USFA and DOT Complete Study of Traffic Incident Management Systems
The report, Traffic Incident Management Systems (TIMS), contains guidance for local-level fire departments on compliance with the DOTs Manual of Uniform...
CSB Report Proposes Hazmat Handling Safety Improvements
The Nov. 22, 2006 explosion occurred when a 10,000-pound mixture of flammable solvents overheated in an unattended building. According to CSBs report,...
Fire Panel Cites Poor Training, Outdated Tactics in S.C. Firefighter Deaths
The 272-page report prepared by the City of Charleston Post Incident Assessment and Review Team examined a wide range of issues related to the Sofa Super...
Retired Firefighters at Risk for Bladder Cancer
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco presented the study results at the annual scientific meeting of the American Urological Association....
OSHA Seeks Comments on Guidance for Pandemic Flu Stockpiling
This guidance is important, OSHA said, because manufacturing capacity at the time of an outbreak would not meet the expected demand for respiratory protection...
Experts Announce New Stategy for Disaster Preparedness
The new proposal suggests legally protecting clinicians who follow accepted protocols for the allocation of scarce resources when providing care during...
Protecting Underground Infrastructure Through Manhole Security
Recent stories in the news have shown us all how important it is for our cities to improve their underground infrastructure security. In New York recently,...
Should Your Department Issue Patrol Rifles?
In general, law enforcement agencies tend to be reactive as opposed to proactive, and often it takes tragic incidents to force action. We saw this in...
NFPA Releases Electrical Safety Initiative With Cartoon
Throughout the video, the cartoon character Dan Doofus makes foolish mistakes that could turn into serious electrical hazards. For example, Dan is seen...
Report Reveals Company Trends in Developing Emergency Plans
Three-quarters of the 302 senior corporate executives surveyed in mid-2007 reported that their companies had emergency preparedness plans. The survey,...
Preventing and Managing Operating Room Fires
Robert Caplan, M.D., chair of the ASA Task Force on Operating Room Fires, said the lack of a national reporting system for operating room fires makes...
New Electronic System Improves Infectious Illness Reporting
Typically, clinicians report diseases by filling out paper forms and mailing or faxing them to health authorities, a time-consuming process that can lead...
NIST Conducts High-Rise Fire Experiments
According to NIST, 1,600 civilians died and more than 20,000 people were injured in high-rise building fires between 1985 and 2002. In high-rise fires,...
CSB Recommends National Fire Code for Hazardous Waste Facilities
When investigating the October 2006 fire at the EQ hazardous waste transfer facility, CSB officials found that the facility was not staffed or monitored...
USFA, NVFC Release Volunteer Fire Service Safety and Health Report
The volunteer fire service has distinct issues related to health and safety that need to be specifically addressed, said NVFC Chairman Philip Stittleburg....
USFA Releases Fire Risk Reports
Because of limited cognitive and physical abilities, very young children and older adults face a greater risk of dying in a fire, said United States Fire...
National Consortium Outlines Vision for Homeland Security
Meeting the national security challenges of todays world requires collaboration and commitment from all levels of government, the private sector and citizens....
Terror Alert System Does Not Cause Undue Stress
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey analyzed call data from...
Is Your Confined Space Rescue Team Ready?
A confined space is defined by OSHA as a space large enough and configured so that a person can enter and perform assigned work; has limited or restricted...
Cade: Save Responder Lives; Equip Homes with Sprinklers
As the U.S. fire administrator, it is my job to direct programs implemented to reduce the loss of life and property due to fire and related emergencies,...
Safety, Health and Survival Week Theme Focuses on Long-Term Results
The Safety, Health and Survival Week will be held June 22-28 to institute a strong culture of health and safety with the fire and EMS sectors. This years...
FIRE Act Grant Applications Due April 4
The AFG program will distribute approximately $500 million in grants to career, combination and volunteer fire departments for equipment, training, communications,...
CSB Video Provides Details of BP Texas City Blast
The start of 56-minute video, Anatomy of a Disaster, gives the viewer a graphic display of the explosion's aftermath, with images of dark, thick, smoke...
NYC Office of Emergency Management Coordinating Response to Crane Collapse
A tower crane installed at a construction site fell southward onto a property across the street at 300 East 51st Street, a 19-story residential building....
OSHA Not Issuing Combustible Dust Standard Anytime Soon
We have 17 different standards that are applicable to combustible dust, Foulke told members of the House Education and Labor Committee, noting that existing...
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