March 03, 2011
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Health & Safety Newsletter March 03, 2011 |
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USFA Releases Fire-Related Firefighter Injuries Report
EMMITSBURG, MD - The Federal Emergency Management Agency`s (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) issued a special report today examining the details of firefighter injuries sustained on the fireground or while responding to or returning from a fire incident. The report, Fire-Related Firefighter Injuries Reported to NFIRS (PDF, 945 Kb), was developed by USFA`s National Fire Data Center and is further evidence of FEMA`s effort to reduce the number of firefighter injuries through an increased awareness and understanding of their causes and how they might be prevented. The report is part of ... |
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Urgent clean-up of South Africa toxic mine liquid
South Africa plans to set up a chain of pumping stations and treatment plants to prevent toxic liquids building up in defunct gold mines beneath Johannesburg from reaching dangerous levels. Water has already started leaking from abandoned mines west of Johannesburg in the so-called Western Basin. Immediate action is needed because acidic mine water is expected to reach environmentally critical levels under Johannesburg by June 2012, government officials and scientists told reporters last week. "Work in the Western Basin is immediate", Thibedi Ramontja, chief executive officer of ... |
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