Special Operations

Respiratory Problems Strike 30 at North Carolina McDonald s

Brown said police plan to look at toxicology reports of patients who agreed for the hospital to share them with police.

Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009

Court Allows First Responder Training in Vacant Indianapolis High-Rise

From about 8:00 in the morning until the afternoon, crews used the scenario of a weapons of mass destruction incident.

Posted Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Seagrave Truck POD System

This truck and POD system was built by Seagrave (fire and specialty apparatus manufacturer). The special PODS are loaded and unloaded like custom container and refuse trucks.

Posted Monday, September 21, 2009

Helicopter Crashes into Mississippi Duplex

A pilot's proficiency check went tragically wrong Tuesday, killing one Federal Aviation Administration employee and critically injuring another when their helicopter crashed into a Mississippi duplex, officials said.

Posted Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Several Treated after NY Plant Ammonia Leak

Two Rochester police officers are being treated for exposure to ammonia fumes after a leak at a milk processing plant.

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009

Odor Causes Maine Hotel Evacuation

People were evacuated from a Bangor, Maine, motel after an odor was noticed and six people, including four firefighters, were sent to the hospital with respiratory problems.

Posted Friday, August 7, 2009

Hundreds Hospitalized in Mass. HazMat

Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent 119 people to hospitals Monday, including two who were listed in critical condition.

Posted Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Dozens Sick at Mass. Trash Facility

At least six people have been transported to St. Luke's hospital, with two reportedly in cardiac arrest.

Posted Monday, August 3, 2009

Perfume Spray Sickens 34

Fire officials suspected that carbon monoxide or some other toxic fumes had sickened almost 150 people at a Texas bank call center.

Posted Thursday, July 30, 2009

Medical center teaches paramedics to handle disasters

The scenarios "stress them, and that is the whole point," according to David Jaslow, a doctor with the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia who helps run the courses. "If they overcome their fears in the classroom, they can do it in real life."

Posted Monday, July 27, 2009