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What Every Operator Needs to Know Golf cart safety isn’t optional, it’s essential. Whether you’re managing or insuring a campground, rv park, dude ranch, guest ranch or another outdoor recreation/hospitality business, golf cart safety should always be top of mind. Make sure you have established and enforced eligibility requirements and operational guidelines in place to...

Working in the heat comes with a list of hazards. If your job is outside in the sun, inside a hot building, you must wear layers of heavy protective clothing and/or you perform strenuous physical activity, you are at risk for overheating. Personal factors such as lifestyle, habits, and body condition can contribute to your...

  Whether in EMS, law enforcement or the fire service, our main goal and objective is to return home or to the station to resume normal duties at the end of a large incident. In terms of rehab, we need to understand when our personnel need a break on any incident scene or training event....

Whether you own the building you are in or are a lessee/renter, it is vitally important to ensure the building and your property are prepared for potential emergencies such as fire (including wildfire), flooding, severe weather, or other natural disasters. Consider taking the following emergency preparedness steps to help keep you and your property safe:  ...

Do you have staff driving company owned vehicles? If so, not only do you have a responsibility to provide your staff with a safe and reliable vehicle, but you also have a responsibility to equip them with any emergency items they may potentially need while operating in that company vehicle. We may be prepared in...

 “The eye of the storm is not the time to find out you are unprepared….”  Do you live on the East Coast where you are prone to blizzards in the winter or in the South where you need to worry about hurricanes? Maybe you live in the Midwest where you need to keep an eye...

We spend plenty of time providing the materials and/or services to the emergency responders who help keep our communities safe, but do we spend enough time preparing to keep us and our own businesses protected from unexpected events? Mother nature has proved to us that no matter where we are located geographically, we all face...

How often do we look at animals with their owners or within a rescue and just want to run up to either pet or hug them? When our family decided to adopt a dog for the first time, this was my first instinct. I wasn’t thinking about the environment the animal was in, any history...

LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Indeed, Reddit— the list of social media platforms goes on and on. We have these platforms at our fingertips, communication with the touch of a keystroke, instant connection, constant networking. It is convenient to connect so easily for work purposes, fundraising, information gathering or even getting to know one another and dating,...

Ambulance drivers in private companies play a crucial role in providing emergency medical services to communities across the globe. Whether responding to medical emergencies, accidents, or disasters, these professionals are often the first line of support for individuals in need. Despite their vital role, ambulance drivers employed by private companies face unique challenges that can...