There’s red “Danger Asbestos Hazard” tape next to a red slide at a public housing complex on the Lower East Side, and signs adjacent to a yellow jungle gym warn: “Cancer and lung disease hazard. Keep ...

A few miles west of the Republican National Convention perimeter a portable decontamination tent is set up near Froedtert Hospital's emergency department.

It takes just four minutes and 10 seconds for St. Elizabeth’s Hospital’s new decontamination shower shelter to be inflated and ready for use. About 30 hospital staff members were trained Thursday on ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WDIV) — For first responders, one of the greatest fears during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis is bringing the virus home to their families. A Metro Detroit company is building ...

Fisher-Titus hosted an emergency training exercise April 6 and 7 for members of Fisher-Titus’ Hospital Emergency Response Team, facilities employees, emergency department staff and participants from ...

The showers wouldn't flow at first and no one actually undressed inside a big blue tent beside a busy Roanoke street, but organizers say a decontamination drill based on a new strip-and-shower ...

The Storm Lake (Iowa) Public Safety Department will demonstrate a new portable field decontamination chamber today that the agency has recently acquired. The demonstration will begin at 1:30 p.m. at ...

RAPID CITY - First, the fire trucks caught Wendy Hartley's attention as she drove past St. Thomas More High School on Friday morning. Then, she spotted her son Michael on a backboard carried by two ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- If there's an accident involving a fuel truck on Interstate 5, first responders would perform a rudimentary decontamination of anyone involved. Then, for those ...

In an effort to stay poised and ready to confront potential threats, the staff at the Keller Army Community Hospital exercised a mass casualty/decontamination scenario testing their emergency ...