2011, said Frank ...
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Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases – Huffington Post – Huffington Post
Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases - Huffington PostHuffington PostWEST, Texas — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a catastrophe ...Explosives Next Door Unnerve Towns With Fertilizer PlantsBloombergall 2 news articles »
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Explosives Next Door Unnerve Towns With Fertilizer Plants – Bloomberg
Explosives Next Door Unnerve Towns With Fertilizer PlantsBloombergEmployees at McKee Lumber Co. in Corsicana, Texas, were discussing last month's deadly blast at a fertilizer plant 50 miles away one recent morning when talk turned to their neighbor: El Dorado Chemical Co. El Dorado sells fertilizer about 300 feet ...and more »
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Fatal truck accident, fire diverting traffic at Holbrook – The Record-Courier
Fatal truck accident, fire diverting traffic at HolbrookThe Record-CourierHazardous materials teams are working to clean up the aftermath of a fatal fiery accident that closed Highway 395 at Bridgeport for 12 hours on Tuesday. Truck driver Miguel Marquez, 33, of San Bernardino, Calif., was identified as the driver of a ...
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Highway 395 open as hazardous materials clean-up begins in fatal Bridgeport … – The Record-Courier
Highway 395 open as hazardous materials clean-up begins in fatal Bridgeport ...The Record-CourierHazardous materials teams are working to clean up the aftermath of a fatal fiery accident that closed Highway 395 at Bridgeport for 12 hours on Tuesday. Truck driver Miguel Marquez, 33, of San Bernardino, Calif., was identified as the driver of a ...and more »
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Lawyer: Texas Paramedic Denies Explosives Charge – Claims Journal – ClaimsJournal.com
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Lawyer: Texas Paramedic Denies Explosives Charge - Claims JournalClaimsJournal.comA Texas paramedic arrested on charges of possessing bomb-making material will plead not guilty and had no connection to a fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, his defense attorney said Saturday. Authorities arrested Bryce Reed ...Former West Paramedic Faces Federal Charges Of Possessing Bomb ...FireFighting News.comFormer West Medic Denies Involvement in Deadly BlastFirehouse.comThe Read more [...]
CS Streets Blocked From Hazardous Materials Incident – WTAW
CS Streets Blocked From Hazardous Materials IncidentWTAWStreets around College Station Fire Department (CSFD) station #2 are blocked following the discovery of a hazardous material. Rio Grande is blocked at Harvey Mitchell, along with Rio Grande at Airline and Hawk Tree. CSFD spokesman Bart Humphreys ...and more »
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Patients diverted as Brighton A&E affected by chemical leak – Brighton and Hove News
Patients diverted as Brighton A&E affected by chemical leakBrighton and Hove NewsPatients diverted as Brighton A&E affected by chemical leak. Doctors at Brighton's Accident and Emergency Department are having to divert some patients to other hospitals after a chemical leak in an air conditioning unit. But the Royal Sussex County ...and more »
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King of cleanups: BC Hazmat's Dave Rogers prepares workers, communities for … – Victoria Times Colonist
Victoria Times Colonist
King of cleanups: BC Hazmat's Dave Rogers prepares workers, communities for ...Victoria Times ColonistB.C. Hazmat has already developed a Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Techniques course to train personnel to deal with oil spills and ensure maximum oil recovery while minimizing ecological damage. And the company works in concert with other hazardous ...
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Portable meth lab found in Burger King
A man has been arrested after he was found with three backpacks containing portable meth labs at a local Burger King.
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Ammonia leak secured at cold-storage warehouse
Fire Rescue hazardous-materials teams Thursday secured an ammonia leak at a cold-storage warehouse in an industrial area in the northwest Orange County.
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Two injured in Putnam Co. plant explosion – Daily Mail – Charleston
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Two injured in Putnam Co. plant explosionDaily Mail - CharlestonEmergency vehicles line the street near the Airgas plant in the Putnam County community of Black Betsy after several acetylene cylinders exploded Monday afternoon. ... When he arrived there was a small fire at the back of the Airgas plant. He said ...Two injured in explosion at Putnam County plantCharleston Gazette2 men hurt in plant explosion in West VirginiaUPI.comall 25 news articles »
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Two injured in explosion at West Virginia gas distributor – Ottawa Citizen – Ottawa Citizen
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Two injured in explosion at West Virginia gas distributor - Ottawa CitizenOttawa CitizenTwo workers were injured Monday when gas being stored at a West Virginia industrial site exploded, officials say. Fire crews were sent at about 3:20 p.m. to Airgas, a distributor of specialty gases in Poca, outside of Charleston, said Jason Owens of ...Two injured in Putnam Co. plant explosionDaily Mail - CharlestonTwo injured in explosion at Putnam County plantCharleston Gazette2 men hurt in plant Read more [...]
