Emergency Response

• Emergency response teams

• Onsite Emergency Response Capabilities

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to begin the process of potentially amending its regulations to strengthen and integrate . The NRC seeks public comment on specific questions and issues with respect to possible revision to the NRC's requirements for , and development of both new requirements and the supporting regulatory basis. This regulatory action is one of the actions stemming from the NRC's lessons-learned efforts associated with the March 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 23161, April 18, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Indigenous mobility and the Northern Territory Emergency Response.

A number of commentators have suggested that the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER), introduced in June 2007, has promoted the movement of N...

• People and Place
• Vol. 17 Nbr. 1, April 2009

• 29 CFR 1910.120 - Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 29: Labor

• 29 CFR 1926.65 - Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 29: Labor

• 49 CFR 172.602 - Emergency response information.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 49: Transportation

• Missouri Appeals Court Upholds Emergency Response Worker's Firing

A state appeals court upheld the firing of a St. Charles County employee as well as the disciplinary procedure the county used against the employee. At the same time the court resolved a dispute about potential due process issues before the Merit Commission. William Turner was hired in July 2008 as the regional response planner in the county's Department of Community Health and Environment's Office of Emergency Preparedness and Epidemiology. He was fired nearly a year later after failing to perform well under an emergency situation -- distributing the H1N1 vaccine to area pharmacies.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• October 12, 2011

• 49 CFR 172.604 - Emergency response telephone number.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 49: Transportation

• Emergency Response Times and Citizen Safety

NATIONAL CITY, Calif., June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National City is putting the safety of its citizens first -- by giving emergency services vehicles top priority. The City recently installed state-of-the-art Opticom(TM) multimode signal priority equipment to enhance safety and provide more efficient traffic signal preemption and management. National City has long advocated traffic signal preemption as a means to improve emergency response. Currently, more than 70 intersections are equipped with infrared (IR) signal priority technology, most of which are Opticom(TM) devices. This allows emergency responders to activate green lights en route to their destination. With the new multimode technology installed at eight intersections, traffic signals can be triggered using IR or global posi...

• U.S. Newswire
• June 30, 2011

• Emergency-Response Crews Being Shuffled at County Lockup

Allegheny County Jail top officials are reorganizing its emergency-response teams as federal officials continue an investigation of the lockup. According to a memo that the Tribune-Review obtained, the jail now has one special operation-response team under the Correctional Emergency Response Team. The memo orders members of the jail's special-operations group to turn in their gear, although it also asks all members to join CERT.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• September 01, 2011

• Standard on Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified by the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard (29 CFR 1910.120).

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 25500, April 30, 2012
• Notices
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration