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 ...

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 ...

Volunteer patient Melissa Tomback, a nursing student at the University of New England, smiles as she is lifted on a backboard by hazmat suit-clad firefighters during a full-scale training exercise ...

FORT POLK, La. -- It's difficult to fight what you can't see. Advancements in technology result in fighting techniques that engage an enemy in ways other than face-to-face combat. One of the more ...

The 1st Infantry Division conducted an operational decontamination lane with support from 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, to train and develop leaders on decontamination ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story originally ran June 9. “We are the best!” excitedly shouted Matthew Sias, decontamination program manager, Department of Emergency Management, when describing the performance ...

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 ...

When it comes to an emergency, there’s no such thing as being too prepared. Vanderbilt University Medical Center took precautions Thursday in case something like a chemical spill happened. They ...

RAYONG, Thailand — Soldiers in protective gear breathed steadily through respirators outside a Thai airport hangar, where they prepared on Sunday to screen a group of volunteers for radiation during a ...

FROM THE NORTH SHORE. OVER THE NEXT 20 DAYS, FIREFIGHTERS HERE IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH ARE GETTING HANDS ON TRAINING THAT COULD HELP SAVE LIVES IN A MAJOR SITUATION. AND ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING AT ...