Tag Archives: West
Report: Firefighter Deaths at West Fertilizer Plant Disaster Could Have Been Prevented
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
Observer Radio Episode 54: Lingering Questions From West, Texas
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
Recovery: West, Texas Rebuilds
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
Hero Complex
Last year was the deadliest on record for Texas firefighters. Can dampening a culture of heroism keep them safer?
Last year was the deadliest on record for Texas firefighters. Can dampening a culture of heroism keep them safer?...Read More
Inspections Show Texas Fertilizer Plants Still Vulnerable
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
Rescue Dogs: The Canines and Their Handlers Who Search the Aftermath of Catastrophe
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
State Agencies Meet Resistance in Policing Fertilizer Industry
In the aftermath of the West, Texas fertilizer disaster, state agencies meet resistance from other fertilizer facilities....Read More
The Lessons from West
I think it’s clear that West wasn’t an unavoidable act of God. It was a man-made industrial crime....Read More
Conservative Think Tanker Proposes Tax Cuts to Pay for West Disaster
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