ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Response from medical and emergency personnel during the recent Boston Marathon attacks has been heralded as one of the best because of the planning and practice of ...

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 ...

On March 14, Kevin Hommema, an aerosol scientist at Battelle, a Columbus, Ohio-based research and development nonprofit, sent an email to his boss with a new idea: What if Battelle repurposed an older ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (May 31, 2013) -- In the aftermath of a biological attack, aircraft decontamination would be a complex, challenging process. Army researchers are looking at ways to get ...

The main purpose of decontamination at a hazardous materials emergency is to limit the spread of contaminants from the release area, or "hot zone," to include the cleaning of responders and their ...

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) partnered with DHS and other agencies to develop two resources for managing exposure in mass chemical incidents. The two ...

SPO 1-1 The individual will demonstrate a basic understanding of mass decontamination techniques and procedures that could be applied in the event of a terrorist incident, from memory, without ...

Several emergency crews from throughout the Capital Region worked to extinguish a trailer home fire in Guilderland Saturday ...

WORKING TO MAKE THIS CHANGE FOR MONTHS. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IS IN FULL SWING AT FOLSOM LAKE. FOR EVERY BOAT ON THE WATER, THERE WAS A 30 DAY QUARANTINE TO GET THERE. THAT PART OF AN EFFORT TO PREVENT ...