One of the eight "key findings" is the first action to control the well, routing the rising oil and gas to the mud gas separator system aboard the Deepwater Horizon platform. If they had been routed overboard instead, the accident might have been less severe, the investigative panel concluded.
Franklin Lobos, a trapped miner who once played professionally for various teams in northern Chile and was part of the national team in 1984, acted as the match commentator.
Recommendation #6 from the Chemical Emergencies Work Group supports a bill using an approach to inherently safer technologies (IST) that the U.S. chemical industry opposes.
The EMS 2010 report, released Sept. 2, says the King County survival rate for witnessed cases of ventricular fibrillation of 46 percent makes it a national leader in that area.
Hurricane Earl, a Category 2 storm this morning, now poses little danger to the U.S. eastern seaboard. But the hurricane season isn't over, and other threats are out there.
As defibrillator programs are required in more and more countries, our proactive approach ensures that we're aware of all the local requirements.
Both the hearing and those who are hearing impaired must receive the same message, and it must be specific, consistent, certain, clear, and accurate.
The company said Monday that readings on two units recovered from the Upper Big Branch Mine indicate a "sudden inundation" of methane and almost immediate explosion occurred.
“This collaboration gives us an opportunity to extend our electric vehicle training and education program giving our nation’s first responders a platform to learn more about this new era of automotive transportation,” said Chevrolet Safety Director Gay Kent.
Building on their 2007 arrangement signed ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this document continues their cooperation and pledges them to work together on nuclear security in East Asia.
The Transportation Research Board's Aug. 25-26 meeting in Washington, D.C., available as a webcast, looks at every aspect -- safety culture, drivers, vehicles, infrastructure, EMS -- to develop a national strategy.
New York Deputy State Fire Administrator John Mueller is receiving the 2010 Excellence in Fire & Life Safety Award this week at the conference in Chicago.
According to its developers, the design's precision maneuverability throughout a large space and ability to be outfitted with a large variety of tools make it ideal for this type of application.
The emphasis in this year's grants is on hiring career firefighters and recruiting retaining volunteer firefighters.
The proposed rule would require them for each passenger seat and the driver's seat on passenger buses and large school buses. Comments are due by Oct. 18 on the rule, which would not require retrofitting buses now in service.
The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement began this series of public forums Aug. 4 in New Orleans, then moved on to Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla. Comments are being accepted until Sept. 30.
An online survey of 1,058 adults by the American Red Cross found about 20 percent would try to contact responders via e-mail, websites, or social media if unable to reach 911. Most believe help will come soon after they tweet or post an urgent request.
The American College of Emergency Physicians says a new report from CDC "once again debunks the myth that emergency departments are crowded with non-urgent patients."
Finalizing a proposed rule to incorporate more than 40 voluntary consensus standards in federal pipeline safety regulations, PHMSA said it will not adopt the 2008 editions of NFPA 58, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, and NFPA 59, Utility Liquefied Petroleum Gas Plant Code.
Based on a June 22-23 workshop, the report comes after the spewing BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been capped. The response involved more than 1 million gallons of dispersants and more than 40,000 workers.