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Articles tagged: West

by Priscila Mosqueda

Report: Firefighter Deaths at West Fertilizer Plant Disaster Could Have Been Prevented

Fri, May 16, 2014 |

The State Fire Marhsal's Office reports that the deaths of 10 volunteer firefighters who perished in the West fertilizer plant disaster in April 2013 were preve...Read More

Members of the West Volunteer Fire Department proceed to a memorial in Waco on April 25, 2013, for victims of the West explosion.

by Jonathan McNamara

Observer Radio Episode 54: Lingering Questions From West, Texas

Fri, Apr 18, 2014 |

We discuss the one-year anniversary of the West fertilizer plant disaster and what is being done (and not done) to prevent it from happening again....Read More

by Jonathan McNamara

Recovery: West, Texas Rebuilds

Thu, Apr 17, 2014 |

Today is the one-year anniversary of the fertilizer plant explosion in the small town of West, Texas, which killed 15 people and injured an estimated 300....Read More

by Priscila Mosqueda

Hero Complex

Last year was the deadliest on record for Texas firefighters. Can dampening a culture of heroism keep them safer?

Tue, Apr 1, 2014 |

Last year was the deadliest on record for Texas firefighters. Can dampening a culture of heroism keep them safer?...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

Inspections Show Texas Fertilizer Plants Still Vulnerable

Thu, Feb 27, 2014 |

Nearly a year after the West fertilizer plant explosion, holes in the system that allowed it to happen in the first place have not been addressed. ...Read More

Duke

by Alex Hannaford

Rescue Dogs: The Canines and Their Handlers Who Search the Aftermath of Catastrophe

Fri, Sep 20, 2013 |

Texas Task Force II currently has four dog handlers. Five more, currently in training, will join the team later this year. All are taught to find survivors. ...Read More

Aerial photo of the West explosion site taken several days after blast.

by Priscila Mosqueda and Forrest Wilder

State Agencies Meet Resistance in Policing Fertilizer Industry

Mon, Aug 26, 2013 |

In the aftermath of the West, Texas fertilizer disaster, state agencies meet resistance from other fertilizer facilities....Read More

by Forrest Wilder

The Lessons from West

Mon, Aug 19, 2013 |

I think it’s clear that West wasn’t an unavoidable act of God. It was a man-made industrial crime....Read More

by Forrest Wilder

Conservative Think Tanker Proposes Tax Cuts to Pay for West Disaster

Fri, Aug 2, 2013 |

Texas Public Policy Foundation deep thinker John Davidson proposes tax cuts for businesses to help West, Texas recover from the April fertilizer explosion....Read More

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