A group of 15 Sailors from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pearl Harbor completed First Receiver Operations Training (FROT) at Branch Health Clinic Makalapa, Thursday, February 17. This ...

Modern HazMat and CBRNe threats require specialized, realistic training to ensure responder safety and effectiveness. Simulation technology allows responders to experience hazardous scenarios without ...

I can hear the grumblings around the firehouse table. The company officer tells the crew that the training topic for the day is hazmat. Eyes roll, heads hurt, and suddenly the momentum shifts to ...

Volunteer patient Melissa Tomback, a nursing student at the University of New England, smiles as she is lifted on a backboard by hazmat suit-clad firefighters during a full-scale training exercise ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - With a high potential of danger from the spill and spread of hazardous materials, training emergency response teams to deal effectively with such incidents has become ...

As medical professionals, the staff at Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River have to be prepared for the worst, including a hazmat incident. To ensure they’re ready, they recently completed First ...

PERHAPS sparked by the devastating natural disasters and terrorist attacks the nation has experienced in the recent past, a renewed emphasis has been placed on ensuring that decontamination procedures ...

“While hazmat operations may entail many of the same considerations that we use on fire suppression incidents, these operations are different enough that they must be treated with an additional set of ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 18th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management flight conducted hazardous material decontamination in support of a routine readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan ...

Sisters area emergency personnel regularly train for potential incidents that don't happen every day - but carry high stakes when they do occur. Last week, hazardous materials response technicians ...

As medical professionals, the staff at Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River have to be prepared for the worst, including a hazmat incident. To ensure they’re ready, they recently completed First ...