PALM COAST - On May 29 and 30, a team of 21 employees at Florida Hospital Flagler underwent decontamination training. The team members come from a variety of hospital departments, both clinical and ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - "I enjoy the protection aspect of the Army's decontamination program, as far as taking care of other Soldiers in the military," said Pvt. 2 Richard Coleman, a recent high school ...

Fort Bragg, NC -- More than 60 Soldiers from 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade participated in a three-day chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear training held here Aug. 6 to Aug. 8. The ...

MANSFIELD — Travelers who drove near Mansfield Lahm Airport on Thursday may have thought a radioactive bomb had exploded nearby. No one was injured because nothing happened. It was a training exercise ...

The main purpose of decontamination at a hazardous materials emergency is to limit the spread of contaminants from the release area, or "hot zone," to include the cleaning of responders and their ...

CHICO — The Chico Fire Department held its annual “Hazmat Decon” training Monday afternoon in the Fire Training Center. All firefighters went through a refresher on protocol if they were to respond to ...

SAGINAW - A yearly test of the Covenant staff's hazardous materials decontamination methods had a couple furry additions Wednesday. Covenant HealthCare regularly trains more than 200 staff members in ...

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 ...

Training is essential for any job to be done correctly. But for first responders, training could mean the difference between life and death; especially when it involves hazardous materials. "There ...

FROM THE NORTH SHORE. OVER THE NEXT 20 DAYS, FIREFIGHTERS HERE IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH ARE GETTING HANDS ON TRAINING THAT COULD HELP SAVE LIVES IN A MAJOR SITUATION. AND ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING AT ...