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Hot Work: More than Welding, Cutting, and Burning

National Fire Protection Association

Hot work continues to be one of the most significant industrial hazards facing the world. This can include activities such as welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, grinding, and other similar processes that generate heat and sparks. What are the associated hot work fire hazards? What are methods to minimize fire hazards?

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NFPA Webinar, Other Resources Aim to Help Professionals Gather Knowledge to Improve Electrical Safety in the Workplace

National Fire Protection Association

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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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

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.

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ENSURING CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM IS READY AND RESILIENT

CCEM Strategies

CI preparedness CI owners and operators play a crucial role in response activities and participate in government planning committees and pre-incident coordination. But for CI, evaluating and prioritizing is universally based on several factors, as illustrated below. Permalink

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Basics of Fire Sprinkler Calculations: Selecting the Design Area in the Density/Area Method

National Fire Protection Association

Experience with Sprinklers” found that when a system fails to contain a fire, 50 percent of the time it was because water did not reach the fire at all, and 31 percent of the time not enough water reached the fire. For water demand calculations, it’s assumed all sprinklers in this area will operate. gpm/ft2 (6.1 1500 ft2 (L = 1.2√140

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SIA New Member Profile: IXP Corporation

Security Industry Association

Founded in 1999 and built on the fundamental principle of making communities safer, IXP Corporation pioneered the nation’s first public-private partnership for a 911 communications center, presenting a new operational model for providing mission-critical government services. A true partner with staying power, not just a drive-by consultant.

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5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Reciprocity

Your ERM program should encompass all aspects of risk management and response in all business processes, including cybersecurity, finance, human resources, risk management audit , privacy, compliance, and natural disasters. Any organization can benefit from ISO 31000 regardless of size, activity, or sector.