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Proposed OSHA rules could require Fire Chief Keith Koelling to replace it all with new gear every decade, costing tens of thousands of dollars. Fighting fires has evolved, but federal safety ...
The proposal would replace OSHA's existing Fire Brigades standard − marking ... Mayor John Buckley told the city's Board of Public Safety that the new standards “would impact every fire ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is ... some of the economic arguments laid out by volunteer fire departments. “OSHA preliminarily determined, based on the limited evidence ...
(KNWA/KFTA) — Fire departments in Northwest Arkansas could face a big financial strain if proposed changes by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) go into effect. OSHA is ...
"Certainly we expect and we want safety for firefighters ... discussions with volunteer firefighters and fire departments, I strongly urge OSHA to review this rule and consider the negative ...
Discover why NFPA 70E is the benchmark standard OSHA relies on when investigating arc flash and electrocution incidents.
A fire at BioLab's Conyers facility led ... The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its findings on Monday. What we know OSHA cited the ...
For fire departments, those new rules would include biannual ... squads that this could prove an existential threat to locally responsive public safety systems should give OSHA officials pause on this ...
COLONA, Ill. — The Colona Fire Department is pushing back against new fire safety standards proposed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Fire Chief John Swan said ...
ExploreBioLab fire: Chemical cloud has left Rockdale, but grief has not In a statement Monday night, BioLab said it has been closely cooperating with OSHA and “takes operational safety very ...