Many fire chiefs in the United States consider hazardous materials placards to be critical to their emergency response, according to a survey conducted by the International Association of Fire Chiefs.
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Department of Transportation will not stop requiring placards for hazardous material shipments, although the Department of Homeland Security wants to ...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 10,410,547 to J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc., provider of safety and regulatory compliance solutions. The patent, related to ...
First responders should become familiar with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) hazard classes for hazardous materials and the placards and labels used to identify those hazards. This ...
We are recommending that the Department of Transportation maintain the placard system as it is now.” With these words, spoken at the Congressional Fire Services Institute dinner on April 7 in ...
Despite government requirements for hazmat placards and cargo manifests, “sometimes it’s just drums and barrels alongside the road, and you have to figure out the unknowns,” Moon said.
FIRE DRILL: The Asheville Fire Department, firefighters from Buncombe County fire departments and several local municipalities and staff from the N.C. Department of Transportation and Norfolk Southern ...
J.J. Keller & Associates has announced a “breakthrough” in flip placard design. The company said the new placard is improving fuel fleet operations for a Midwestern fuel hauler. According to the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police evacuated a one-mile area and highway exit ramps are shut down near the Scioto River, west of Downtown Columbus. According to Columbus Fire Battalion Chief ...