There is nothing more exhilarating than to go round and round in a 65000 pound class A.

Hey Chief, You ok with the hurricane. Hope your doing well. Also, I just noted that you are with Houston FD. I had the opportunity years ago to visit your hazmat station, the one surrounded by barbed wire. Stopped there in my RV with my family and your guys treated my family like one of their own. Helped me fill my water tank and gave me a patch. You work with the best.
TCSS,
Mike

oh yea, one more thing, the article on Mercury was very well done and thought out. A typical response I have seen is the mom who catches the kids playing with the thermometer and then vacuums the house. buddies of mine with Region IX have shared some stories with me about how bad these calls can be. Your background in hazmat appears to be pretty well rounded. I am assuming that you might have an EPA background, Coast Guard or ? Does your department have a toxmedic program? I am trying to get one here in California and could use some help... Mike

I think your site is one of my favorite sites now. I thought I had access to cool hazmat photos... Your the man! I also thought your Texas Hazmat graphic was exceptionally cool. Let's see, what else... oh yea, anyone who likes the Rolling Stones... years ago, and I mean YEARS AGO, I was visiting my folks in Dallas and while driving on the LBJ freeway, heard the radio announcer put out a call for anyone who has EMS training to call a number to work at the Rolling Stones Concert. I was so there, and backstage to boot! Are you anywhere near Dallas?

I'm also into, very much into hazmat with a specific emphasis on the decontamination procedures used and protecting hospitals. My wife's a nurse... : )

I look forward to having the chance to get to know you and pick your brain!

In the interest of fire and life safety, Mike from Santa Barbara

LOL

I still keep in contact with Bobby Bread, Tracy Clark and even Butch Beardsley helped my with a class I was teaching for our Regional Haz Mat team last summer. I got hired at EmTech through Chip Day. I still see Chip ever now and then.

Emtech, which Office? I worked out of the Ft.Worth Office till they closed in 1997.

hey you are the first in texas i came across. i'am up in the panhandle area.

He is actually a district chief now. I am completely confused on how this thing works the questions you asked did not appear on my page?? I will get it down soon.

Thanks!

After watching the video you posted it is clear AR-AFFF is the best at fighting a fire contaiing ethanol. Is it effective enough for us to replace the class B foam we carry now, afff, for all hyrocarbon fires? Due to space and cost, I would like to stock the engines with one type of class B foam and since the most likely class B fire we will face will be a gasoline tanker, it will have at least E-10 in its tanks, therefore I think AR-AFFF should be on the engines. I want to thank you in advance for your time on this

I just watched the video you posted on ethanol fires, i wish more videos on this site were as useful as this one. in missouri state law mandates that all gasoline is at least 10% ethanol. so this will be a problem for many of us in the show me state.thanks and keep up the good work

Here is the link to the DTN Ethanol Center. Need more I will try.
http://www.dtnethanolcenter.com/index.cfm?show=10&mid=62

Hey Tex! I am a Tech from Rhode Island and I have seen the ethanol business start booming more than ever. Doesn't take much to get a refinery locally. I am wondering if you have any further information and or a copy of the video you could send me for training purposed for my team. Any imput, help and info you send would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

You almost worked for me. My hat # was 112. Was with the Western Emergency Services under Denny Day. I opened the Houston office in 1989 left in 1991 went to Aruba and when I came back SA was mine if I wanted it.

Who was the guy whos dad was on the city council? His wife has a hazmat company and works in SA with the wreckers?

I dont remember him being there too long, but it was mainly Don Holding. Of course he wasnt there long and then we went through like 10 people! I am now working for SAFD on the Haz Mat team. I cannot deny the enormous amount of experience I gained there. I went on to Code 3 and Boots & Coots after EmTech. Do you know James Murray, he is also SAFD now? Be safe!

Hello, I use to work for EmTech in San Antonio.