December Marks the 15th Anniversary of the Buncefield Depot Disaster
Overfilled gasoline storage tank causes worst explosion in Europe since World War II.
November 30, 2020
Overfilled gasoline storage tank causes worst explosion in Europe since World War II.
November 30, 2020
Mission creep is the expansion of a project or mission beyond its original goals, often after initial successes. It is a fact of life with which firefighters must live.
May 4, 2020
Christmas 1989 fire hits Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery.
May 4, 2020
The U.S. Coast Guard chose an unusual, yet effective, tactic for dealing with the grounding of a fuel-laden freighter off Coos Bay, Oregon, on Feb. 4, 1999.
May 4, 2020
IFW survey shows 37% willing to lend personnel to volunteer, municipal departments understaffed due to viral pandemic
April 29, 2020
Massive blast at fertilizer plant in West, Texas, killed 15, injured hundreds
April 16, 2020
What happened at SSM DePaul Medical Center foreshadowed what COVID-19 would bring
April 2, 2020
External factors are affecting the delivery of emergency response training
March 20, 2020
New OSHA guide combines traditional infection prevention with industrial hygiene practices
March 20, 2020
Three questions every industrial workplace needs answered
March 20, 2020
When 22 tons of pool cleaning tablets began to oxidize in a shipping container, acrid fumes created a toxic cloud.
March 4, 2020
Combustible sugar dust caused an explosion that killed 14 workers in Port Wentworth, Georgia, on Feb. 7, 2008.
February 7, 2020
"Angels' share" refers to the portion of a distilled spirit lost to evaporation during aging. On July 2, 2019 in Woodford County, Kentucky somebody else wanted a taste.
October 2, 2019
Irony is defined as expressing one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. For an example look no further than the recent Labor Day celebration in Philadelphia barely two months after an explosion and fire closed the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery complex.
October 1, 2019
At Chevron, best practices with regard to fire protection is the responsibility of the corporate fire school staff, said Ricky Conerly, fire chief at Chevron's Pascagoula refinery.
July 1, 2019
