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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dressed in a bright yellow decontamination suit, Danita Mullins brushed her hair out of her eyes before pulling on a hooded mask connected to an air-supply system on Wednesday. Mullins, Washington ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...