USFA Release After-Action Critiques Technical Report
This report is designed to assist all fire service members in gathering critical preparedness, response and recovery information from all emergencies;...
DHS Releases National Emergency Communications Plan
The NECP is the nation's first strategic plan to improve emergency response communications, and complements overarching homeland security and emergency...
3M: New FHWA Visibility Regulations Should Include NFPA Turnout Gear
The pending FHWA regulations take effect Nov. 24, 2008, and require the use of ANSI/ISEA 107 Class 2 or 3 compliant high-visibility garments for all workers...
DHS Awards $1.8 Billion in Preparedness Grants
These awards reflect a continued and serious commitment to first responders throughout the homeland, particularly in the highest threat areas, said Homeland...
Most Nursing Homes Lack Pandemic Flu Plans
Of the more than 400 nursing homes in the study, just 23 percent had a specific pandemic influenza plan. Another quarter of the nursing homes had a pandemic...
9/11 Workers Refute NYCs Claim of Incomplete Medical Records
At a May 29 court conference, the city claimed that most plaintiffs had not produced all of their medical records. The plaintiffs' co-liaison counsel,...
Colorado Community Utilizing City-Wide Monitoring and Surveillance
Since our surveillance and safety system has been up and running, Longmont residents feel more secure knowing that both our citizens and facilities are...
The Authority to "Clear the Road" in Texas In Action!
In a Responder Safety e-newsletter article titled, Drive It, Push It, Drag It or Tow It (http://www.respondersafetyonline.com/500/enewsletters/Newsletter/78896/enewsletters),...
Responder Safety: Drive It, Push It, Tow It or Drag It!
The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) offers a course that teaches first responders how to stay alive while saving the lives of others. Law enforcement,...
IAFC Reports on Fireground Noise and Digital Radio Transmissions
In late 2006 and early 2007, the IAFC began to receive reports of possible communication problems involving two-way portable radios in close proximity...
Traffic Is Hazardous to Firefighters' Health
In addition to hazards faced by first responders at an accident scene, a study published by the National Fire Protection Association found that vehicle...
Responder Safety: Traffic Is Hazardous to Firefighters' Health
In addition to hazards faced by first responders at an accident scene, a study published in 2003 by the National Fire Protection Association found that...
MSDS Gone Wild!
This scenario, while fictitious, is played out a thousand times every year in facilities all across our nation. We all have learned the OSHA rules of hazard communication, 29CFR1910.1200. The purpose and design of the program is excellent: that any chemicals produced or imported are evaluated for hazards and those hazards are then communicated to the employees and employers who might come in contact with them. ...
Terrorism Risk Determines Homeland Security Spending
Tyler Prante of Central Washington University and Alok K. Bohara of the University of New Mexico statistically analyzed the funding pattern of the Department...
Editor's Notebook: Giving Locally, Acting Globally
Every day the front page of our newspapers read like a Worst Weather Disasters special report on the Weather Channel. Safety equipment manufacturers and...
Foulke Goes on Air to Protect Flood Recover Workers
The announcement, available http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/audio/main.htm#20080626, provides a toll-free telephone number individuals can call to learn...
Off-the-Job Safety: Tips for Residents in Flood Areas
RIA members are in a unique position to provide expertise on restoration under these circumstances, says RIA President Rusty Amarante, but our primary...
Safety 2008: Illinois Safety Professional Receives Distinguished Service Award from ASSE Foundation
The ASSE Foundation Distinguished Service Award recipients are chosen by the foundation chair based on their outstanding achievement, commitment to and...
Structural Collapse Awareness
Many things can cause buildings and structures to be unstable. Mother Nature obviously can cause damage to structures, but so can things like fire and explosions. The building could be old, dilapidated and not supported by solid beams. New construction that has not yet been completed can be damaged more easily by high winds than completed structures...
AIHce: Occupational Health Impact of the World Trade Center Disaster: Lessons Learned
Featured general session speaker Robin Herbert, M.D., director, World Trade Center (WTC) Medical Monitoring Program Data and Coordination Center, Mount...
HHS Seeks Comments on Influenza Guidances
The guidances address antiviral drug use during an influenza pandemic; the use and purchase of facemasks and respirators; and antiviral drug stockpiling...
IUPUI Homeland Security and Emergency Management Conference
The initial conference, Protecting Americas Heartland from Catastrophic Events, features national experts and key responders who will discuss major disasters...
IAFC Launches Technology Council Initiative
According to IAFC, the council will strive to advance the fire and emergency services to be on the leading edge of technological adaptation. The initiative...
OSHA Rejects Fire Prevention Technology
New York-based FirePASS Corp. reached out to Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., who then sent a letter to OSHA asking Foulke to explain why the agency denied granting...
Teams Work to Create Fibers Rendering Toxic Chemicals Harmless
These fabrics will be converted into safety gear for U.S. soldiers, placed into filtration systems for buildings and vehicles and used in other types...
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