Selected links to firefighter workplace, industrial, technology and OHS news
stories across the last seven days.
Australia Auswide – Asbestos need to know Firefighters are at risk of asbestos exposure because of its frequent use in older structures and its ability to linger in the air even after a fire has been extinguished.
Vic: Bushfires Royal Commission / Black Saturday impact roundup:
The United Firefighters Union says Victoria's three fire services should be merged into one, with an across-the-board move to career firefighters. Professor David Hayward, dean of the school of global studies, social science and planning at RMIT, has presented a report commissioned by the UFU to the Bushfires Royal Commission. He says this approach would also reduce duplication and difficulties associated with different equipment, uniforms and communications.
WA: DEC's bushfire efforts under review An independent investigator has begun his review into the Department of Environment and Conservation's (DEC) ability to manage major bushfires.
USA: FIRE Act/SAFER Reforms Move Forward
says IAFF
Legislation to improve the Assistance to Firefighters (FIRE Act) and
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant programs
takes an important step forward as the Senate Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approves the Fire
Grants Reauthorization Act.
USA: Oil spill set on fire Crews set fire to some of the oil slick caused by a leak from the site of an oil rig which exploded and sank last week in the Gulf of Mexico.
USA: Rastafarian Vs tax collector Six years ago, the local fire district sent former marine a bill for $27,552 for cutting down what firefighters characterised as fire-prone weeds but what he says were fire-resistant native flora.
Norway: Dozens evacuated in Oslo fire Firefighters use cranes and lifts to rescue residents who couldn't make their way down smoke-filled stairwells.
