St. George Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Chad Roberson has been accepted into the third year of the Fire Service Executive Development Institute, the International Association of Fire Chiefs announced. Roberson competed with new fire chiefs and chief officers from across the country to become a member of the 2015 program. Roberson also has been...
Washington – On April 3, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of OSHA’s Confined Spaces in Construction Standard, paving the way for the final rule to move forward. The rule (29 CFR 1926.36) has been in the works for more than a decade. An OIRA review is one of the...
Construction is well underway on expansions and improvements to the Roco Training Center (RTC.) The goal is to add new confined space shapes and configurations in order to simulate an even wider variety of scenarios that rescuers may face in the real world. An additional two-story container configuration is being erected east of the pipe rack module. This...
OSHA’s final rule on confined spaces in construction is being reviewed by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The review is one of the final steps required before OSHA can formally publish the rule. OIRA, which is a branch of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, received the rule for review on...
More than $15,000 in fire rescue equipment was donated to a local volunteer fire department in Washington, WV through the Firehouse Subs Foundation. The equipment for the Washington Bottom department is for confined areas such as off-road, industrial and water-related accidents. And the department’s members are already trained to use it. “It’s nice to know...
Congrats to the 7 excellent teams who participated in 2014 Roco Rescue Challenge this week. There was plenty of learning, and lots of doing, and these guys and gals represent some of the finest industrial rescuers in America. Thanks to all who made this year’s event a success, and to the hard working emergency responders...
On July 30 and 31, OSHA held an Emergency Response and Preparedness Stakeholders meeting in Washington, DC for the purpose of discussing the merits and potential content of an emergency response and preparedness standard. Meeting participants were from a broad range of both public and private industry experts to include two Roco representatives, Jim Breen,...
Don’t Miss the Rescue Team Event of the Year! 2014 Roco Rescue Challenge October 8-9, 2014 RTC – Roco Training Center Rescue teams from across the country will participate in realistic confined space rescue exercises designed by Roco’s top instructors. And, although Challenge is more of a learning event than a competition, trophies will be...
