New Reports on Fire Protection and Municipal Water Supply Systems The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has completed a project with the Society of Fire...
U.S. Fire Administration Commemorates National Fire Prevention Week National Fire Prevention Week will be commemorated this year from October 5-11. The theme...
To all, This is a great position in a great department with great co-workers at a great university in a great State! What else could you want? - Jonathan ... ...
WorkSafeBC and its partners in the regulation of workplace health and safety across Canada have teamed up with the Canadian Standards Association to fund a two...
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) released today a new technical report titled Chemical Fire in Apex, North Carolina (PDF, 746 Kb). At 9:38 p.m. on...
While I am sure great skill and judgement was employed I think luck should be recognised. Just how did they evacuate 17,000 people through or away from a toxic...
Group The Uk Government have promoted Vulnerability & Threat assessments to identify the risks to business premises from terrorism. The following link goes to...
Forwarded by Timothy E. Davis, M.D., MPH Commander, U.S. Public Health Service Deputy Chief Medical Officer National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) UK Recovery...
Jeff, With all due respect, did you read the report? Or is this just cynicism? "From every account and after-action report, including the town's report, this...
PART III: RECOGNIZING MODULAR CONSTRUCTION Can you drive down the street and differentiate a modular building from a traditional stick-built structure? It may...
USFA Releases Report on the Chemical Fire in Apex, North Carolina The United States Fire Administration (USFA) released a new technical report titled Chemical...
USFA Releases Residential Structure and Buildings Fires Report WASHINGTON D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security's United States Fire Administration (USFA)...
USFA and NIST Complete Study of Thermal Imaging Technology The United States Fire Administration (USFA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
What constitutes high or low vapor pressure? Is there a numerical scale that's used to determine whether it's high or low? I understand that with low boiling...
When transported I would hope you don't need PPE. Be difficult driving with SCBA and Level A suit. Hazards are Inhalation, Dermal, Highly Flammable,...
Ward, Unfortunately, you might as well ask what constitutes light or dark. It depends on the context and on what your concern is. (Will something evaporate?...
There are varying opinions on what consttutes high or low vapor presssure. The old 8 section MSDS form that is still distrubuted by OSHA uses psi. Some of us...
Correction:? at about 3 am my mind was not in gear. The "old 8 section MSDS form still distributed by OSHA uses mm of Hg for vapor pressure (not psi). Sorry...
Looking for some assistance with the common "white" powder 911 call. I have been tasked with writing department operating policy/guidlines for responding to...
You might look at OSHA's E-Tool http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/anthrax/index.html CDC's information center http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/anthrax/ or, for the...
Thank you for your reply Mr Rose. I also hope no one should need this in their daily product transportation Presume this is not a requirement in your country...
There is a useful Free CBRNe Terrorism training and response module on www.robustresilience.com Regards Jeff Charlton ________________________________ From:...
Art, Send me a snail mail address and I will burn you a copy of the CD we use teach the Florida Dept. of Health Protocols Paul Paul R. Laska Forensic...
Our Facilities employees have recently begun generating oil-soaked rags from vacuum pump oil changes. I purchased the oily rag containers from Justrite, but it...
One thing to do is check the MSDS and see if possibly it says the oil will NOT self-heat (or similar wording). Oily rag spontaneous combustion is not...
Source: (USA) Federal Register: September 16, 2008 Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 Initiative ACTION: Notice of public listening session. SUMMARY: The...