Georgia Issues Combustible Dust Regulations
These regulations will set new standards for safety in industries that produce flammable dust in their manufacturing processes, Oxendine said. He said...
Swift-Water Awareness Is Important For All Responders
While the fire department may conduct the actual rescue, the swift-water rescue often is a unified response. Police often secure the perimeter and shut...
OSHA in Hot Seat at House Hearing
Foulke is the leading witness at the hearing, which will discuss H.R. 5522, The Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008. The measure...
Wisconsin 20th State to Adopt Latest Edition of NFPA 1 Fire Code
Today, perhaps more than ever, it is essential to provide the latest tools and training to the firefighters and building professionals charged with protecting...
First Responders Congress to Draw Emergency Personnel from Diverse Fields
Experts will share best practices with a variety of service groups at the congress. Firefighting, police, military, search and rescue and homeland security...
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Prevent More Dust Explosions
House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., and Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., stated that OSHA already has the authority to issue...
ASPH: 250,000 Public Health Workers Needed by 2020
ASPH warns that an approaching shortage of public health physicians, public health nurses, epidemiologists, health care educators and administrators in...
APHA: Check Emergency Kits When Turning Clocks Ahead
The American Public Health Association (APHA) launched a new campaign to encourage Americans to check their emergency preparedness kits when they change their clocks for daylight saving time on March 9...
Second Responder Bill to Provide Disaster Response Training for Construction Workers
The Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2007 (S. 2515) would provide $35 million to train, certify, register and integrate skilled construction workers...
University Agrees to Pay $1 Million for Lab Safety Breaches
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated the university in 2007 after one of its workers became sick with brucellosis in 2006...
CDC Releases State-Specific Emergency Preparedness Report
Since 2002, CDC has distributed more than $5 billion of federal funding to improve public health preparedness and response. In its report, Public Health...
Unions Petition OSHA for Emergency Dust Standard
According to UFCW, additional labor organizations also support the petition, which was filed in response to the tragic Feb. 7 explosion at the Imperial...
CSB, Legislators Push for Combustible Dust Standard
The Feb. 7 explosion at the Imperial Sugar Co. in Port Wentworth, Ga., killed nine employees and injured dozens of others. During the CSB briefing, Investigations...
Oil Refinery Blast Rattles West Texas Town, Injures Four
According to media reports, the explosion occurred around 8:20 a.m. at the Alon USA Energy refinery in Big Spring, Texas, a town located approximately...
DHS Denies OSHA Power to Invoke Emergency Response Plan, Official Says
According to a transcript of remarks made during the Jan. 24 National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) meeting sent to OccupationalHazards.com,...
Disaster Management is Planet Management
Emergency & Disaster Management Inc. is an independent firm that advises private, non-profit and governmental institutions throughout the world in emergency...
ATF National Response Team Joins Georgia Refinery Blast Investigation
The NRT team, which joined the investigation at the request of the Georgia State Fire Marshal's Office, arrived at the scene Feb. 9. NRT Special Agent...
Report Released on Mitigation of the Rural Fire Problem in the U.S.
The report, Mitigation of the Rural Fire Problem Strategies Based on Original Research and Adaptation of Existing Best Practices, provides implementation...
Fairfax County Police Deploy Devices to Enhance Identification Accuracy
For FCPD, the units, the DSV2+TURBO from Datastrip Inc., were loaded with custom software to seamlessly interface with FCPD's Automatic Fingerprint Identification...
6 Dead in Massive Sugar Refinery Fire
According to media reports, 95 to 100 workers were thought to be inside the Imperial Sugar refinery when the blast occurred. At press time, firefighters...
CSB to Probe Latest BP Texas City Fatal Incident
BP Supervisor Joseph Garcia was killed when a bolted-down metal lid flew off a water filtration vessel as it was being restarted, CSB said. The filtration...
ASSE Protests NYC Detector Permit Law
In the letter sent to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ASSE Chapter President Stephanie Altis-Gurnari stated that the legislation could have a negative...
Northrop Grumman Robots Tackle Security At Superbowl
A Northrop Grumman subsidiary, Remotec Inc. assisted the Phoenix and Glendale Police Departments by supporting Remotec-built robots provided by multiple...
New Online Training for First Responders
While online classes will not replace traditional, classroom-based instruction taught at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Md., the...
DHS Releases National Response Framework
The Jan. 22 release follows an extensive outreach and coordination process that included nearly 5,700 responses received during the frameworks public...
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