The U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Academy has announced four Incident Command System (ICS) Simulation Series courses are now available through NFA Online.
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has released a report titled Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2007 which continues a series of annual studies by the administration of on-duty firefighter fatalities in the United States.
The initiative includes materials designed to help firefighters understand the risks of smoking and how to quit. The resources are available on a new Web site at www.iaff.org/smokefree.
Stony Brook University Medical Center's Long Island World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program was awarded $9 million for its medical programs until mid-July 2009.
"Handling dangerous chemicals, electrical hazards, and machine
guarding problems are issues that should not exist at any worksite,"
said Richard Gilgrist, director of OSHA's area office in Cincinnati.
Three incidents of the lights overheating and melting have been reported.
Workplace safety professionals who want the ability to interact with each other more than just once a year at trade shows and conferences now have a new resource.
This year marks the 20th anniversary for the Chicagoland Safety & Health Conference, co-sponsored by the OSHA and slated for September 15-18 at Northern Illinois University, 1120 E. Diehl Road in Naperville.
A public hearing is set for Aug. 28 in Salem to discuss elimination of the minimum $100 penalty for failing to create a committee and a change that lets these employers hold safety meetings with fewer paperwork requirements.
At the Sept. 17-23 International Code Council Final Action Hearing in Minneapolis, BOMA hopes to derail the required extra exit stairway for tallest buildings and an emergency responder radio coverage proposal.
"The After Action Critique: Training Through Lessons Learned" is designed to help all fire service members gather critical information from all emergencies; document lessons learned; and assist with the continuous evolution of firefighter training.
There are lessons for firefighters and fire departments in the city of Charleston, S.C.’s comprehensive Phase II report on nine Charleston Fire Department firefighters’ deaths on June 18, 2007, in the Sofa Super Store fire— the worst single loss of life for the fire service since 9/11. The cultural lessons may be most important and also hardest to embrace.
An inspection opened in January 2008 also identified new hazards including unguarded pulleys, lack of auxiliary lighting on pallet jacks, and exposed live electrical wiring.
The investigation and subsequent citation followed a Jan. 23 incident in which an employee was caught in an unguarded conveyor.
More than 75,000 DVDs resulting from CSB investigations have been distributed to industry and labor groups, government agencies, safety trainers, educators, emergency responders, and individual requesters throughout the world, the agency said.
"Our big take-home message is, wear self-contained breathing apparatus during all phases of firefighting," said co-author Suzanne Snedeker. "Put on the gear before arriving at a fire and don't take it off until the operation or inspection is completed, even during fire inspections conducted days later when chemicals can still outgas from charred remains."
About 4,200 units of the Sperian Warrior SCBA, shown here, will be shipped to fire departments in the Los Angeles County area in the next 10 months, the company announced today.
Seven repeat offenses for similar fall hazard violations in 2006 and 2007 alone resulted in $100,000 in proposed penalties.
The ongoing investigation of the accident by OSHA is a good start, but that the CSB, which investigated the 2005 explosion at a BP refinery in Texas City, is especially suited to look into this kind of industrial accident, says U.S. Rep. Gene Green.
Changes include a revised point system, changes in credit by degree level and field, changes in credit for other qualifications, and a new minimum experience requirement.