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Extreme Heat Stress and Emergency Workers PLEASE READ ........... YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT !
Submitted by cheryl on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 22:51.Heat Stress
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) requires employers to comply with hazard-specific safety and health standards. In addition, pursuant to Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, employers must provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm. Emergency Preparedness Guides do not and cannot enlarge or diminish an employer's obligations under the OSH Act.
Hurricane Hermine COSTAL WARNING for TEXAS
Submitted by cheryl on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 14:51.NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — Mexican authorities opened shelters and warned people to watch out for mudslides Monday as Tropical Storm Hermine approached the northeastern border with Texas, the second major storm to hit the area this season.
Hermine could approach hurricane strength before making landfall early Tuesday in a sparsely populated area about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Matamoros, a city bordering Brownsville, Texas, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Imagine This Painful Phone Call
Submitted by RehabSector.org on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 18:50.She knew he was going to wake up the head of her agency. It was four A.M. on a Sunday and she was standing as close to their burning offices as officials would let her. The phone call couldn't wait. In fact, the wake-up call was overdue.
Fire Station Design: Some Resources You Might Not Have Seen
Submitted by RehabSector.org on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:16.Today we read an article which was linked in our news on rehabsector.org, entitled Fire Station Design: Funding Considerations for New Stations.
Writer Dr. Harry R. Carter makes several several interesting points about justifying the station you need by doing a good assessment of your needs and of the challenges you face.
But, he also notes that not everyone can design a usable fire station. More about that, shortly.
First, why would the "waterboys" care about fire stations, anyway? We care because the fire service is one of our main "customers" and we are dedicated to the wellbeing of our first reponders -- even the ones we will never meet. So, if we can help you shape your vision for what your new station should have, we'd like to.
We did some searching for resources for Fire Departments displaced by Hurricane Ike. Do you know who has some nifty ideas about fire station design? Nah, you'll never guess this.
First Responder Hot Weather Preparedness
Submitted by RehabSector.org on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 09:59.(Information from Homeland Security)
Emergency responder experiences substantiate the possibility of diminished individual performance and potential for degraded organizational effectiveness caused by intense summer heat. Accepting this fact, the Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) acknowledges that incident scene emergency responder rehabilitation (rehab) is imperative, but never more so than during periods of hot weather.
