March 19
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released the 2010 Edition of NFPA 1600, Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs. Download a free pdf file of this standard from the NFPA site.
March 15
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published the "Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Standard" eTool to help prevent deaths from electrical shock while working on electrical equipment or related utility operations.
February 1, 2010
Time to Post the OSHA Annual Summary: It's that time again! Beginning February 1, employers must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illness that occurred last year. As a reminder, employers are only required to post the Summary (OSHA Form 300A) - not the OSHA 300 Log. The posting must be available from February 1 to April 30, and is to be displayed in a common area where notices to employees are usually posted.
January 27, 2010
OSHA Injury & Illness Data: From 1996 to 2007, OSHA collected work-related injury and illness data collected from more than 80,000 employers. Today that information became available in a searchable online database, allowing the public to look at establishment or industry-specific injury and illness data. read more...
January 13, 2010
The magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday is the strongest earthquake to hit the region in more than two centuries, geologists say.
Anyone wishing to donate or provide assistance in Haiti following the devastating earthquake that struck near Port au Prince on Jan 12, 2010, is asked to contact the Center for International Disaster Information. CIDI has established a dedicated page to coordinate Haiti support at: http://www.cidi.org/incident/haiti-10a/
You can also text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill. Or you can go online to organizations like the Red Cross and Mercy Corps to make a contribution to the disaster relief efforts.
January 1, 2010
The New Year is here! For the sixth year the Ready Campaign is encouraging Americans to Resolve to be Ready by making a New Year's resolution to get prepared for emergencies. We hope you will join us in this effort. To help assist you in your outreach, please find the toolkit with helpful resources to promote Resolve to be Ready 2010 in your communities and businesses at http://www.ready.gov
October 24, 2009
President Obama Signs Emergency Declaration for H1N1 Flu. This allows the nation to be better prepared in the event of a rapid increase in illness across the Nation that may overburden health care resources.read more...
October 15, 2009
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano today announced proposed standards for a new program for the private sector to improve preparedness for disasters and emergencies: the Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation & Certification Program (PS-Prep). read more...
