Texas Inflatable Operators Association

07/09/2018

Monday, November 12, 2018
First day legislators and legislators-elect may file bills for the 86th Legislature(House Rule 8, Sec. 7 Senate Rule 7.04(a))
86th Legislature: Regular Session
• Tuesday, January 8, 2019 (1st day)
86th Legislature convenes (Sec. 5(a), Article III Texas Constitution; Sec. 301.001 Government Code)

02/28/2018

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-tns-bc-inflatables-regulations-20171101-story.html

02/28/2018

The website is back up.

02/20/2018

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180219/victims-attorneys-say-state-shares-blame-for-fire-ball-tragedy-but-law-shields-it-from-liability

Attorneys for five victims of the July 26 Fire Ball ride disaster at the Ohio State Fair say they strongly believe the state and its ride inspectors share

02/18/2018

A very crowded Party and Event Rental Town Hall just wrapped up! Great morning seminars...now time for Lunch with ARA!!

01/04/2018

ASTM International’s committee on amusement rides and devices (F24) has revise

11/12/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W789GthOHrI&sns=em

This problem is not exclusive to Ohio.

COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- Two Ohio brothers are taking on the Ohio Department of Agriculture's Ride Inspection Program. They say it used to be a model program. The ...

07/31/2017

The latest quarterly update to the five-year forecast for equipment rental industry revenues released by the American Rental Association (ARA) continues to call for steady gains through 2021.

04/04/2017

Attention Texas Legislature

The Kansas House voted 124-1 to approve new amusement ride regulations, with Rep. Jack Thimesch, a Spivey Republican, the only lawmaker to vote against the bill. Caleb Schwab, the son of Rep. Scott Schwab, an Olathe Republican, was killed last August while riding the Verrückt, a 17-story water slide...

08/04/2016

This is the message our association has been trying to bring before the Texas Legislature since inception. http://keyetv.com/news/local/are-carnival-rides-safe-enough-for-your-family

A fun night at a carnival turned to terror when a 16-year-old girl was flung to her death from a spinning ride called the Sizzler. Two other people were injured.The ride was set up in a church parking lot in El Paso.Texas Watch Executive Director Alex Wins

05/13/2016

About 10 people suffered injuries after an inflatable bounce house blew away at a River Oaks schools.

05/09/2016

Is regulation enforcement "beyond repair" in Texas?https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1134833696537197&id=230018977018678

EL PASO - At least 12 people have been killed or have suffered serious injuries since the early 2000s on “Sizzler” rides like the one that fatally ejected a Hanks High School student at a church carnival recently, an industry analyst said.