The resources include a list of potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, including emerging infectious diseases, and specifying those diseases routinely transmitted through airborne or aerosolized means.
With all of the changes in duties expected of emergency responders, it is imperative that we revamp our training methods.
Cooking fires and fires caused by open flame increase during the winter holiday season, the U.S. Fire Administration, insurance companies, and safety groups warn.
Today’s AEDs are more reliable than ever, and recalls have declined.
The death rate per 100 reported fires was twice as high in homes without a working smoke alarm as it was in home fires with smoke alarm protection.
The $34 million facility "will ensure our students have the best possible learning environment as they prepare to protect our homeland," said the organization's director, Connie Patrick.
The revision in the emergency management drill requirements in Standard EM.03.01.03 for the home care accreditation program would allow some organizations to use annual tabletop exercises rather than functional ones.
Each year, approximately 25 percent of on-duty firefighter fatalities occur while responding to or returning from incidents, with the majority of fatalities resulting from vehicle crashes.
It is one of seven recommendations the agency's staff is beginning to implement immediately from the task force examining lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi crisis.
Moving millions of passengers and tons of cargo by air and sea, Transcom also is vital for evacuating wounded soldiers, maintaining operations in Afghanistan, and supporting disaster response around the world.
Section 4 is devoted to flash mobs, both criminal and comedic. NRF said in its recent Criminal Flash Mob report, 10 percent of retailers said they have been a victim of a multiple offender crime.
The five-day event in Detroit includes a session where Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will discuss the prospects for a new highway funding bill from Congress and a GM executive will explain how U.S. automakers are reinventing themselves.
With the MV Rena now expected to break apart, six vessels are trying to corral floating containers from the ship. Salvage firm Svitzer has winched workers aboard who hope to resume removing oil from its tanks.
Traumatic brain injuries rose from 153,375 in 2001 to 248,418 in 2009, said the report.
Both resulted from lessons learned in one of the greatest sea rescues on record: the Oct. 4-5, 1980, rescue of all 524 passengers and crew members from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Alaska.
Young men, ages 21–34, made up only 11 percent of the U.S. population in 2010, yet were responsible for 32 percent of all episodes of drinking and driving.
The final day's activities Oct. 6 in Columbus, Ohio, included a mine rescue stakeholder meeting with MSHA Assistant Secretary Joe Main, and an awards banquet in the Battelle Grand Ballroom.
What the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia called "one of the most brazen corruption schemes in the history of federal contracting" was outlined Oct. 4, when the indictment was unsealed.
The Japanese government on Sept. 30 lifted its order requiring municipal governments within a radius of 20 to 30 kilometers from the plant to keep children and pregnant women out of that zone.
The recent urban riots showed employers need assistance in preparing for unexpected emergencies, so the Cabinet Office and the British Standards Institution developed one after consulting with businesses.