In this 2 part series with one of the founding members of the Haz Mat Community we interview Mike Callan at the Baltimore Haz Mat Conference 2018. We learn about the beginning of Haz Mat in the united States and internationally and get a few anecdotal stories about the beginning of Gonzo from his acclaimed book Street Smart Haz Mat. Take a listen.

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Thank you to our sponsor FLIR introducing the new identiFINDER R200GN. Find out more about the FLIR identiFINDER R200GN click here

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Finally, We're super pumped to announce that our hazardous materials training manual is finally available on Amazon!! This is a community driven book with several volunteer contributors from the hazmat world, located all over the country.

This book of hazmat drills is for YOU - and we hope you benefit from the hard work put in by everyone involved. Let's make hazmat training better for everyone!

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In this 2 part series with one of the founding members of the Haz Mat Community, we interview Mike Callan at the Baltimore Haz Mat Conference 2018. We learn about the beginning of Haz Mat in the United States and internationally and get a few anecdotal stories about the beginning of Gonzo from his acclaimed book Street Smart Haz Mat. Take a listen.

Thank you to our sponsor CBRNE Convergence World 2018 being held in Orlando, FLA USA. Click here for registration information and fantastic information!

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While in Baltimore at the IAFC Conference we got to catch up with Dr. Mike Logan to discuss a few techniques he and his colleagues are playing with on destroying TATP. A group in our jurisdiction utilising expertise across the Police, Fire and other specialists have been working through the problem of dealing with organic peroxides and other homemade explosive type materials found in operational settings. The aim is to safely expand our tool box to identify, handle and destroy these materials in operational environments. We always need to make sure we have strong arrangements that are practised and access to the appropriate subject matter expertise before we deal with these types of materials.  Today we are focusing on describing an approach to destroy organic peroxides such as TATP by directly aspirating the solution into a propane flame so that it is combusted immediately and completely. There are no waste products.

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Bob and Mike get a serious lesson from an industry insider who knows all about the civilian side of biological facilities. We discuss the different types of operations that are out there, and the gap in training between the emergency services and the scientific community working within. Lots of takeaways in the episode.

Some take-away links from the show:

• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL)

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We are honored to get to present at IAFC Baltimore HazMat Conference with our panel of guests: Dr. Christina Baxter, Dr. Mark Norman, Dave Digregorio, Toby Frost, brought to you by 908 Devices. We discuss the topics that you, our listeners want to hear about the topic of Fentanyl response. Lots of takeaways and thought-provoking information in this episode.

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We catch up with a friend of the show Mark, who lets us in on a topic that is woefully under-discussed - Haz Mat RIT. He gives us his perspective on the philosophy of RIT and the topics that need to be addressed to be competent on this incredibly important topic.

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In this special episode, we sit down with Draeger’s Paul Tarter discussing some new technology that Draeger has come up with. We detail the newest meters, the newest in communications and let you know our take on this. We learned, so you too shall learn...

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A listener let us in on this incident, asking for anonymity. His only request was that we help the community learn from this lesson. Take a listen and draw some knowledge from the discussion.

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Also FirstlineTech and their brand new product, listen here to hear it first!

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We take a few minutes during our trip to Minneapolis to discuss with e organizers how to run a conference for the layman. There is a lot of depth covered here!

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This was a listener sent question asking the difference between the 2 terms, and if they truly do have a difference in definition. They do, and we make a 30 minute spectacle of ourselves. Come listen

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