New DVD Trains Health Care Workers On Respiratory Care During Disasters
The DVD, titled Cross Training Respiratory Extenders for Medical Emergencies, helps train physicians, physician assistants and nurses during events such...
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...
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...
AFL-CIO: Nation's Workplaces Too Unsafe
The union's annual report, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, was released April 26 as a precurser to Workers Memorial Day on April 28. The report...
Connecting Is Theme of SEDA Safety Leadership Summit
The 2007 Safety Leadership Summit of the Safety Equipment Distributors Association (SEDA) is scheduled for June 10-12 in Lake Tahoe, Calif. The theme,...
College Shooting Shows U.S. Schools Still Vulnerable
NCPC recommends that all higher education campuses continually update and rehearse emergency plans and emphasize a campus community-wide crime prevention...
Elevating Safety to New Heights
Two workers were injured, one fatally, in a tragic fall at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds during the installation of a banner in the food court, approximately...
Disaster Preparedness Training Saved Lives in Indonesia
The UN Technical Working Group, in conjunction with the National Coordinating Board for the Management of Disaster (BAKORNAS PB), carried out contingency...
Columbia Southern University Information Catalog 2007
Informing safety, health and industrial hygiene professionals in manufacturing, construction, and service sectors about trends, management strategies, regulatory news and products that help them provide safe and healthy work sites....
Near-Miss Reporting System Examines 2006 Events
The annual report is available online at www.firefighternearmiss.com and www.iafc.org/nearmiss. "In just a few short years, the National Fire Fighter...
NYC Mayor Proposes Safety Bills Due to Rise in Scaffold Deaths
Bloomberg has earmarked $6 million to implement recommendations from the Suspended Scaffold Worker Safety Task Force, which he convened in November 2006...
Don't Strain Yourself
by Josh Cable To the layperson, sprains and strains probably seem like small potatoes. Of all the calamities that life could visit upon a person, an ankle...
Active Agenda: Module of the Month
By Dan Zahlis Active Agenda is a global project designed to reduce workplace risk through global collaborative development and free distribution of open...
$1.7 Billion Earmarked for Local Homeland Security Programs in 2007
"This year's grant process will be more user-friendly. There will be increased interaction with all applicants before we award the grants to ensure effective...
Test Drive a PureSafety Online Course
We encourage you to view our FREE monthly Featured Course so you can see for yourself how interactive and engaging online safety training can be....
Prognos Customer Success Stories
Learn how our customers are realizing bottom-line business benefits through increased organizational efficiencies, improved data accuracy and workflow...
PureSafety Online Course Library We Now Offer Over 400 Courses
PureSafetys online course library covers EHS, HR, Industrial Skill and more. Our interactive and engaging courses are completely customizable and over...
Puresafety Now Offers New Tools To Protect Your People And Your Profits
The leading provider of online safety training now offers Prognos, the leading software for incident, injury and illness management, including Workers...
Half of States Score Poor Disaster Preparedness Scores
Prepared by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH), the report contains state-by-state health preparedness scores based on 10 key indicators to assess...
Improving Risk Management Through Incident Investigations
By Wayne Vanderhoof, WSO-CSS An investigation into a property damage incident in which a forklift operator hit a pole that protected a piece of equipment...
New York Unveils New Emergency Management Headquarters
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Commissioner Joseph Bruno earlier this month officially opened the new center at 165...
Chicago First Responders Save Iraq War Veteran
A female veteran, recently returned to the United States after serving in the Iraq War, was delivering packages to other veterans on behalf of the Purple...
Online Incident Command System Review Courses Available to First Responders
The new, scenario-based courses are intended as a review of fundamental ICS concepts and principles for responders planning to take intermediate or advanced...
Health and Fitness Leading Contributors to Firefighter Line-of-Duty Deaths
The study was conducted using data compiled from 6 years (2000 to 2005) of verified firefighter LODD from four sources: the National Fire Protection Association...
New DHS Ads Focus on Family Emergency Safety
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Advertising Council unveiled new public service advertisements (PSAs) in support of the Ready Campaign....
