The Office of Emergency Management and Fire Life & Safety held its largest spring Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training with 29 students, faculty, and staff, making it the largest CERT training at the University of Houston.
For University of Houston students, April is an opportune time to secure summer job and internship opportunities. However, it also provides scammers with an opportunity to obtain students' personal information.
The inaugural edition of the Chemical Safety Moment newsletter, launched by Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) in March, has been positively received within the University of Houston research/teaching community.
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training Program identifies those courses critical to train personnel capable of implementing all functions of emergency management. This program establishes the NIMS core curriculum to ensure it adequately trains emergency and incident response personnel to all concepts and principles of each NIMS component.
For the past year, the Occupational Health Services department has offered free American Heart Association (AHA) Heartsaver CPR/AED Training to interested employees.
The University of Houston Police Department held their annual Walk in the Dark event in November. The department welcomed members of the campus community including faculty, staff, and students to walk the university and find areas that may benefit from increased lighting.
For most, the kitchen is the heart of the home, especially during the holidays. From testing family recipes to decorating cakes and cookies, everyone enjoys being part of the preparations. Keeping fire safety top of mind in the kitchen during this joyous but hectic time is important, especially when there’s a lot of activity and people at home.
John McNeely and Bin Yang represented Environmental Health and Safety at the recent ExxonMobil’s PALS (Partners in Academic Laboratory Safety) workshop for 2023.
Flexibility was the unofficial theme of the University of Houston Police Department’s 2023 National Night Out festivities in October, as the department moved to an interior space at the last minute due to the inclement weather earlier this month.
Over 200 University of Houston students, faculty, and staff descended on M.D. Anderson Library, for the third iteration of Behind the Badge, the community engagement event allows the campus community to meet, converse, and learn about the local law enforcement agencies and university departments supporting safety on campus.
The University of Houston Police Department is readying for two campus community events aimed at bridging the connection between UHPD and the campus community closer.
The departments comprising Campus Safety, Office of Emergency Management, Fire and Life Safety, Occupational Health Services, and Environmental Health and Safety participated in the 2023 freshman and transfer student orientations.
The new semester is upon us and the Fire & Life Safety team wants to make sure you are informed regarding key fire safety practices. Follow these critical tips: