The Oct. 27-28 National Institute of Standards and Technology workshop in Norman, Okla., will be the third in the series on developing a community-centric disaster resilience framework. Taken by FEMA's Andrea Booher, this photo shows the destruction in Moore, Okla., by an F5 tornado on May 20, 2013.
Beginning in May 2015, France's Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile will welcome the first incoming group of students from Eurocontrol's Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre.
She had flown to Dallas from Cleveland on Oct. 13, and CDC is asking all 132 passengers on that flight to get in touch so they can be interviewed.
"Our message is clear: There is no place for sexual assault or sexual harassment in the fire service," said Laura Baker, deputy chief of the Tucson Fire Department and president of the International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services.
The design for 250 new trains has been selected. They'll be in service from the mid-2020s but will have an operator on board when they first enter service, Transport for London reported.
Nov. 14 is the comment deadline on the draft standard, which was developed by a panel of technical experts and reviewed by an Advisory Working Group with representatives from organizations that included the National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board, International Association of Chiefs of Police, DHS, and the FBI.
The safety board said it should offer better guidance for handling ammonium nitrate fires like the one that turned deadly in West, Texas.
The first is an online memorial to the estimated 20 million Americans who have died from smoking or secondhand smoke since the first Surgeon General's report on smoking and health 50 years ago.
The changes in General Industry and Construction Safety Orders are proposed for adoption Oct. 16.
DEA started this in September 2010. Its eighth day, April 26, 2014, resulted in 390 tons of pills being brought to more than 6,000 collection sites, meaning 4.1 million pounds of prescription medications have been collected to date. The most recent collection day took place last month.
The agency's Health Hazard Evaluation Program is seeking five facilities to participate. A team of industrial hygienists and medical officers will make site visits to assess workers' occupational exposures.
Remote circuit breaker racking mitigates arc flash hazards at Cascade Steel.
City Technology's Tom Gurd discusses emissions gas monitoring applications and how the right sensor can improve accuracy and reduce service costs.
Anti-fog and anti-scratch technologies are perfect examples of creating products tailored to relevant market needs.
As thermal exposure increases, the type of FR fiber and fabric plays an increasingly important role in body burn injury and estimated survivability.
Make it part of your risk management toolbox. It raises the standard of health and safety expected in a workplace.
Point out during training, or when you are just out raising awareness, particular areas or operations that are at greatest risk of starting a fire.