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Article: New Orleans Fire Department hazmat response to Katrina: team operated and rescued thousands in impossible conditions.(studies about Hazardous Materials )
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- Firehouse Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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News media personnel, emergency responders and others have said that you cannot appreciate the devastation in New Orleans from news footage and photos. What an understatement, as I learned when I visited New Orleans on Dec. 23, 2005, to talk with members of the New Orleans Fire Department Hazmat Team.
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Under ordinary circumstances, a visit to the New Orleans hazmat team would begin at Station 7, located at 1441 Saint Peter St. There, HM (Hazardous Materials Unit) 1 and HM 2 are headquartered along with Rescue 1, Engine 7, a mass-decontamination trailer and other hazmat support equipment. However, Station 7 became one of the ...