Day: January 12, 2021

Police Reopen Downtown Berkeley Streets After Bomb Squad Clears Suspicious Package
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Police Reopen Downtown Berkeley Streets After Bomb Squad Clears Suspicious Package

Originally published by Sanfrancisco BERKELEY (CBS SF) — The Berkeley police bomb squad has cleared a suspicious package delivered to a city office and reopened the intersection of Milvia and Center streets Tuesday night. The package had “no explosive device inside, just a manifesto like message,” said police spokesman Officer Byron White. The area around […]
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Stockton business evacuated as bomb unit searches storage unit
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Stockton business evacuated as bomb unit searches storage unit

Originally published by KCRA3 STOCKTON, Calif. — Members of a bomb unit on Tuesday were clearing out a Stockton storage unit in connection to a suspect arrested after a chase, crash and an explosive device that was thrown at a church. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said it was searching for explosive material. The […]
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Investigation underway after attempted ‘fire bomb’ found behind East Greenwich business
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Investigation underway after attempted ‘fire bomb’ found behind East Greenwich business

Originally published by WPRI.COM12 EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WPRI) — Police are investigating after a “fire bomb” device was found in East Greenwich Tuesday, according to the R.I. State Fire Marshal’s office. The device was found behind a business near the intersection of Post and South Pierce roads. It appeared to be a rudimentary attempt at […]
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A Madison woman found the RNC pipe bomb in D.C.
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A Madison woman found the RNC pipe bomb in D.C.

After the FBI interviewed Madison native Karlin Younger about discovering the pipe bomb, so did Doug Moe.Originally published by MADISON MAGAZINE At noon on Wednesday, Jan. 6, Karlin Younger, working from home in Washington, D.C., decided to use the lunch hour to do laundry. Younger, who grew up in Madison’s Bay Creek neighborhood and graduated […]
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Growing protests over threat of US bio weapons

Originally published by NEWAGE THE spread of coronavirus infection in the world has inadvertently forced the leading powers and the UN to open their eyes to many issues and, above all, to comply with the provisions of the international Biological Weapons Convention. Before the coronavirus, Washington consistently ignored statements by official authorities in Russia, China, […]
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Kentucky Plant Begins Destruction of Next Inventory of Nerve Agent Weapons
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Kentucky Plant Begins Destruction of Next Inventory of Nerve Agent Weapons

Originally published by INSIDE NOVA RESTON, Va., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A Bechtel-led plant in Kentucky has successfully begun destroying its next batch of chemical weapons, bringing the nation closer to its goal of eradicating the national stockpile by 2023. At the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, a 155-milimeter artillery projectile filled with VX nerve agent was […]
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Radiation Training - On land and in the air with Lancaster County
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Radiation Training – On land and in the air with Lancaster County

Radiation Training at the PEMA Rodeo The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) conducted radiation training called Radiological Officers Developmental Emergency Operations (RODEO) with HazMat 2 Environmental Fire Rescue Company, Lancaster PA.  In addition to several hands-on drills with multiple agencies from around the state the evolutions also included using drones to perform recon.  Now, this is what we […]
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Simulants vs Simulators
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Simulants vs Simulators

6 minute read Practical, hands-on training is crucial to ensure military personnel, first responders, and hazmat workers are equipped with the skills and confidence necessary to handle CBRNe and hazmat incidents, but creating realistic training experiences can be difficult, expensive, and time consuming. For these reasons, most agencies outsource their hazmat training; however, with new […]
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