The earthquake preparedness activities originated in California and now are taking place in many other countries. Thirteen states including California are taking part Oct. 18.
The Standards Council approved in principle a request to proceed with a standard addressing design, use, testing, and certification of SCBAs for emergency response operations that don’t involve structural firefighting.
With thousands of workers and billions of dollars on the line, oil rigs in Australia are being prepared to face the upcoming hurricane season.
An Oct. 12 launch event will take place at American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Wireless gas detection is a cost-efficient way to improve safety.
NSC describes the Safety Trail in the central aisle of the expo as "a visual journey through corridors of safety milestones from the last century."
The 2012 Software Award was shared by NASA's first mobile app and the QuakeSim software, which models the behavior of earthquake faults to improve earthquake forecasting.
During the mandatory training, a lifeboat is filled to capacity with crew members and maneuvered in the water to familiarize them with lifeboat operations.
The agency says the Safety Data Initiative launched in May is bearing fruit, with tools to help home and car buyers, farmers, and law enforcement officers.
The one-hour webinar on Sept. 18 is part of a series presented by CDC, the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and the American Public Health Association.
As penalty for an explosion earlier this year injuring three, a fireworks producer faces fines for 31 safety violations.
The latest survey of the National Mall shows the 5.8-magnitude earthquake one year ago did not affect how fast the 555-monument is settling. Since 1901, it has settled approximately 2.2 inches.
John Bresland, who has served on the U.S. Chemical Safety Board since August 2002, is retiring Aug. 31 to join the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center as a Research Fellow.
The SR 99 tunnel is moving a portion of the north-south state highway underground. A tunnel launch pit that is 400 feet long and 80 feet deep has been built.
States and non-profits are invited to apply by Aug. 31 for grants to provide training and training materials on mine emergency preparedness.
Testing well control equipment that would be used to cap a blown well in the ultra-deep Gulf of Mexico, the exercise began July 24 and will last more than a week, BSEE announced.
Testimony on Capitol Hill by the organization's first vice president on July 24 supported H.R. 2069, which would add a 4 percent incentive to FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to encourage states to adopt the latest building codes.
NTSB Member Mark Rosekind pointed this out in a July 20 blog post about his recent speech to the National Association of Counties' Transportation Steering Committee.
A July 19 National Academy of Sciences committee meeting in Washington, D.C., will be the forum for the agency to discuss its actions on issues raised by the Japanese disaster.
The Canadian company's chief cites "a series of unfortunate events and circumstances" after NTSB issues a critical report.