The United States Fire Administration (USFA) recently announced the availability of wildland fire skills Gap courses for structural firefighters.
It will be an ANSI-recognized American National Standard, the organizations announced Wednesday.
Craig Fugate, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management since 2001, has presided over 23 Declared State Emergencies, according to DHS.
"Personnel trained to the first responder awareness level may make an effort to identify hazardous substances, but they must do so from a safe distance," wrote Richard E. Fairfax, director of OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Programs.
Some of the planned "Weather Emergency Preparedness Week" activities will include community-based public information programs, a one-day exercise, and a statewide test of the Emergency Alert System network used by broadcasters.
In cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, San Diego-based LG Electronics MobileComm USA Inc. is rcalling certain LG 830 "Spyder" cell phones that can have difficulty sustaining a connection or have poor voice quality on calls to emergency 911.
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The first and most important objective in the hierarchy of controls is the elimination or substitution of a hazard. This principle was also the impetus for the creation of Leica ScanStation 2, which is manufactured by Heerbrugg, Switzerland-based Leica Geosystems AG. This mobile laser scanner features an embedded high-resolution camera and a high-definition, 3D laser scanning system that can quickly map an environment in 360 degrees, collecting 50,000 measurements per second to create a photorealistic view of any setting.
In the midst of changes taking place throughout the health care industry, many OHNs are rightly feeling they are in a whole new profession, which helps explain why organizers of this year's annual AAOHN conference have for months now been plugging the event with the tagline "It's a Whole New Symposium."
In addition, one of the plant's maintenance providers has also been cited, in part for failing to adequately train employees to fight fires, which it contracted to do at the site.
Making and keeping the workplace safe and healthful will be the focus of the 18th Annual Downstate Illinois Occupational Safety and Health (DIOSH) Day slated for March 4 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Ill. Workplace safety and health issues will be discussed and information made available to employers, employees and the general public.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just launched RSS feeds for two of the most popular sections of its emergency.CDC.gov Web site.
A free, one-hour safe handling CE webinar on the subject is planned for April 20--the inaugural Safe Handling Awareness Day--and all health care professionals are invited to participate.
A special section in "Health, United States: 2008" examines the latest data available for U.S. residents ages 18-29 and identifies problem areas.
The roundtable at 2 p.m. Eastern next Tuesday features health care expercts on safety, security, and emergency preparedness from hospitals in California, New York, and Louisiana.
The pilot's impairment due to medications he had taken and lack of communication between the pilot and the master contributed to striking the bridge, which ultimately caused at least $73.5 million in damage, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in its report Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the agency has promised to adjust its mine rescue teams final rule as directed in a Feb. 10 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
When the container ship struck a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on the foggy morning of Nov. 7, 2007, a spill of more than 53,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil fouled beaches along San Francisco Bay.
The Yakima, Wash.-based company agreed to spend more than $85,000 within the next year for safety improvements and to purchase new communications and rescue equipment for local fire departments.