Work Space Survey
As many of you may have heard, there are several office moves that are occurring over the next two years that will affect Safety and Risk Management staff. The SRM staff housed in the 700 West Grace building will be moving in 12-18 months due to proposed new construction on that site. Additionally, as the new […]
Welcome Jacob Hernadez!
Please join me in welcoming our newest Fire Safety Officer, Jacob Hernandez. Jacob works on the MCV campus. For the past three years Jacob has worked as a VCU Health Contractor with Communication Specialists Incorporated (CSI.) He is a professional technician in fire alarm testing and installation. Also he is proficient in other system installations including […]
VCU Fire Prevention Through Education
I would like to draw your attention to – and congratulate – the entire team at the VCU Fire Safety Office for working with the Richmond Fire Department to develop a program called “Fire Prevention Through Education”. Under the leadership of Bill Willis, Assistant Director for Fire Safety, the whole team worked with the […]
Michael and the Safety Training Consortium
I would like to bring your attention to an article in VCU News today: https://news.vcu.edu/faculty-and-staff/Faculty_and_Staff_Features_for_May_2018 Congratulations to Michael for his election to the board of the Safety Training Consortium. With this VCU joins other nationally ranked universities in promoting safety nationally. Again these include the California State University, Northwestern, Princeton, Central Michigan, Emory, University of Pittsburgh, […]
Welcome Michael Butts
I would like to welcome Michael Butts back to VCU after a two year hiatus. Michael accepted the position of Fire Safety Supervisor for the Monroe Park Campus and started last week. Michael has six years of experience in Fire Safety, beginning as a volunteer firefighter in Chesterfield County, as a Fire Safety Technician on […]
Spot Awards
I would like to congratulate Barbara Back, Mathew Harris and Danny Munoz for their recent Spot Awards. Barbara received her award for her outstanding support of VCU Health and her willingness to go above and beyond what’s required to support the Hospital. Matt received his award for coming in over the weekend to assist with […]
Presidential Metrics
I wanted to take a moment to to let you know that at least some part of what we do is a priority of Dr. Rao’s and is being tracked as one of Meredith Weiss’ metrics of performance. In much the same way that all of us have cascading goals, Meredith meets quarterly with the President […]
EHS Update January 2018
I want to take some time at the start of the new year to send out an update and the blog is a great way to share recent progress from the EHS team. The format allows you to interact and comment directly, so please feel free to share your feedback. Before I get […]
Quarterly Report for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018
As we roll into a new semester and fiscal year, I wanted to update you on the work we’re all accomplishing and how that supports our mission to the University and Health System. You may recognize that this blog-style format is quite different from what we had prepared before. The reason for that is due […]