Senate Confirms Kelvin Cochran as the Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate on Aug. 7 applauded the Senate's confirmation of Kelvin Cochran as the administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration...
DHS Secretary Napolitano Announces $42 Million in Funding for Explosive Detection Systems at Three Airports
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano on Aug. 7 announced approximately $42 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the construction of new inline baggage handling systems...
National Firefighter Health Week is August 17-21
If you’re a firefighter, the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) wants to know: What have you done for your health this year? Have you joined a gym, eaten a well-rounded diet, talked to your physician about regular health screenings? Are you dealing well with the stress that comes with putting your life on the line to protect others...
OSHA Program Targets Workplaces that Release Highly Hazardous Chemicals
Facilities that potentially could release highly hazardous chemicals resulting in toxic fire or explosion hazards are the focus of a national emphasis program (NEP) developed by OSHA...
OSHA Launches Airport Traffic Control Inspection Program
OSHA’s new “Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Traffic Control Tower Monitoring Program” is an inspection-targeting program that focuses on the safety of airport traffic control tower personnel by monitoring how workers clear a control tower in case of fire and other emergencies...
More Than Half of Emergency Department Nurses Have Been Physically Assaulted at Work
Emergency departments are places to receive treatment for injuries, but for thousands of nurses, these departments are the sources of injury...
Survey Finds 1 in 6 Public Health Workers Unlikely to Respond in Pandemic Emergency
A new survey shows that approximately one in six public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic emergency regardless of its severity...
GAO Reports Bomb-Making Materials Smuggled Past Guards in Federal Buildings
Some folks at the Federal Protection Service, the group charged with protecting federal buildings, are a little red in the face, following a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report outlining how investigators smuggled bomb-making materials into federal buildings...
Smart Choices Save Wetumpka Time, Money When Repairing Road Collapse
Exceptions, not rules, saved the City of Wetumpka, Ala., hundreds of thousands of dollars and several months of construction and street closures...
New Report Finds Fault with Radiation Portal Monitors, Better Technology Needed
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., says a new report questioning the effectiveness of next-generation radiation portal monitors means the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) must develop better technology to prevent terrorists from smuggling nuclear weapons across our borders...
Speed, Social Media and Crisis Communication
Organizations communicating health and safety information during a crisis need to respond quickly and in common terms when communicating to the public, otherwise audiences will seek information elsewhere...
CSB: ConAgra Explosion Likely Caused by Natural Gas
Based upon its ongoing investigation of the fatal June 9 ConAgra Foods explosion, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said the blast likely was caused by natural gas that may have been purged into the building during a water heater installation...
GAO Report Finds Federal Agencies’ Flu Preparedness “Uneven,” Recommends Monitoring
In testimony before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee, Bernice Steinhardt, director of strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), said some federal agencies are not fully prepared for a possible flu pandemic...
CSB Releases Safety Video on Need for Chemical Emergency Preparedness
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) recently released a new safety video showing the need for emergency response agencies, companies and communities to work closely together...
Two Workers Dead, Dozens Injured After Blast at N.C. ConAgra Foods Facility
An explosion rocked a ConAgra Foods facility in Garner, N.C. around 11:30 a.m. on June 9, killing two workers and sending more than 40 workers to local hospitals, four of them with critical burns. Four fighters were sent to the hospital after they inhaled ammonia, which is used at the facility as a refrigerant. ...
Fire Chief Jeff Johnson Testifies on Capitol Hill in Support of Better Hazmat Preparedness
Jeff Johnson called for improved national preparedness for the response to hazmat incidents during testimony before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials....
Government Urges Americans to Focus on Personal Emergency Preparedness During Hurricane Season
As Hurricane Season 2009 begins to ramp up, and with Katrina and other hurricanes still in the minds of many, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to work with state, local and federal partners to increase preparedness and coordinate response and recovery in the case of a hurricane or disaster. FEMA also is urging Americans to use the annual start of hurricane season as a reminder to assess your personal readiness to respond to emergencies....
Public Comments Sought for Two Radiological Emergency Preparedness Documents
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking public comment on two radiological emergency preparedness documents, published in the Federal Register. These documents will update emergency preparedness requirements for planning and response organizations surrounding operating nuclear power plants....
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate Outlines Priorities With IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate addressed members of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) attending their mid-year meeting at FEMA's Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Md., indicating the agency intends to focus on the public’s preparedness for emergencies....
AIHce: Communicating Risk and Effective Crisis Communications
Session speaker Pam Ferrante, CSP, CHMM, discussed key elements of effective crisis and risk communication at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) ...
Ready for Anything? An Emergency Response Checklist
Years ago, it was acceptable to factor loss of life into the planning for major public works projects like dams and bridges. In those days, safety in...
OSHA Adds Three Standards to Revised Shipyard Industry Document
In its recently revised Shipyard Industry Standards, OSHA published three additions: Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment, contamination issues related to hexavalent chromium and Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)....
New Center Aims to Improve Recovery of Soldiers with Severe Injuries
The new Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Bioengineering for Soldier Survivability is working to improve the recovery of soldiers with severe injuries by quickly moving newly developed tools and technologies from laboratories to use in military trauma centers....
Student Engineers Design Fire Suppression System
A group of graduating engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute designed a prototype of a new "smart" fire suppression system that pinpoints the location of a fire in a building ...
House Hearing: Ensuring Preparedness Against the Flu at School and Work
Protecting health care workers, first responders and other employees on the frontlines of a pandemic outbreak is key to strengthening the nation’s ability to fight viral outbreaks and keep the public safe, experts told the House Education and Labor Committee during a May 7 hearing....
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