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Article: Hazmat response in Baltimore City; Hazardous Materials team formed as a result of federal mandate.(HAZMAT STUDIES)
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- Firehouse Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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It isn't often that I get the opportunity to write about an organization that I have the pleasure to work with on a regular basis as fire marshal and hazmat team member at the University of Maryland Baltimore. Baltimore City Hazmat Team personnel and firefighters provide our campus with excellent service and we have a very good working relationship between our two organizations.
Organized fire protection in the City of Baltimore began with the formation of the Mechanical Fire Company in 1763. Members of the company were all volunteers. Initially, the company was little more than an organized bucket brigade with ladders and other miscellaneous equipment. In 1769, ...