The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) reported reaching a milestone this month: More than 5,000 small-road employees and first responders have completed in-person hazardous materials (hazmat) ...

The first emergency responders arriving on the scene where 17 cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Harmar in late May had only their training to rely on when making split-second ...

RENEWED CONCERNED ABOUT RAIL SAFETY WAS THE FOCUS OF A TRAINING EXERCISE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN LANCASTER COUNTY TODAY. AND THIS COMES MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN ...

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will distribute $32.4 million to states, territories and tribes for six hazardous materials safety grant programs in FY 2022. One of ...

The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a September 24th Interpretive Response Letter (“IRL”) a question regarding the Hazardous Materials ...

The grant includes a more than 50 percent increase in funding for a grant to firefighters that will aim to double hazmat training for firefighters. The awards provide over $32 million in grants to ...

COOLVILLE — The new train-the-trainer program is offered through a partnership between the National Volunteer Fire Council and U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety ...

FBI Tampa's Hazardous Evidence Response Team (HAZMAT) gave a demonstration at the Convergence 2018 Conference held in Orlando with local partners, the National Guard Civil Support Team, the Orlando ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing workplace safety management. Its innovative methods and technologies aim to improve productivity, prevent workplace accidents and enhance safety measures. In ...

The United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a December 6th interpretive letter the application of the Hazardous ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State University held a hazmat training exercise at Cole Village Student Housing and the Fulton Center. Several local, state, and federal agencies began two days ...

Altoona Fire Department firefighter Matt Rhoa (left) and Capt. Bryson Peterman identify contents of tank cars from their markings during Norfolk Southern’s Operation Awareness & Response training for ...