National Fire Protection Association
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Hot work continues to be one of the most significant industrial hazards facing the world. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has found that hot work is one of the most common causes of worker death among incidents that it investigates. What are the associated hot work fire hazards? What is hot work?
National Fire Protection Association
JUNE 29, 2023
We also heard an extremely moving presentation from electrical arc flash survivor Brandon Schroeder on how a devastating arc flash incident changed his life, as well as the lives of his wife and children. This includes information on training qualified persons, as well as identifying and eliminating electrical hazards.
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Emergency Planning
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
An experienced civil engineer could evaluate some of that by eye, but much of the rest is hidden and only exposed once the building collapses. Many of the news media that have reported the disaster have presented it as the result of inescapable terrestrial forces. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945.
National Fire Protection Association
OCTOBER 14, 2022
For those of you who are not familiar with the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem™, it is “a framework that identifies the components that must work together to minimize risk and help prevent loss, injuries and death from fire, electrical and other hazards.” Each topic was evaluated through the lens of the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem™.
CCEM Strategies
MARCH 17, 2023
These programs are founded on the National Strategy and Action Plan for Critical Infrastructure , which emphasizes an all-hazards approach for strengthening the resiliency of Canada’s CI. But for CI, evaluating and prioritizing is universally based on several factors, as illustrated below. Permalink
everbridge
MARCH 6, 2023
According to research conducted by Verdantix , “more than half of organizations have less than $1 million to respond to catastrophic events, and 41% of participants stated that they had no budget at all for catastrophic events” (Navigating Climate Threats and Proactive Mechanisms to Achieve Business Climate Resilience, November 2022).
Reciprocity
APRIL 4, 2022
A risk assessment evaluates all the potential risks to your organization’s ability to do business. Many organizations use risk management and compliance software to help them manage all the tasks associated with risk assessment, analysis, and management. Various types of hazards must be considered. Economic risk.
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