Dr. Margaret Chan said "well-functioning health systems are the cushion that keeps sudden shocks from reverberating throughout the fabric that holds societies together, ripping them apart."
One of 30 research projects completed during 2014 will win the medal, with the winner announced during NFPA's 2015 annual conference. The medal recognizes the project that best exemplifies the foundation's fire safety mission, technical challenges that were overcome, and a collaborative approach to execution.
It seeks applicants with emergency management, emergency response, and cybersecurity expertise. Appointments are for three-year terms to end Aug. 15, 2018.
Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the agency is adding two automatic emergency braking systems to the recommended advanced safety features included under its New Car Assessment Program.
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx found that these proposed operations did not need an FAA-issued certificate of airworthiness because they don't pose a threat to national airspace users or national security.
The recent guidance aims to help address specific risks or concerns about nanomaterials present in the workplace.
The October 2012 fire burned seven workers at an East Rutherford, N.J., plant.
A construction worker is dead after falling from a stage being built in a parking lot outside the University of Phoenix Stadium.
Two Canadian executives were sentenced to 25 days in jail after the 2013 warehouse accident.
A+A 2015 has about 699,650 square feet of booked space and will occupy nine halls when it takes place Oct. 27-30 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany, Messe Düsseldorf North America announced.
ASSE's SeminarFest 2015 will take place Feb. 6-12 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The event features 82 workshops and seminars on a wide variety of topics.
The loan will go to Sound Transit's Link Light Rail.
MSHA announced that federal inspectors issued 117 citations and four orders during special impact inspections.
CR Brands, Inc. is recalling Mean Green® Super Strength Cleaner & Degreaser and Mean Green® Industrial Strength Cleaner & Degreaser because their label states "Does not contain Ammonia," but the product may contain it.
A Los Angeles City Council member, LAFD Chief Ralph Terrazas, and representatives of ATF and the L.A. Police Department held a news conference Jan. 21 to announce the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever was responsible for last month's Da Vinci Apartments fire.