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Public Housing Often Fails to Meet Modern Fire Safety Standards Many older public housing apartment buildings, homeless shelters lack smoke detectors and fire sprinklers In a previous post, we reviewed the recent tragic deaths of 6 people in a Las Vegas hotel that had been converted to an apartment building. In that post we noted that early reports suggested the building, which is privately owned, did not have an operating fire sprinkler system and that smoke detectors were either not…

Cancer Now the Leading Cause of Death Among Firefighters In the aftermath of the 911 terrorist attacks there has been an increase in the degree of attention devoted to the long-term health of first-responder personnel such as firefighters. Although most firefighter deaths that come to the attention of the general public are due to “newsworthy” events such as structural collapse or accidents while responding to fire and fire-related emergencies, heart disease has been the leading cause of “line of duty” firefighter…

Liability In Mass Shootings and Terroristic Acts In Wake of Recent Mass Shooting Incidents Businesses, Event Promoters Rushing to Purchase Special Liability Insurance This Sunday morning, a mass shooting occurred at a church in White Settlement, Texas. According to early reports carried in the online edition of the Dallas Morning News, two churchgoers have been killed and one has been transported in critical condition to a local hospital. The shooting comes at the end of a year that saw: 22 killed…

Two Workers Dead at Pasadena, Texas Tanker Washing Facility Early Reports Indicate That Workers Were Overcome By Toxic Fumes According to early information provided via Twitter, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is reporting that two workers have been killed at a tanker truck and railroad tanker car cleaning business in Pasadena. The accident occurred at the former Alpha Technical Services (ATS) “Express Services” tank cleaning facility at 5100 Underwood Road near West Fairmont Parkway around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday,…

Two Workers Killed at Pasadena Chemical Plant Two employees of Quala, a bulk container cleaning company, are dead after a middle of the night incident on December 28, 2019. The incident occurred after midnight on the grounds of what is being described by officials as a Pasadena chemical transportation plant, located in Harris County. A considerable amount of confusion surrounds the incident at this time. What is known is that an employee at the site of the Pasadena chemical plant…