The July issue of NFPA's Electric Vehicle Safety Training newsletter includes a report summarizing the May 2012 workshop on emergency responders' PPE for hybrid and electric vehicles.
The Canadian company's chief cites "a series of unfortunate events and circumstances" after NTSB issues a critical report.
Policymakers and health care professionals have little evidence on which to base their decisions when allocating scarce resources during such events, the new AHRQ report finds.
The three busiest weeks on the calendar of the Texas Engineeing Extension Service are coming up this month.
The July 17-18 event will be webcast. Participants will discuss emerging technologies useful for these operations.
Vaccinations, travel health insurance, and knowing the location of emergency exits while at large events are among CDC's tips for U.S. travelers.
The flights to assist in Western wildland firefighting have resumed, the U.S. Northern Command announced July 3.
The fine announced July 2 is a civil penalty for the July 25, 2010, spill of 20,000 barrels of crude oil from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich.
The final allocations are for seven FY2012 Preparedness Grant programs; the total is nearly $1 billion below the FY2011 allocations, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.
Photoluminescent technology provides a new level of safety, as well as egress lighting.
From its inception in the Great Depression to today's recession, this publication has been a continual resource for worker protection.
A Swiss air rescue service enhanced its documentation efficiency and improved flight conditions by adopting new tablet PCs.
Pieper was troubled by a recurring problem: The hospital was in dire need of places to store and deploy emergency supplies and equipment.
Earlier SCBA alarms would be important protection for firefighters. Meanwhile, NFPA is moving to change its NFPA 1981 standard to require that indicators alarm at 33 percent of rated service time.
The proposal published on June 27 will clarify which personnel must receive periodic training and also says railroads’ preparedness plans must address the safe evacuation of people with disabilities.
A child was killed and a male resident suffered serious burns in the blast, which prompted police to evacuate 30 homes and a day care.
The authority credits broadcasted highway advisory radio messages, signage, pavement and crosswalk markings, new traffic signals, and continued enforcement for the recent 12 percent decline.
Basic supplies include absorbent compresses, antibiotic treatment, medical exam gloves, and adhesive bandages.
From Legionnaires’ Disease diagnoses among workers at an auto shredding operation to mail order pharmacy workers exposed to pill dust, students and professionals have explored interesting IH challenges recently.
Three honorees worked for six hours to save to Inuit hunters from a life raft that had filled with cold water, while the other pulled seven survivors from a stranded motor launch in stormy conditions.