PALM COAST - On May 29 and 30, a team of 21 employees at Florida Hospital Flagler underwent decontamination training. The team members come from a variety of hospital departments, both clinical and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICO — The Chico Fire Department held its annual “Hazmat Decon” training Monday afternoon in the Fire Training Center. All firefighters went through a refresher on protocol if they were to respond to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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