Hazmat Teams Across America
Authored by Robert Burke, HazMat Teams Across America contains the history of selected hazardous materials incidents over the past 100 years and features 30 different HazMat Teams from departments across the United States. Information on equipment innovations are also included.
The HazMat teams that are featured in the book are:
- Allegheny County, PA
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Anne Arundel County, MD
- Anniston, AL
- Burlington, NJ
- Charles County, MD
- Cheyenne, WY
- Chicago, IL
- Denver, CO
- Honolulu, HI
- Houston, TX
- Jacksonville, FL
- Kansas City, MO
- Lake County, IN
- Lincoln, NE
- Louisville, KY
- Nashville, TN
- New Orleans, LA
- Nutley, NJ
- Orlando, FL
- Omaha, NE
- Philadelphia, PA
- Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
- Reno, NV
- San Diego, CA
- Seattle, WA
- St. Louis County, MO
- Yonkers, NY
- Yuma, AZ
- Sacramento, CA
Mr. Burke is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine with a bi-monthly column titled Hazmat Studies, and a contributor for Firehouse.com website with two columns titled “Street Chemistry” and “Hazmat Team Spotlight”. He has been an adjunct instructor at the National Fire Academy for 20 years and has over 28 years experience in emergency services as a career and volunteer firefighter and is currently the Fire Marshal for the University of Maryland Baltimore Campus.
8.5 in. x 11 in.
192 pages, all-color
