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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. 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?

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Book Review: Disaster and Emergency Management Methods

Recovery Diva

Disaster and Emergency Management Methods; Social Science Approaches in Application by Jason Rivera. Key words: environmental governance, sustainability, resilience, climate risk, natural hazard, disaster risk reduction, building regulation. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. for paperback.,

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California Approves Right to Repair Legislation – Security Products Exempt

Security Industry Association

state to adopt “right to repair” legislation broadly applicable to manufacturers of electronic devices. of the Business and Professions Code) : “Alarm system” means “an assembly of equipment and devices arranged to detect a hazard or signal the presence of an off-normal situation.” SIA applauds the bill’s author, state Sen.

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A level of Safety – NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem

National Fire Protection Association

where fire and life safety experts from across the globe gathered to discuss the principals of the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem™ and its application to address today’s fire safety issues. In other words, it identifies the items NFPA feels contribute to achieving the expected level of safety when it comes to fire and electrical hazards.

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How Data Fuels Modern Fire Safety Operations—and Keeps Communities Safe

Pure Storage

The group also noted that the establishment of more automated data capture and the proliferation of data from all aspects of the fire service is necessary.”³ Fast-tracking improvement of predictive wildfire modeling tools by increasing access to archived satellite data from defense and other government resources.

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Risk Management Process- Part 3a: Risk Assessment and Risk Identification

Zerto

Risk assessment is a key component of the risk management process that identifies and evaluates all potential risks faced by an organization. This includes risks to strategy, finances, compliance, governance, and operations. It involves identifying all potential risks that an organization may face in its operations and its assets.

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Security Industry Association Announces Winners of the 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards

Security Industry Association

The 2023 awardees, who will be honored at SIA GovSummit , SIA’s annual government security conference, are: Larisa Boyko, Director, Quality Assurance, Advanced Recognition Systems, NEC Corporation of America Larisa Boyko is a seasoned information technology professional with over 20 years of experience in the software development life cycle.