{"id":1511,"date":"2025-04-01T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T16:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/ehs\/?page_id=1511"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:19:49","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/ehs\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY<\/span><\/h1>\n

OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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WHO WE ARE<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

At EHS we are dedicated to keeping our community healthy and safe. We support all educational activities, in the classroom, the laboratory and the studio, while minimizing our environmental impact.<\/span><\/p>\n

We provide a wide variety of services including administration of life safety, fire notification and protection systems, management of hazardous materials and waste, evaluation of ergonomic inquiries, assessment of indoor air quality and industrial hygiene concerns and design and delivery of EHS education and training programs. Because of the nature of our business, we are also intimately involved with emergency management and response.<\/span><\/p>\n

We share our knowledge and expertise not just with the students, faculty and staff that comprise our university community, but we also provide outreach programs to the local High Schools and Emergency Service providers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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WHAT'S NEW IN EHS?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Life Safety Training Session #1<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t
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This morning at the Midtown campus, the Department of Public Safety hosted the first of two Life Safety Training sessions. Students and staff learned basic lifesaving skills such as Hands-Only CPR, AED use, bleed control, and administering Narcan.<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone who attended and to our guest instructors, Todd Boe from Code One Training Solutions and Brien LaForge from the Torrington Area Health District.<\/p>\n

We look forward to the second session next week on the Westside campus as we continue empowering our community with critical emergency response skills.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions about life safety at WCSU, please feel free to contact EHS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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EHS PROGRAMS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Environmental Programs <\/strong>(click to learn more)<\/p>\n