For fire and rescue services, it is nearly impossible to receive an emergency call ... can the atmosphere inside a confined space change? Instantly! These simple procedures should apply to ...

Motivation: In many cases, commercial establishments where confined space entry is part of the regular work routine will have personnel on-site to perform emergency rescues. In those cases where ...

Consider this scenario: Your team is dispatched to a report of a victim trapped in a shaft–a confined space ... rescue incident, the TR safety is familiar with the rigging and pre-entry ...

An emergency plan must be established, and communication equipment must be operable, with procedures clearly understood, before any rescue is attempted. All rescuers who enter the confined space ...

This article will focus on using 911 as your confined space program rescue service. Before I go any further, I want to say that in my view, our 911 emergency responders are true heroes.

However, written operating and rescue procedures still are required ... and maintain the PPE and rescue equipment and act as rescuers in annual simulated confined space emergency drills. Even trained ...

Heeding these precautions and following confined space procedures can save your life. If there is a confined space incident, Call: 978-934-4911 or on-campus extension: 4-4911.

Once the risks are known, competent confined space rescue plans can be developed. Too many people assume local emergency services can handle these dangers without really thinking about the timing ...

Confined space entry is one of the leading causes of occupational fatalities in the United States. Workers in America make 4.8 million confined space entries per year. Joe Gurican, who teaches a ...

PHOENIX - Phoenix Fire officials say their crews have "not been able to confirm any type of emergency' at the scene of what was initially reported to be a confined space rescue. The scene unfolded ...

On January 24, 2018, The Frisco (TX) Fire Department (FFD) Special Operations (Spec-Ops) Team responded to a confirmed confined space rescue in ... County Sheriff’s Emergency Dispatch took ...