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Chronicles of Incidents and Response
- Origins of Hazardous Materials Response
- Beginnings of Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations
- Dust and Boiler Explosions
- Petroleum Industry is Born
- Nebraska Firefighters Museum Hazardous Materials Display
- Hastings, Nebraska “Gasoline & Oil Clean-Up Squad”
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Petroleum Dispersal Unit 1
- Evolution of Present Day Hazmat Teams
- Jacksonville, FL’s First Emergency Services Hazmat Team in the United States
- Chief Yarbrough’s Vision
- The “Godfather of Hazmat”
- America’s First Emergency Services Hazmat Team
- My Visits to Jacksonville
- Captain Ron Gore Retires
- Martin County Florida: First Volunteer Hazmat Team in United States
- Houston, Texas Pioneer Hazmat Team
- Memphis, Tennessee Pioneer Hazmat Team
- Selected Historical Hazmat Incidents
- The 1800s
- First Incident Found During Research
- Minneapolis, MN May 2, 1878 Washburn “A” Flour Mill Explosion
- Chester, PA February 16, 1882 Jackson Fireworks Plant Explosion
- Cavan Point, NJ May 11, 1883 Standard Oil Works Fire Started by Lightning
- Oil City, Titusville, and Meadville, PA June 1892 Flood and Explosion
- Bradford, PA, May 14, 1894 Refinery Fire
- Butte, MT January 15, 1895 Warehouse District Dynamite Explosion and Fire
- Chicago, IL August 5, 1897 Grain Elevator Fire
- Firemen That Made The Supreme Sacrifice
- Philadelphia, PA August 5, 1897 Naphtha Explosion
- The 1900s
- New York, NY November 2, 1900 Tarrant & Co Drug House Explosion
- Sheridan, PA Naphtha Car Explosions May 12, 1902
- Milwaukee, WI February 4, 1903 Schwab Stamp & Seal Acid Spill
- Avon, CT September 15, 1905 Fuse Co. Explosion
- Portland, OR June 27, 1911 Oil Company Fire
- Eddystone, PA April 10, 1917 Ammunition Works Disaster
- Morgan, NJ October 4, 1918 T.A. Gillespie & Company Explosions
- Boston, MA January 15, 1919 ‘Molasses Flood’ Tank Explosion
- Long Island City, NY September 14-15, 1919 Oil Tank Blaze
- New York, NY July 18, 1922 Chemical Explosion
- Pekin, IL January 3, 1924 Corn Products Refining Corn Starch Plant Explosion
- Milwaukee, WI April 22, 1926 Sawdust Explosion
- Dover, NJ July 10, 1926 Picatinny Arsenal Munitions Explosion
- Chicago, IL March 11, 1927 Chemical Plant Explosion
- San Diego, CA August 8, 1927 Acetylene Factory Explosion
- Heidelberg, PA December 25, 1928 Refinery Fire and Explosions
- Lakehurst, NJ May 3, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Hydrogen Explosion & Fire
- Atlantic City, NJ July 16, 1937 Gasoline Explosion
- Hastings, NE September 15, 1944 Explosion Naval Ammunition Depot
- Cleveland, OH October 20, 1944 LNG Leak, Explosion, Fire
- Westport, CT May 3, 1946 Truck Explosion
- Atlanta, GA December 30, 1946 Drug Fire
- Texas City, TX April 16, 1947 Ammonium Nitrate Ship Explosions
- The Day Texas City Lost Their Fire Department
- Texas City Firefighters Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice on April 16, 1947
- Minot, ND July 22, 1947 Oil Storage Tank Explosion
- Reno, NV August 16, 1948 Massive Dynamite Explosion
- Perth Amboy, NJ June 24, 1949 Asphalt Plant Explosion
- Philadelphia, PA October 10, 1954 Chemical Plant Explosion
- Dumas, TX Oil July 29, 1956 Shamrock Oil & Gas Corporation Tank Farm Explosion
- Brownfield, TX December 23, 1958 Butane Truck Explosion
- Schuylkill Haven, PA June 2, 1959 Propane Truck Explosion
- Meldrim, GA June 28, 1959 Railroad Trestle Disaster
- First Train Derailment Releasing Hazardous Materials Kills 23
- First Victims to Be Killed by a Hazardous Materials Release from a Train Derailment (ICC)
- Roseburg, OR August 8, 1959 Explosives Truck Explosion
