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EHS Today Responder Safety
Current issues and trends in homeland security, emergency response, responder safety and critical infrastructure protection.
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Cultural factors in firefighters’ work environment that promote getting the job done as quickly as possible with whatever resources available lead to an increase in line-of-duty firefighter fatalities, according to researchers at the UGA College of Public Health. The researchers also determined that cardiovascular events, and not smoke inhalation, represent the leading cause of death for firefighters.
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On April 14, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., along with Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and others, introduced the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 to upgrade the nation’s system for managing chemical safety and protect communities from toxic chemicals.
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According to the Public Safety Alliance (PSA), thousands of public safety officers applauded the bi-partisan, long-term effort of the Obama and Bush Administrations for the May 2 execution of al Qaeda lead terrorist Osama bin Laden – but additional legislation is needed to ensure these responders can continue their work safely and effectively.
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With the 25th anniversary of the catastrophic Chernobyl nuclear accident, the world’s worst nuclear disaster that led to widespread radiation fallout across Europe, the safety of the nation's and world's nuclear facilities remains a top priority.
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A study examining the strategies nurses use to adjust between day and night sleep cycles found that as many as 25 percent of hospital nurses go without sleep for at least 24 hours in order to adjust to working on the night shift. This strategy is not effective in helping nurses’ internal clocks adjust to a nighttime schedule, researchers said.
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