The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced the schedule for its comprehensive two-day training seminars for hazmat employers ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation will give $12.8 million to states, territories and Native American tribes for hazmat planning and training, the agency announced Oct. 1. The funds are being made ...

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The Electronic Learning Community is now available to provide high-quality training for emergency responders. Its first course concerns responding to situations involving hydrogen fuels. May 10, 2012 ...

Robert Burke covers the recent changes to Emergency Response Guidebook aim to make it more useful for first responders. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is celebrating its 50 th anniversary ...

Denny Eisenhofer will tell you that safety isn’t everything when it comes to trucking hazardous materials. It is the only thing. Eisenhofer, a 30-plus year veteran of Reading, PA-based Textile ...

The Department of Transportation announced this week it will award states grants to help them respond to crude oil railroad spills. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said states, U.S. territories ...

Maryland’s police and firefighters will continue to be among the best-prepared in the country to deal with hazardous materials incidents, thanks to a federal grant of more than $300,000 from the U.S.