HazmatNation

If you drill down into the massive global company Ambipar, you will find its Ambipar Response Training Centers, a division that focuses on training hazmat responders. It is best known for its sites in Peru, Brazil and Chile. Earlier this year it opened what it calls the largest hazmat training facility in the world in […]

By Ron Holcomb Editor’s Note: Author Ron Holcomb is sharing a chapter from his recently released book Constant Chaos. You can also read previously published chapters here. We’ll feature other chapters in the coming months. Click here for more information on how to get his book. PART V Human Tragedy Chapter 19 — Chemical Suicides […]

Hazmat Training Debrief will give you a quick recap of interesting hazmat training going on. This week we look at recent training from Westmoreland County, Pa.  What agency led the training?  Norfolk Southern along with TransCAER under a grant from the Federal Railroad Administration. Where was it held?  Pitcairn Rail Yard in Wall, Pa., which […]

Whether it is meeting customers in their stations or at tradeshows, or pouring out some top-shelf bourbon at the Hazmat Nation annual party in Baltimore, Steve Haise is a recognized fixture in hazmat circles. We sat down to ask Haise about the company he started, All Safe Industries, and the hazmat industry. What inspired your […]

The fire service and military share many common traits. Chief among those is putting humans in harm’s way and trying to reduce the risk to those humans in those environments. Not surprising, there are tech solutions for that. Alex Gorsuch, is co-founder and chief technology officer Ascent Integrated Tech, one of those tech companies trying […]