News | 27 Aug 2025

Best Practices for Successful Public Employer Apprenticeship Programs

Public employers engage a variety of skilled trades. From truck mechanics to carpenters to electric line workers, these employees deliver essential services as well as service fleet and property assets. Unfortunately, the U.S. has been experiencing a skilled trade worker shortfall. We have witnessed this phenomenon locally as multiple Trust members report recruitment and retention …

News | 26 Aug 2025

The Importance of Being an Active Trustee

As a member of the Delaware Valley Health, Workers’ Compensation, and/or Property & Liability Trusts, your organization is part of a unique, member-owned risk pool dedicated to providing comprehensive, cost-effective coverage exclusive  to public entities. Membership in the Delaware Valley Trusts offers significant benefits, but also carries vital responsibilities, especially for those appointed as Trustees. …

| 07 Aug 2025

CPR Training

News | 01 Aug 2025

NIOSH Issues Risk Alert on Certain Firefighter SCBA Facepiece Lenses

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has observed several incidences of severe thermal degradation and failure of certain older model Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) facepiece lenses. The premature degradation (i.e., holes, melting, and deformation) occurs when the equipment is exposed to typical fire environments. The concerning equipment has in common that it …