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A higher standard of ‘duty of care’ for business travel

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Our comprehensive traveler assistance service is designed to address any event that could impact the health, safety, or wellbeing of a corporate traveler. We have a wealth of experience in successfully extracting travelers from scenes of crisis, outbreak of war, or other life-threatening incidents.

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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

Hurricane Lee is expected to gain strength as it travels toward the Caribbean and Bahamas at the end of the week. For facility managers and business owners: Hurricanes can cause significant damage to chemical facilities, potentially leading to environmental and safety hazards. These resources are free and can be easily shared.

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Backflow Preventer Types

National Fire Protection Association

Backflow preventers are installed to prevent contaminants from traveling from the non-potable source to the potable public drinking supply via back siphonage and back pressure. The degree of hazard may be classified differently, but the two main degrees include high hazard and low hazard.

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Electrical Safety Tips for Users of E-Bikes and E-Scooters

National Fire Protection Association

Since 1901, automotive transportation has been banned, leaving most travel to be done on foot, by bicycle, or by horse and carriage. Not long ago, island authorities banned e-bikes within certain buildings and have further prohibited the use of e-bikes that have functional throttles when traveling around the island.

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Using AI Technology to Mitigate Risk and Enhance Productivity

Security Industry Association

Unlocking a phone with facial recognition, using voice assistants such as Siri or Alexa, traveling in self-driving cars, and relying on fraud detection algorithms are examples of people using AI without necessarily recognizing it as such. AI is being implemented all over the world across many industries to advance other technologies.

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The road to EV safety requires a robust infrastructure

National Fire Protection Association

Meanwhile, travel to just about any urban setting and you’ll surely see people on e-bikes and e-scooters nimbly navigating city streets. To date, NFPA has helped educate more than 300,000 first responders on this emerging hazard. It’s up to all of us to decide which road we choose to take.

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Inclement weather response demands attention

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By adopting technology into common practices, we can vastly improve our response to all kinds of inclement weather and disasters such as winter storms, hurricanes, and earthquakes. public safety officials at all levels must account for distributing alerts in multiple languages.