The Illinois Department of Labor’s IL OSHA and the Illinois Fire Service Institute are expanding their partnership to provide on-demand, experience-based firefighter safety training, using real-world ...

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, has received a $160,000 grant from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to fund fire safety education and training ...

NFPA standards have long been the gold standard for the nation’s fire and rescue service. Over the years, this standard-making body has extended into developing consensus standards for every facet of ...

On February 5, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to the Fire Brigades standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.156, and related ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Fire departments in Kansas and nationally could have to make costly updates if proposed standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are approved. The ...

Proposed regulations by OSHA, the federal workplace safety agency, have small, volunteer fire departments worried. The Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department is one of them. Chief Michael Knapp says ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a live fire training in Newington that sent six students and an instructor to the hospital with burns over the weekend. Charred ...

Errors in policy and procedure by both the Sterling and Rock Falls fire departments contributed in large part to the death of Sterling firefighter Lt. Garrett Ramos, the Occupational Health and Safety ...

UMass Lowell offers online safety certification in many areas. Once you have completed the appropriate online training, listed below, you must request certification through the "Request Certification" ...

In light of the ongoing and devastating fires in Los Angeles County, Cal/OSHA released new guidance to ensure the safety and health of workers involved in fire damage cleanup. Of note, Cal/OSHA’s ...