- Kansas City, KS August 18, 1959 Southwest Boulevard Fire
- Auburn, NY March 31, 1960 Service Station Explosion
- Kingsport, TN October 5, 1960 Eastman Chemical Plant Explosion
- Philadelphia, PA April 17, 1961 Gasoline Station Explosion
- Houston, TX February 3, 1962 Gasoline Trucks Collide
- Brandtsville, PA April 29, 1963 LPG Cars Explode At Wreck Site
- Cleveland, OH August 13, 1963 Avis Rent A Truck Propane Truck Explosion
- Hammond, IN December 23, 1963 Indiana Storage Company Warehouse Explosion
- Anchorage, AK March 27, 1964 Great Alaskan Good Friday Earthquake
- Marshalls Creek, PA June 26, 1964 Explosives Fire and Explosion
- Houston, TX August 10, 1965 Chemical Plant Explosion
- Chicago, IL Feb 7, 1968 Gasoline Tanker Explosion & Fire
- Richmond, IN April 6, 1968 Natural Gas and Explosives Fire and Explosion
- Davenport, NE June 10, 1968 Propane Tank Fire
- Crete, NE February 19, 1969 Derailment and Anhydrous Ammonia Release
- Shelter in Place Effectiveness Substantiated
- Casualties
- Hatchetts 725 W. 13th Street
- Erdmans Between 1005 and 1045 W. 13th Street
- Hoesche 1005 W. 13th Street
- Safranek 905 W. 13th Street
- Svarc 813 W. 13th Street
- Kovar 907 W. 13th Street
- Svarc 915 Redwood Street
- Crete Fire Department Responds
- Carpentersville, IL December 10, 1969 Chemical Plant Explosion & Fire
- Crescent City, IL June 21, 1970 Derailment and LPG Rail Car BLEVE
- Woodbine, GA February 3, 1971 Thiokol Factory Solid Rocket Fuel Explosion
- Waco, GA June 1971 Car-Truck Collision Sparks Dynamite Explosion
- Houston, TX October 19, 1971 Mykawa Road Rail Car BLEVE & Fire
- Firefighter Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
- Kingman, AZ July 5, 1973 Propane Rail Car BLEVE
- Doxol Gas Distribution Plant
- Kingman, Arizona Remembers 35 Years Later
- Remembering Those Who Lost Their Lives
- ElevenKingman Firefighters Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice
- Houston, TX September 21, 1974 Englewood Rail Yard Collision Fire and Explosion
- Philadelphia, PA August 17, 1975 Gulf Oil Refinery Fire
- Firefighters Who Gave the Supreme Sacrifice
- Philadelphia Pays Tribute to Gulf Oil Refinery Fire Fallen
- Niagara Falls, NY December 15, 1975 Hooker Chemical Chlorine Tank Explosion
- Houston, TX May 11, 1976 Anhydrous Ammonia Tanker Accident
- Westwego, LA December 22, 1977 Grain Elevator Explosion
- Galveston, TX December 29, 1977 Grain Elevator Explosion
- Waverly, TN February 24, 1978 Derailment and LPG Explosion
- Youngstown, FL February 27, 1978 Train Derailment with Chlorine Gas Cloud
- Brownson, NE April 2, 1978 Train Derailment Phosphorus Fire & Explosion
- Gettysburg, PA March 22, 1979 Phosphorous Truck Fire & Explosion
- Collinsville, IL August 7, 1978 Propane Tank Car Explosion
- Mississauga, Ontario, Canada November 10, 1979 Derailment Fires Explosions
- The “Mother of All Hazmat Evacuation“
- Saturday, November 10, 1979
- Sunday, November 11, 1979
- Monday, November 12, 1979
- Tuesday, November 13, 1979
- Wednesday, November 14, 1979
- Thursday, November 15, 1979
- Friday, November 16, 1979
- Somerville, MA April 3, 1980 Phosphorus Trichloride Release
- Corpus Christi, TX April 7, 1981 Grain Elevator Blast
- Bellwood, NE April 7, 1981 Grain Elevator Explosion
- Thermal, CA January 7, 1982 Derailment Radiation Container
- Livingston, LA September 28, 1982 Train Derailment, Fire and Vinyl Chloride Release
- Denver, CO April 4, 1983 Railcar Leak Nitric Acid
- Houston, TX December 11, 1983 Borden’s Anhydrous Ammonia Explosion
- Buffalo, NY December 27, 1983 Propane Gas Explosion
- Shreveport, LA September 17, 1984 Anhydrous Ammonia Fire Incident
- Norfolk, VA September 4, 1984 Gas Tank Truck Fire
- Bhopal, India December 2-3, 1984 Release of Methyl Isocyanate
