Do You Know What to Do With Teen Workers?

Although it's only been Spring for a few days it's not too early to start thinking about summer, especially if you hire teen workers for job positions.  Are you prepared?

In 2006, over 50,000 adolescents were sent to the emergency room for work-related injuries.  Find out how your workers can avoid a similar trip by checking out OSHA's website.

Tank Maintenance Needs to be Part of Emergency Fuel Plan

Tank maintenance is one of the most critical factors in successful emergency fuel planning.  Two important aspects of any maintenance program include:

Checking Your Fuel:  Fuel within tanks needs to be tested and treated on a regular schedule in order to keep the fuel viable and to prevent moisture and mold from accumulating.

Maintaining Your Tank:  Routine inspections including piping, valves, vent-lines, overfill prevention devices and leak detection and control mechanisms are needed to insure that the generator starts and runs when required and that the environment is protected from accidents.

Call OCCU-TEC at 1-800-950-1953 to learn more about how you can protect your emergency fuel tanks.

With the return of Spring comes the return of severe weather.  Now is the time to review and update plans to avoid business interruptions from tornadoes, hurricanes and other events that may cause a disruption in power.

North Dakota's recent flooding brings to mind the type of situation that can face many businesses.  But the recent storm in the northern plains, added to the Iowa storms in 2008 and 2005's Hurricane Katrina only proves that a potentially catastrophic event is not a matter of if, but when.

Planning for, identifying, and transporting emergency fuel has become more and more a part of critical emergency planning.

The U.S. House of Representatives is currently looking at this issue as part of the Emergency Fueling Station Designation Act of 2009, which would direct the Administrator of FEMA to assist eligible states to purchase and install transfer switches and generators in emergency service stations in the state's hurricane zone.

Planning ahead for emergency fuel needs is not only being done at the federal level, but at the state level as well.

In 2006 Texas Governor Rick Perry signed Executive Order RP57 that executed recommendations of the Governor's Task Force on Evacuation, Transportation, and Logistics.  One of its directives was to the Texas Department of Transportation to coordinate fuel availability along major evacuation routes and to coordinate the distribution of fuel prior to and during evacuations.

The California Energy Commission's  Setaside program provides assistance to suppliers to secure fuel needed for emergency responders when supply is disrupted or other attempts to obtain fuel are exhausted.

Although governments are moving to make sure that emergency fuel supplies are at hand, the private sector is taking matters into their own hands.

Telecommunications, banking, hospitals and data centers lead the list of institutions that must be able to survive disasters and they are hard at work anticipating and preparing for their energy needs.

However, disasters aren't the only reason to have fuel on hand.  Rolling blackouts or brownouts can also inflict the same losses of power.
Whether it is disaster or rolling blackout the prospects of whether or not you lose power is always lurking.  Are you prepared?  Contact OCCU-TEC.

Through our nationwide network of fuel vendors strategically positioned across the country, OCCU-TEC provides fuel to organizations that cannot afford power outages.  Many standby fuel systems are designed to serve short-term mobility and power generation needs.  When normal, limited on-hand fuel supplies are insufficient and local re-supply not possible, OCCU-TEC can provide a reliable, responsive alternative. 

Call 1-800-950-1953 or go to www.occutec.com for more information.