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Keeping Older Oil and Gas Facilities Safe
Keeping Older Oil and Gas Facilities Safe: Assessments of one U.S. and two Latin American refineries show where and how to improve fire protection
Model Establishes the Radiation and Exposure Protection Required for Refinery Storage Tanks
Model Establishes the Radiation and Exposure Protection Required for Refinery Storage Tanks
Inside the Beltway
Inside the Beltway: New program to hire more firefighters dropped out of homeland security bill.
Fuel-Cell Vehicles—Coming Sooner Than You Think
Fuel-Cell Vehicles—Coming Sooner Than You Think: Still, there are plenty of safety hurdles to master, including development of appropriate standards.
Read how alternative fuels are becoming more common at filling stations
Read how alternative fuels are becoming more common at filling stations (PDF*, 991 KB).
Bonding Versus Grounding
Bonding Versus Grounding: Why NFPA 407 no longer specifies grounding for safety during aircraft fueling.
Inside the Beltway
Inside the Beltway: DOT looking at adopting NFPA 498 to protect shipments of explosives
Inside the Beltway
Inside the Beltway: OSHA all but adopts NFPA 101® for its new exit routes standard (Members only**)
No Early Warning
No Early Warning: German and French train fires illustrate need for alarms. (Members only**)
Inside the Beltway
Inside the Beltway: Budget woes for federal forest firefighting portend long-term problems. (Members only**)
Inside the Beltway
Inside the Beltway: NIOSH reviews comments on its draft standard for CBRN air-purifying respirators (Members only**)
 
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