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Mississippi State Fire Academy
Some say it is Mississippi’s best-kept secret, but the statistics don’t support it. The Mississippi State Fire Academy must be well known because 17,000 emergency responders and industry safety personnel requested and received training at the facility in 2009. “That doesn’t count the thousands of volunteer firefighters we train annually in the field through our Extension Service Bureau,” said Curtiss Marbury, Instructor Chief with the State Fire Academy. “We’re extremely busy around here and, as a matter of fact, we’re currently booking reservations for 2011 and 2012.”
There’s no room for failure
Safety First! In Forrest County this is not just a sign on the shop wall or an empty promise. “I told the people when I ran for office, safety would be my number one issue,” said Chris Bowen, Forrest County Board of Supervisors, District Five. “In other words, I’d be working on the bridges [...]
The Summit: Passionate about safety
What brings people to the Summit? Passion … “Being passionate about the safety of all those around us and throughout the community,” explained Randall Zeringue with Shell Pipeline, “It’s why we’re here.” It’s why more than 300 people attended the second annual Mississippi damage prevention Summit in Tunica this past November. They came from [...]
Accountability: The elephant in the room
Most industry stakeholders agree that greater accountability within the 811 system will help protect underground facilities and, more importantly, enhance the safety of the citizens of Mississippi. “I think one way to describe the issue could be the expression, ‘the elephant in the room,’” said Mitch Tomlinson, Gas and Water Assistant Superintendent at Holly Springs Utility Department.
Leadership, You, and Working Safely
Trying to hire the “safe personality” seems like a logical choice; after all, one could certainly predict how different personalities would work safely. Review the following figure. There are four basic personalities based on the combination of being low to high on “assertiveness” and people.
Going where the people want to go
According to Mayor Johnny L. DuPree, Ph.D., all roads lead to Hattiesburg. He’s not alone in his assessment of the importance of the city – Hattiesburg is also known as the Hub City of the South, a prospering region for economic development, education, the arts, health care, retirement, and raising a family. “CNN and Forbes Magazine also said it’s a great place to launch a business,” said Mayor DuPree, “It’s a great city and, of course, Brett Farve played for the University of Southern Mississippi and lives in Hattiesburg.”
Subsurface Utility Engineering vs. Locating: What’s the difference?
In 1998, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) made it clear to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that Subsurface Utility Engineering should be used during the development of highway projects and one-call notification centers and/or utility companies should be notified to mark the ground indicating the location of the underground utilities prior to any excavation. This is a concept we firmly believe in – Subsurface Utility Engineering is for design, as one-call/utility notification and markings (locating) are for construction.
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