National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Board and Staff Honored by Metro Chiefs
Compton, who served with the Phoenix and Mesa, Ariz., fire departments and is vice chairman of the NFFF, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award...
NIOSH Examines Future Directions To Prevent Fire Fighter Fatalities
In 2006, the National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH) held a public meeting and conducted a survey of fire departments regarding its future...
ACEP Celebrates 34th Annual National EMS Week, May 20-26
National EMS Week features hundreds of grassroots activities coast-to-coast tthat are planned around this years theme, Extraordinary People, Extraordinary...
Pandemic Guidance for Health Care Workers
OSHA, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services, in February issued Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic,...
Lung-Scarring Disease on the Rise Among Firefighters
Researchers from the Fire Department of New York's (FDNY) Bureau of Health Services, New York University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine compared...
Sarcoidosis on the Rise Among Firefighters
Researchers from the Fire Department of New York's (FDNY) Bureau of Health Services, New York University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine compared...
HHS DVD Offers Respiratory Care Training
The DVD titled Cross Training Respiratory Extenders for Medical Emergencies helps train physicians, physician assistants and nurses during events such...
Senators Express Concern About Responder Communications
In an April 24 letter to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Ranking...
Pandemic Concerns Spawn New Firm, Web Site
According to the company, subject matter experts on infectious disease control, SARS, emergency management, training and exercise design and product specialists...
FDA Approves 3M Respirators for Public Health Emergencies
The two filtering facepiece respirators called the 3M respirator 8612F and 8670F will be available to the general public without a prescription. The devices...
Fire Safety Study Lauded
The $700,000 joint study systematically investigated the characteristics of smoke and how materials used in modern residential settings have changed the...
Fire and EMS Stand Down for Safety on June 17-23
This year's event offers an opportunity for fire departments to include all possible duty shifts. In addition to the expanded schedule, Emergency Medical...
DHS Announces $24 Million Available to Nonprofit Organizations to Strengthen Security
This grant program will provide more than $24 million to eligible 501(c)(3) organizations who are deemed high-risk for a potential international terrorist...
New Ontario Bill Promises Compensation For Firefighters
According to Premier Dalton McGuinty, head of the Ontario government, the proposed amendment to Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Act would allow...
Fire, EMS, Stand Down For Safety in June
This year's event offers an opportunity for fire departments to include all possible duty shifts. In addition to the expanded schedule, Emergency Medical...
New Ontario Bill Promises Compensation For Firefighters
According to Premier Dalton McGuinty, head of the Ontario government, the proposed amendment to Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Act would allow...
Union: Chemical Facility Rule Falls Short
On April 2, DHS released an interim final rule that imposes comprehensive federal security regulations for high-risk chemical facilities. USW asserts...
Floridian Emergency Responders Urge Pandemic Flu Preparedness
The Coalition to Prepare Florida Now, composed of the Professional Firefighters of Florida, the Florida College of Emergency Physicians, infectious disease...
Rule Sets Anti-Terrorism Standards for Chemical Facilities
The department sought and reviewed comments from state and local partners, Congress, private industry and the public to develop consistent guidelines...
FDIC: MSA Unveils Next-Generation Breathing Apparatus in Indianapolis
Most notable among the new NFPA requirements is a stipulation that Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS) - an SCBA component that sounds a loud, piercing...
FDIC: Road Rescue Introduces New Ambulance Concept
The current configuration of most ambulances makes it difficult for technicians to safely perform life-saving functions on their patients while remaining...
FDIC: Nation's Firefighters Move to Phase II in To Hell and Back Program
To Hell and Back II: Firefighter Situational Awareness uses advanced 3-D graphics to tell the story of what went wrong in fireground operations when firefighters...
Officials Get First Look at Mobile Evacuation Bus
Government officials, using federal grants from the Department of Homeland Security's Urban Area Security Initiative, already have ordered seven of the...
CEO Addresses Importance of Pandemic and Business Continuity Plans
While California businesses are all too familiar with preparing for potential disasters such as earthquakes, Abercrombie noted, local businesses need...
Radiation Detection Testing Underway at Two Foreign Sea Ports
The tests represent the initial phase of the Secure Freight Initiative announced Dec. 7, 2006, which involves the deployment of nuclear detection devices...
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