Emergency Response

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This video from India is an excellent lesson in how NOT to handle compromised containers.  In the USA we have an established practice of removing as much of the HAZMAT as we can before we attempt to move the container.  As you will see in this video, things can go badly really quick when attempting…...

What’s changed in CAMEO Chemicals 2.5? Updated chemical library with new Levels of Concern (AEGLs, ERPGs, and PACs). Added CAS number (a chemical identification number) to the Text Summary screen. Fixed a typo in the source code for the Chamberlain equation, where the “CR” should be a multiplier in the final term of the equation…...

More than a year after a major train derailment, video has emerged showing how two hazmat techs were almost killed. Twenty-six rail cars went off the tracks — a number of them filled with toxic or flammable chemicals — and some of them exploded and burned.  Hours later, most of the fire had been extinguished…....

What’s changed in CAMEOfm 3.2? Added intersections to the Advanced Search for the Routes module Added new “Find Broken Links” and “Remove Broken Links” items in MARPLOT Sharing menu to help quickly resolve problems with CAMEOfm records that are linked to map objects that no longer exist in your current copy of MARPLOT Replaced EHS…...

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This was an atmospheric storage tank containing diesel fuel that failed under fire conditions.  I believe this to be merely a failure of an atmospheric storage tank under fire conditions and the sounds from the video make it appear that the vent was either obstructed or an undersized vent OR the venting we hear just…...

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In my emergency response training around the country it is always an interesting discussion when Anhydrous Ammonia (NH3) comes up and the level of PPE necessary for a “safe response”.  I have always stuck to my 25 years of training that NH3 qualifies for LEVEL A as it meets all the LEVEL A criteria.  However,…...