Keeping excavator operating costs down depends not only on managers doing the blocking and tackling such as routine maintenance, but also on taking advantage of ever-evolving technologies such as ...

Skill levels generally differ between plant operator shifts. Further, these differences often cause divides among the shifts that result in unequal divisions of responsibility. Comprehensive, ...

The energy and utility industries currently face an unprecedented level of change, requiring a shift in the way organizations approach field operations training. Developing a safe, skilled, and ...

When the alarm is struck for a fire department response, rarely is consideration given to what time would be best to “schedule” the response. Emergencies happen when they happen, and timing is one of ...

Sometimes, a high call volume for a specific time frame can be predicted based on current and past trends. We also know that most residential structure fires occur between 10:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m. Even so ...

The 2021-22 training season for the Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) returns Dec. 1 with dozens of Marines to be trained in the course. The CWOC is modeled after the Cold-Weather ...

Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan following the U.S withdrawal in Aug. 2021, Al Qaeda has established training camps in five Afghan provinces, as well as safe houses and other infrastructure ...