Negligent Failure to Plan: The Next Liability Frontier?
It's a normal Tuesday, when suddenly a huge blast rocks your workplace. You are jolted out of your seat. After an eerie silence, you hear screams and...
Speaking Out: The Most Important Issues
Every other year, leaders of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) put together a "Top Ten" list of public policy issues, which can be viewed...
Planning with Flexibility in Mind
By Scott Regen If flexibility holds the key to success, can organizations build it into their highly detailed response plans? How do they resolve the...
The PID's Role in First Response
by Dave Kuiawa When a hazardous materials (hazmat) response team arrives on the scene of an accident, there are many unknowns. Whether the potential hazard...
Terror-proofing Respirators and Protective Ensembles
by Alan S. Brown Within hours of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, experts began speculating about whether the terrorists had released...
How Can 2-1-1 Assist in a Crisis?
by Sandra Ray In July 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) designated one of the only remaining "n-1-1" numbers for use by community information...
Make Visibility a Priority
by Dan Shipp, President, International Safety Equipment Association For the emergency responder, danger is part of the job. Whether it's a fire, a motor...
Outbreak: What a Real Bioterrorism Incident Would Look Like
by Alan S. Brown It might take a week or longer for the first symptoms to show. And because the early stages of many bioterror agents look like the flu,...
Keeping Your Security Program Active
In a world of heightened tensions, organizations have become more aware of the different elements necessary to establish adequate physical security. But...
Emergency Planning's Five Key Steps
Emergencies strike without warning. An explosion and severe fire sweeps through an office. An earthquake shakes hundreds of computers from high storage....
PPE: Know What You Have, What You Need, Where to Find It, and How to Use It
by Dan Shipp, president, International Safety Equipment Association In the aftermath of the Sept. 11th attacks, companies were straining to fill orders...
Respiratory Protection Against Terror
by Todd Nighswonger A terrorist has attacked your plant, causing an explosion that releases chemicals into the air inside and around the facility. Do...
Cleaning Up After 9/11: Respirators, Power and Politics
by James L. Nash The Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) horrified the nation and the world: 2,800 civilians died in the conflagration, and...
Terrorism and Safety
The safety profession has been profoundly impacted by the events of 9/11. As a discipline, the safety function has been steadily assimilating the security...
PPE: Know What You Have, What You Need, Where to Find It, and How to Use It
by Dan Shipp, president, International Safety Equipment Association For the safety equipment industry, as for the nation and world, the attacks of Sept....
FEMA Grant Program a Huge Success
By James L. Nash By most standards, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) assistance to firefighters grant program has been a huge success....
One Year Later: World Trade Center Tragedy Prompts Reassessment of Response
By Alan S. Brown The first responders who rushed into the burning World Trade Center one year ago changed the way Americans think of heroes. They managed...
Massive Response Speeds Amtrak Rescue
By Alan S. Brown At 1:55 p.m. on Monday, July 29, Amtrak's east-bound Capitol Limited rocketed off its tracks in Kensington, Md., 12 miles outside of...
What You Can Learn from FEMA's HAZMAT Training Program
By Alan S. Brown It was a disaster. A school bus had crashed into a tank truck, and hazardous chemicals were now oozing closer to children on the ground....
What Can Responders Learn from Sept. 11?
By Dr. Mark A. Friend, CSP In May, as a professor of occupational safety at East Carolina University, I led a group, including six graduate students in...
Keeping Up-to-Date for Emergencies
Rolling blackouts. Economic downturns. You never know when disaster will strike or what form it will take, and you never know when your emergency action...
Emergency Response and Disaster Planning
Emergency planning is essential for all organizations. This applies whether you are a major manufacturer using large quantities of potentially hazardous...
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