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G RAVETTE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Fire departments in Northwest Arkansas could face a big financial strain if proposed changes by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) go into effect.
Government layoffs threaten to make it easier for the Trump administration to ditch draft heat safety regulations ...
Like most rural volunteer fire departments, the Natoma, Kansas, department uses old fire protection gear. Proposed OSHA rules could require Fire Chief Keith Koelling to replace it all with new ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing new emergency ... 2024/11/15/osha-considering-changing-fire-brigade ... advocating for their exemption to these rules, ...
Fire departments across the country are accustomed to dealing with distress, but pending changes from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have them facing what feels like ...
CANANDAIGUA, NY — Federal and state lawmakers and many local firefighters are speaking out against proposed changes in federal fire safety rules and regulations they say could cripple if not ...
It is likely the majority of those reading this probably haven’t been following the proposed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ... 18/letter-osha-rules-will-put-fire ...
Jul. 10—Some north country lawmakers are raising the alarm over a proposal from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration that they say would make it nearly impossible for small ...
Both across the state and locally, concerns have been raised by volunteer fire departments over new regulations that have been proposed by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health ...
It is not OSHA’s intent to finalize a rule that undermines public safety of any community,” the spokesperson said in an email. The Silvis Fire Department Station Two on Friday, July 19 ...
There are no rules in the Gem State protecting workers in extreme heat conditions, ... Idaho — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ... Stream Live for FREE on FIRE TV: ...
Ozarks Notebook: OSHA doesn't regulate volunteers, but small fire departments fear that proposed safety requirements could break their budgets. ... But confusion reigns about how and whether OSHA’s ...