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10.16.2024 News

Shelter Island Fire Commissioner: New regs hit ‘us particularly hard’ — OSHA updates standards for volunteers

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has posted a summary explaining the need for an updated standard, which has drawn a warning from Andy Reeve, chairman of the...

12.04.2021 Columns

Column: Two minutes is all it takes in a house fire

We see reminders about fire safety so often that they can become like white noise. The reminders to change batteries in smoke detectors. Or to plan an evacuation route...

08.12.2019 News

Island fire drill —Training for the real thing

Neighbors gathered around the house and stared as smoke billowed from 13 Brander Parkway Thursday afternoon. Members of the Shelter Island Fire Department, in full fire-fighting gear, were breaking...

06.19.2017 Government

Builders wrestling with new ‘green energy’ regs

New state regulations on energy conservation, in effect since October 2016, are causing consternation for architects and contractors and concerns for building department officials charged with enforcement.

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Shelter Island Fire Commissioner: New regs hit ‘us particularly hard’ — OSHA updates standards for volunteers

Column: Two minutes is all it takes in a house fire

Island fire drill —Training for the real thing

Builders wrestling with new ‘green energy’ regs