YONGSAN, SOUTH KOREA -- Charlie Company, 121st Combat Support Hospital conducted a mass casualty patient decontamination training at the Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital on U.S. Army Garrison ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to an emergency, there’s no such thing as being too prepared. Vanderbilt University Medical Center took precautions Thursday in case something like a chemical spill happened. They ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story originally ran June 9. “We are the best!” excitedly shouted Matthew Sias, decontamination program manager, Department of Emergency Management, when describing the performance ...

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 ...

Thirteen Sailors from Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Decontamination Team completed the “First Receiver Operations Training” exercise May 1-3. Led ...

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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 ...

Jun. 6—Sounds of laughter, fake coughs and the crunching of hazmat suits filled a parking lot at Southern Maine Community College on Thursday while volunteers participated in a full-scale disaster ...