by TSS, Inc. | Aug 22, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Substance Use
A note from our CEO Over the last 20 years, a sharp increase in drug overdoses, and hundreds of thousands of senseless overdose deaths, have created a critical public health concern in the United States and around the world. The data is alarming. From 1999 to 2017,...
by TSS, Inc. | Aug 4, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured
This month, children across the country are heading back to school. While some of us are fortunate enough to be able to drop our kids off in front of the school building and others have door-to-door bus service, there are many families who must get there on foot....
by TSS, Inc. | Aug 3, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Workplace Safety
You wouldn’t automatically think about hydration being a workplace or community safety issue. But it is. As we see record temperatures across the nation, keeping the body properly hydrated is a critical health issue, not just for your employees, but for everyone – the...
by TSS Safety | Jul 5, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Uncategorized
It’s a shocking story we hear all too often this time of year. A child dies after being left alone in a hot car. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), heat stroke is the leading cause of non-crash, vehicle-related deaths in children under 15. Heat stroke...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 7, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Recreational Safety
With the long Fourth of July weekend fast approaching, we want to share some reminders for making it a safe one. Every year, there are numerous reported injuries, illnesses and accidents that put a damper on the holiday celebrations. Let’s make 2023 as safe as it can...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 6, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Workplace Safety
As we head into the dog days of summer and extreme temperatures are becoming increasingly common, it’s important to be proactive in protecting ourselves, our families and our employees from the risks of heat-related illnesses. In the United States, an average of 702...
by TSS, Inc. | May 3, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Substance Use
Over the last months, we have repeatedly shared information about xylazine or “tranq”, a powerful non-opioid veterinary sedative that is emerging as a deadly threat in the illicit drug scene in the United States, and caused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency...
by TSS, Inc. | May 3, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured
| By Ginny Clay, TSS Operations Manager To me, the most important message you should take away from National Safe Boating Week each year is: WEAR YOUR LIFEJACKET. In March, I, as the Flotilla Commander, for U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 170-01-05, had the...
by TSS, Inc. | Apr 3, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured
We see it on our roads every day: Drivers looking at their phones, eating or drinking, putting on their make-up, or turning around to talk to their kids while in traffic or as they’re speeding down the highway. While distracted drivers are often just an annoyance to...
by TSS, Inc. | Mar 7, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Substance Use, Teen Drug Use
Did you know? More than 106,000 people in the U.S. died from drug-involved overdoses in 2021, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids. The synthetic opioid fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin and is...
