Tag: Chemical Suicides

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Four Massachusetts Officers Hospitalized After Chemical Suicide

Several first responders, including four police officers, were hospitalized Thursday when hazmat crews responded to a chemical suicide in Lowell, Massachusetts.

June 12, 2015

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Chemical Detection Training Kit

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The Chameleon Training Kit, used during training, helps initial responders learn to identify the presence of toxic chemicals through a training Chameleon armband.

April 22, 2012

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Boston Cops Quarantined After Chemical Suicide

Four Boston Police officers who responded to a chemical suicide were cleared, after entering the home of a woman who injested sodium azide, a substance similar to cyanide.

April 9, 2012

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Morphix Introduces Chameleon Chemical Suicide Detection Kit

Morphix Technologies has introduced the Chameleon Chemical Suicide Detection Kit that offers police, EMS and first responders a field-configurable, low-cost, easy-to-use, hands-free solution when encountering a chemical suicide, according to the company.

September 28, 2011

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Chemical Suicides

When called to suicide scenes, emergency personnel don't always know what they're up against. With some 90 percent of chemical suicides posting warnings on the windows of the cars and rooms in which they kill themselves, one would hope that officers and firefighters would think twice before opening doors and breaching windows.

April 17, 2011

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NYPD Warned of Poison Gas Hazards at 'Detergent Suicide' Scenes

The deadly concoction produces hydrogen sulfide, a colorless flammable compound that smells like rotten eggs. It paralyzes the nervous system and kills in only a few breaths.

August 2, 2010

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Denver Coroner Rules Man with Cyanide Killed Self

The Denver coroner's office announced Wednesday it has determined that a Canadian man found dead Aug. 11 at the Burnsley Hotel in the Capitol Hill neighborhood committed suicide by ingesting cyanide.

August 20, 2008