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Article: Bangor conference focuses on hazardous materials
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- May 29, 2003
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BANGOR - Putting the pieces together to ensure safer communities
is the main purpose of the 14th annual Hazardous Materials Conference
being held this week at the United Technologies Center in Bangor.
Representatives of federal, state and local departments, along
with hazardous materials and emergency responders from around Maine,
gathered Wednesday to brush up on their skills and learn the newest
regulations. They also had the chance while to meet and work with
people from different areas and organizations.
"When you get in that [hazardous materials] suit it's a whole
different world. You are in there by yourself, so you have to trust
the person next to you," said Robert Gardner, a ...