Explosions, fire reported at W.Va. gas plant – Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Explosions, fire reported at W.Va. gas plantSeattle Post IntelligencerFire crews were sent at about 3:20 p.m. to Airgas, a distributor of specialty gases in Poca, outside of Charleston, said Jason Owens of Putnam County's emergency management center. Chad Jones with the Bancroft Volunteer Fire Department told reporters ...West Virginia Gas Plant Explosion: Fire, Blasts Reported At Industrial SiteHuffington Post Canadaall 25 news articles »
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West Virginia Gas Plant Explosion: Fire, Blasts Reported At Industrial Site – Huffington Post Canada
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West Virginia Gas Plant Explosion: Fire, Blasts Reported At Industrial SiteHuffington Post CanadaEmergency officials say crews are responding to reports of explosions and a fire at an industrial site in West Virginia. Nitro firefighter Jeff Dorsey says crews were dispatched Monday afternoon to Airgas in ... Union Carbide Gas Leak -- Bhopal, India ...Explosions, fire reported at W.Va. gas plantKSROall 24 news articles »
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Knowing Your Neighbor When Deadly Chemicals Are Next Door – StateImpact Texas
StateImpact Texas
Knowing Your Neighbor When Deadly Chemicals Are Next DoorStateImpact TexasJust before dawn on a Sunday morning in February, the fire department was called out to investigate reports of a gas cloud just outside town. What they found left Watkins with ... Those communities have what are called Local Emergency Planning ...
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Chemical Reaction Burns Worker in Sterling
There was a chemical reaction at Austin Powder in Sterling Friday morning seriously burning a worker.
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Dozens hurt, thousands flee after train carrying chemicals derails in Russia
At least 27 people were injured, thousands were evacuated and a rail car was thrown into an apartment building early Thursday when a freight train carrying fuel and chemicals derailed and caught fire in the Rostov region of Russia, according to...
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Dramatic videos of truck crash, fire that closed I-81 near Harrisburg – News
Thanks to alert passing motorists, there's no shortage of videos of Thursday's massive tanker truck fire that closed I-81 near Harrisburg. Within hours of the dramatic blaze, photos and videos were circulating on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
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Chemical Leak Caused St. Louis Park Health Club Evacuation – CBS Local
Chemical Leak Caused St. Louis Park Health Club EvacuationCBS LocalST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities said a popular Twin Cities fitness club was evacuated Friday morning after a report of a chemical leak in the facility. Officials had said it was to reopen to guests by mid-day Friday. Emergency crews were ...
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Life Time Fitness Evacuated Because Chlorine Leak – Patch.com
Life Time Fitness Evacuated Because Chlorine LeakPatch.comCrews responded to the fitness center at 8 a.m. Friday, May 10, on reports of a possible chemical leak, evacuating the building and treating three people on scene for possible exposure to the chemical. One additional person had been transported to the ...and more »
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Chemical storage sites: Safe or deadly? – Amarillo.com
Chemical storage sites: Safe or deadly?Amarillo.comNearby, Buckley Powder, a mining and construction supply company, stores large quantities of ammonium nitrate, the source of the explosion at a fertilizer depot that killed 14 people and injured hundreds more last month in West. In 2012, according to ...
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Texas paramedic had no role in deadly blast, lawyer says – CBC.ca
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Texas paramedic had no role in deadly blast, lawyer saysCBC.caA Texas paramedic arrested on charges of possessing bomb-making material will plead not guilty and had no connection to a fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, his defence lawyer says. ... Reed was a first responder, but two days ...Texas first responder to plead not guilty to pipe bomb chargeCNNFormer West paramedic faces federal charges of possessing bomb componentsFort Worth Star TelegramBlast Victims Read more [...]
