The Fire Adapted Communities (FAC) Coalition has released a new report, "Lessons from Waldo Canyon" and a companion video, "Creating Fire Adapted Communities: A Case Study from Colorado Springs and the Waldo Canyon Fire." The report and video are based on interviews, field visits and tours of the City's most affected neighborhoods conducted by the FAC Coalition's assessment team during a three day visit to the area in July 2012. These new resources share the post-fire field investigation, and stress the importance of communities becoming fire adapted. To read the full report, visit: http://www.fireadapted.org.
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This February 2013 video from the NRDC says 80 percent of all antibiotics are used on factory farm animals, and this eventually leads to antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.” It urges people concerned about the problem to support meat without drugs and help stop the superbugs.
Dr. John Hall, NFPA's division director of Fire Analysis & Research, talks about a new support tool to assist fire departments in managing unwanted alarms. Dr. Hall was on the program to talk about the project at the Fire Protection Research Foundation's Fire Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications Symposium (SUPDET), which took place Feb. 26-March 1, 2013.
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Learn how Boeing and Embraer are making the safest transportation even safer with Runway Situation Awareness Tools. Every runway and landing is different, and this gives pilots the tools and data to be prepared for any weather or runway condition.
This film presents a brief overview of some causes and consequences of workplace falls. Topics include fatal and nonfatal incidents, costs of falls, same-level falls, falls from heights, and hazardous industries. Copyright 2012, Mitch Ricketts. An illustrated transcript is available at: http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/agsafe/p.aspx. Copyright 2012, Mitch Ricketts, Ph.D., CSP, Health, Safety and Environmental Quality Coordinator, K-State Research & Extension, 105D Waters Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506. 785-532-7068, mrickett@k-state.edu.
In this video from the American Chemistry Council's YouTube channel, Matt Blais, Ph.D., explains his recent independent analysis, drawn from a National Institute of Justice arson study, that speaks to the difference flame retardants make when they are used in household furniture. Dr. Blais is a the Director of Fire Technology at Southwest Research Institute and a technical advisor to the North American Flame Retardant Alliance.
Misawa Air Base, Japan, is one of the snowiest U.S. military installations in the world. This video from The Pentagon Channel on YouTube shows how driving the "Slippery Weasel" course helps new arrivals improve their safe driving skills.
The small near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth on Feb. 15, 2013. It will be so close that it will pass inside the ring of geosynchronous weather and communications satellites. Asteroid 2012 DA14 will be closest to Earth at about 11:24 a.m. PST (2:24 p.m. EST and 1924 UTC) on Feb. 15, when it will be at a distance of about 27,700 kilometers (17,200 miles) above Earth's surface. NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office can accurately predict the asteroid's path with the observations obtained, and it is therefore known that there is no chance that the asteroid might be on a collision course with Earth. Nevertheless, the flyby will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study a near-Earth object up close. This NASA video includes an interview with Donald K. Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
On a test track in the new Volvo FH, together with test drivers you get to experience how the Collision Warning with Emergency Brake system can avoid a rear end collision, even if it's tight! The tractor trailer is fully loaded to 40 tons GCW.
The DuPont James River site was awarded the first annual E.I. du Pont Safety Excellence Medal in recognition of the interdependent workplace safety culture that has allowed them to work 30 years without an event-related lost workday injury. In this short video James River employees share, in their own words, why they make safety a choice.
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