On March 27, 1997 an incident occurred in Queens that would eventually lead to a multi-agency, multi jurisdiction response to resolve a private home with a massive amount of chemicals some of which were incompatible. The incident would involve the IBM East Fishkill Semi- conductor facility (which at the time was the largest semi-conductor facility […]
Haz-mat history origin of the containment vessels Read More »
It all started on an August 8, 1980 many years ago when a tanker truck carrying liquid propane was traveling north on interstate 95 going over the George Washington Bridge. It was carrying approximately 9,000 gallons of liquid propane. For some unexplained reason, this tanker an MC-330 began to leak propane through its pressure relief
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Prior to 1984 and for the longest time there only existed the 4 Rescue Companies. While other special units existed, these 4 were the most easily recognized and identified. These companies did an excellent job not only at fires but also at a number of other skills and disciplines that were becoming more necessary to
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Back in Haz-Mat 1’s early years when Rescue Services existed, there were so many new things, there were also a lot of unchartered territories. One of the items that needed to be addressed was how were the members of this unit going to be recognized for their dedication and pursuit of the field of Haz-Mat.
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