Emergency Response

Listen to this 1980 news recap of the 1970 Crescent City, IL LPG BLEVEs.  Talking about Railcar design and labeling needs.  It seems like crazy times compared to what we have now.    … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

This video is making the rounds today. As far as I know, it is real, but those of you who are TRAINED responders will be doubtful an actual response could be done so poorly. I have no idea what is/was inside the cylinder, which they carried by hand to an awaiting pickup truck (let’s pray…...

The Director of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity announces the amendment of the following rules: GI Part 74. Firefighting – MIOSHA has amended General Industry Safety and Health Standard Part 74. Fire Fighting. Public Act 291 of 1966, The Fire Fighters Training Council Act, was amended in 2020. Due to this amendment,…...

Full Disclosure:  This is a horrible decision, based on legal matters and not on safety and health.  So use it wisely! In this case, we must decide whether the Power Generation Plant violated OSHA’s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard when employees at one of its power plants responded to an ammonia release without…...

A video was recently shared with me showing some crazy response tactics from what appeared to be a professional fire department.  But if you want to use this video in your training efforts, PLEASE ensure you use it as “How NOT to respond to such an event”.  Engine fire in a Chevy pick-up leads to…...

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As discussed, OSHA is making significant revisions to its Fire Brigade standard.  And in the DRAFT version, OSHA establishes a minimum staffing level for working/entering an IDLH atmosphere.  Many of you who are part of or manage the fire brigade may recall that OSHA has made room for “judgment” regarding staffing available and performing life-saving…...

This provision of the draft standard would, based on the type and level of service(s) established by the Emergency Service Organizations (ESO), require the ESO to establish minimum medical requirements based on the tiers of responder duties, tasks, and responsibilities. A qualified healthcare professional would perform the medical evaluation of the responders. The medical evaluation…...

The proposed OSHA standard will NOT apply to all public sector emergency responders. The scope is limited to Emergency Service Organizations (ESOs) and responders under OSHA’s jurisdiction. ONLY public ESOs that are in state plan states are under OSHA’s jurisdiction and therefore the analysis excludes public ESOs and responders in non-state-plan states. The following states…...

If you deal with emergency planning and response to releases of hazardous substances you can take a deep breath and have a sigh of relief… OSHA is NOT touching its HAZWOPER standard under its proposed revision to its emergency response standards.  The changes OSHA is proposing will apply ONLY to its Fire Brigade standard, 1910.156. …...

Who might be covered by a new Emergency Response standard? The draft Emergency Response standard would apply to employers that mitigate a hazard in an emergency response situation and the activity is currently covered by 29 CFR 1910.156, or is not covered by another OSHA standard. The standard would apply to, but not be limited…...