There are dangerous, confined spaces everywhere, even where no one would know it. They exist above, below and around us in common areas such as pipelines, sewers, tankers, tunnels, storage bins and ...

On a daily basis around the nation, emergency responders must handle incidents in confined spaces. Not all of these agencies have technical teams at their immediate disposal or even in their first ...

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Confined spaces safety training involves multiple critical elements to prevent accidents and safeguard the lives of workers in high-risk environments. The word “confined” can generate fear in many.

Around 100 people die every year in confined spaces in the US. Many of these are would be rescuers who do not understand the hazards. A confined space has limited openings for entry or exit, is large ...

Although many fire departments have technical rescue resources available to them either internally or regionally via mutual-aid agreements, chances are that a company that isn’t trained in technical ...