Responder Safety eNewsletter
Past Issues:
- February 2011 In This Issue:
1. Study Finds Most People Unwilling to Use AEDs
2. NIOSH Seeks Comment on Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance Recommendations
3. CSB: Multiple Deficiencies Led to 2008 Bayer CropScience Explosion
4. NIOSH Stakeholder Meeting to Address PPE, Safety Issues
5. Disaster Preparedness Lags for Disabled, Those with Chronic Illness
6. Long Working Hours for Nurses Can Lead to Increase in Patient Mortality
- January 2011 In This Issue:
1. Will Shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Lead to Increased Protection for Public Officials?
2. Obama Signs 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
3. NIOSH Seeks Comment on List of Diseases that May Pose Risk for Emergency Responders
4. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate Encourages Americans To Resolve To Be Ready In 2011
5. OSHA Releases Fall Regulatory Agenda
- December 2010 In This Issue:
1. Natural Disasters, Terrorist Threats Top Americans' Public Safety Concerns
2. Education Campaign Launched to Warn Responders of Occupational Hazards of Carbon Monoxide
3. Local and Federal Investigators on Scene of Fatal Accident in West Virginia
4. NIST Develops New Guidance for First Responders Collecting Suspected Biothreat Agents
5. Keeping the Chill Out: Working Safe in Cold Weather
- November 2010 In This Issue:
1. NIST Study on Charleston Furniture Store Fire Calls for National Safety Improvements
2. CSB Again Calls for Increased Safeguards at Oil and Gas Sites
3. New Toolkit Supports Fire Service-Based EMS
4. MSHA Kicks Off Annual Winter Alert Campaign
5. Time, or Lack of It, Impacts Stress Levels
- October 2010 In This Issue:
1. Are First Responders Prepared for CBRNE Incidents?
2. USFA Releases Annual Report on Firefighter Fatalities in the United States
3. NIEHS to Fund $36 Million in Worker Safety Training, Efforts to Reduce Hazard Exposure during Disaster Response
4. BP Creates New Safety and Risk Division
5. Panel: Urgent Need to Enhance Preparedness for Domestic Disasters
- September 2010 In This Issue:
1. Former CSB Chairman Discusses Deepwater Horizon Investigation, Board Priorities
2. DHS Secretary Napolitano Commemorates 9/11, Highlights National Security Efforts
3. Memorial Service Honors Fallen Firefighters on 9/11 Anniversary
4. Disaster Response Plans Should Address Disabled Populations
5. NSU Receives $1.6 Million Grant to Train Oil Rig Workers to Prepare for Spills
6. CSB Chairperson Calls for Effective Safeguards at Oil and Gas Sites Across Mississippi
- August 2010 In This Issue:
1. Personal Escape Systems Safe Lives
2. CSB to Investigate Fatal Horsehead Holding Co. Explosion
3. Transportation Secretary Announces Second National Distracted Driving Summit
4. Nine Dead in Workplace Shooting at Connecticut Beer Distributor
5. Minimizing Toxic Health Effects from the Gulf Oil Spill
- July 2010 In This Issue:
1. Providing Protection After the Quake
2. Protecting IT Systems During Hurricane Season
3. CSB Approves Urgent Recommendations to Prevent Deadly Explosions During Pipe Cleaning and Purging Operations
4. OSHA's Michaels Concerned Some Oil Spill Workers Not Receiving Proper Training
5. Hot Weather Warning: Forecasters Calling for Potentially Dangerous Heat Conditions
- June 2010 In This Issue:
1. NFPA Report Reveals Sharp Drop in Firefighter Fatalities in 2009
2. Michaels Identifies Oil Spill Cleanup Safety Concerns, BP Response Deficiencies
3. Study: Include Psychiatrists in First Response Teams to Help Disaster Survivors
4. 9/11 Workers Exhibit Long-Lasting Sensory Loss
5. Mock Clandestine Drug Lab Highlights Risks to First Responders
6. Lawmakers Appeal to EPA, DOL for Safety Enforcement During Oil Spill Cleanup
7. One-Tenth of Soldiers Returning from Iraq Plagued by Mental Health Problems
- May 2010 In This Issue:
1. NIOSH, USFA Initiate Firefighter Cancer Study
2. OSHA Focuses on Safety of Oil Spill Responders
3. OSHA's Big Dust-Up: Why Is OSHA Initiating a Combustible Dust Rulemaking Now?
4. The Importance of Mobile Radiation Detection for Homeland Security
5. CSB: Site of Fatal Oklahoma Oil Explosion was Unsecured
- April 2010 In This Issue:
1. 9/11 World Trade Center Dust Caused Lasting Lung Damage
2. Four Missing Coal Miners Found Dead, MSHA to Investigate
3. Mass Notification Systems: A Useful Tool during Pandemic Response
4. Refinery Explosion Leaves Five Workers Dead
5. Researchers Link World Trade Center Responders to Heart Disease
6. NFPA Releases New Edition of Disaster/Emergency Management Standard
- March 2010 In This Issue:
1. Improved Chemical Security Makes Millions Safer
2. CSB Sheds Light on Fatal Kleen Energy Explosion, Highlights Gas Blow Hazards
3. Chemical Emergencies: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
4. Understanding Influences on Risks: A Four-Part Model
5. Seven Habits of Highly Resilient Organizations
- February 2010 In This Issue:
1. FEMA Releases Draft National Disaster Recovery Framework
2. At Least 5 Dead in Connecticut Power Plant Explosion
3. U.S. Fire Administrator Attends WMD Incident Command Course
4. Chemical Safety Board Initiates Investigation of DuPont Facility in Belle, W.Va.
5. USFA Releases Hotel and Motel Fires Topical Report
- January 2010 In This Issue:
1. First Responders and Emotional Distress
2. ASSE Urges OSHA to Include Control Banding in Hazcom Standard
3. Symposium Puts Focus on War Injuries
4. Stress Reduces Productivity in Depressed Workers
5. CSB Issues Urgent Safety Recommendations Following CITGO Refinery Accident