- Miamisburg, OH July 8, 1986 Derailment Phosphorus Fire
- Ord, NE July 15, 1987 Anhydrous Ammonia Leak
- Henderson, NV May 4, 1988 PEPCON Explosions
- Kansas City, MO November 29, 1988 Ammonium Nitrate Explosion
- Houston, TX October 23, 1989 Phillips 66 Houston Chemical Complex Explosion & Fire
- Philadelphia, PA February 23, 1991 One Meridian Plaza High-Rise Fire
- New York City, NY February 26, 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
- Ste. Elisabeth de Warwick, Quebec, Canada June 27, 1993 Propane Explosion
- Orrtanna, PA December 6, 1993 Ammonia Leak Knouse Foods
- Port Neal, IA December 13, 1994 Ammonium Nitrate Explosion
- Oklahoma City, OK April 19, 1995 Terrorist Bombing
- Delaware County, PA August 6, 1995 Ammonia Leak
- Weyauwega, Wisconsin March 4, 1996 Train Derailment and Fire
- Burnside, Illinois October 2, 1997 LPG Tank Explosion
- Albert City, Iowa April 9, 1998 Propane Explosion
- Springer, OK September 1998 Liquid Nitrogen Asphyxiation
- 2000s
- Baltimore, MD July 18, 2001 Howard Street Tunnel Fire
- Minot, ND January 18, 2002 Train Derailment & Anhydrous Ammonia Release
- Macdona, TX June 28, 2004 Train Derailment Chlorine Leak
- Graniteville, SC March 24, 2005 Chlorine Disaster
- A Tale of Two Hurricanes
- New Orleans, LA August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina
- Houston, TX August 24, 2017 Hurricane Harvey
- Crosby, TX August 29, 2017 Chemical Plant Explosion & Fire During Hurricane Harvey
- St. Louis, MO June 24, 2005 Flammable Gas Cylinder Fire & Explosion
- Shepherdsville, KY January 16, 2007 Crude Oil Train Derailment & Fire
- Ghent, WV January 30, 2007 Propane Explosion and Fire
- Oneida, NY Monday, March 12, 2007 Tank Car Explodes
- Dallas, TX July 25, 2007 Bottled Gas Plant Fire and Explosions
- Jacksonville, FL December 19, 2007 Chemical Plant Explosion
- Cherry Hill, IL June 19, 2009 Ethanol Train Derailment and Fire
- Norfolk, NE December 10, 2009 Propane Storage Tank Fire Protient Propane Fire
- Tiskilwa, IL October 7, 2011 Train Derailment Ethanol Fire
- West, Texas April 17, 2013 Ammonium Nitrate Explosion
- Journal of Hazardous Materials
- West Memorial
- Emergency Responders that Made The Supreme Sacrifice
- Citizen Fatalities Not Firefighters
- Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Investigation
- Abbott, Bruceville-Eddy, Mertens, and Navarro Mills Volunteer Fire Departments
- Ammonium Nitrate Hazards
- Key Contributing Factors to Emergency Responders’ Fatality
- Lack of Incident Command System
- Lack of Established Incident Management System
- Firefighter Training
- Lessons Learned
- Key Findings
- Lac-Megantic, Quebec, CA July 6, 2013 Train Derailment Crude Oil Fire
- Casselton, ND December 30, 2013 Crude Oil Train Derailment & Fire
- Lynchburg, VA April 30, 2014 Crude Oil Train Derailment & Fire
- Heimdal, ND May 6, 2015 Crude Oil Train Derailment & Fire
- Houston, TX July 16, 2017 Propane Tanker Crash
- Cambria, WI May 31, 2017 Didion Mill Explosion
- Hyndman, PA August 2, 2017 Train Derailment & Fire
- Oklahoma City, OK August 16, 2018 Oil Well Blow Out
- Tilford, SD September 8, 2018 Propane Tank Explosion
- Deer Park, TX March 17, 2019 Petrochemical Storage Tank Fires
- September 16, 2019 Farmington, ME Propane Explosion
- CSB Releases Call to Action on Combustible Dust Hazards
- To Date, the CSB Has Issued Four Recommendations
- Perceptions about Dust Vary
- Factors Influencing Dust Hazard Perceptions
- Dust Incidents 2006–2017
Abstract
History is not just the chronicling of both major and minor events of lives or organizations. It’s the basis and the lifeblood for tradition to be carried on by each succeeding generation.
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