Members of the Muscatine Fire Department began training on a new decontamination process. According to a release, the new HAZMAT (Hazardous Material) decontamination kit was purchased through a grant ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — January is firefighter cancer awareness month. It’s a time for departments and advocates to raise awareness about the ongoing occupational hazards that firefighters face ...

Aug. 24 -- Orange County firefighters stationed near the University of Central Florida became the first in Central Florida to receive decontamination kits to help first-responders wash soot and other ...

Each decontamination kit contains a 5-gallon bucket, detergents, scrub brushes, spray bottles, and hoses. These materials are used to help emergency responders wash soot and other possible carcinogens ...