Over the past few years, first responders throughout the world have developed innovative ways of training and preparing to deal with mass-casualty events that require mass decontamination. While the ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- What do you do when a spill of hazardous material occurs? Call in the experts: trained equipment technicians and operators from the Chemical Biological Application and ...

FORT POLK, La. -- It's difficult to fight what you can't see. Advancements in technology result in fighting techniques that engage an enemy in ways other than face-to-face combat. One of the more ...

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 ...

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 ...