...Introduction Management of Fire Safety Procedures is an integral part of Safety management on ship. Fire Safety management procedure is the action on Fire Safety plan which are the collection of procedures and recorded information about the safety of various fire installations and the relevant procedures of fire safety. Fire safety management plan ensures acceptable standards relating to fire safety and the adherence and the standard maintenance. The safety plans provide, manage and maintain a safe and healthy working environment for all those onboard and it also promote awareness and protection against hazards at workplace. The International Maritime Organisation (2009), ship safety is a subject that is currently receiving high attention by most countries; this was due to a number of serious vessel casualties that have occurred in recent years. (Howarth 1999), Fire Safety Management is “the application of policy, standards, tools, information and practices to the task of analysing, evaluating and controlling fire safety”. The introduction of a fire safety management model is useful for the analysis and measurement of the existing fire risks and possible recommendations for management to adopt 2.0 Fire Hazards onboard the Ship The causes of fire in a ship can be predictable; on few occasions it could be accidents that may not be preventable. Various work items and appliances can trigger fire on board. John G. Antherson (2000) states that the causes of fire on a ship aren't a lot...
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...talking about fire safety in your home and why you should take the proper steps in helping prevent fires from starting. Let’s face it, most people don’t think fire is that big of a deal to their daily life. But I’m here to tell you that it is…. I’m not saying you need to be looking over your shoulder for a fire everywhere you go, but you should be more vigilant of your surroundings. According to 2012 NFPA statistics there were 480,500 structure fires, 381,000 of which were residential structures. There were 2,405 deaths, 13,175 injuries and over 7 billion dollars’ worth of property loss… This means nearly 80% of structure fires occur in the home. So how do you prevent yourself from becoming one of these statistics? I’ll talk to you about smoking, cooking, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and dryers. And also some fire survival tips and fire planning that you should use. First I’ll talk about smoking and why you shouldn’t smoke in your home. Every year, almost 1,000 smokers and non-smokers are killed in home fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials. Fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials are preventable. Next is cooking, In 2010, cooking was involved in an estimated 156,400 home structure fires that were reported to U.S. fire departments. These fires caused 420 deaths, 5,310 injuries and $993 million in direct property damage. By following a few simple safety tips you can protect you and your family from a potential home fire. Why should you...
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...Fighting the Risk of Fire; Investing in Fire Extinguisher and Secure Safe Resource Box: Proper equipment and readiness is crucial in fighting fire. I am Peter Slate, sales representative at London Fire and Safe. Our fire extinguishers Brisbane ~ fire extinguisher sales Brisbane experts are here to offer a helping hand. The key to fighting fire is prevention, detection, containment and escaping. To prevent fire from spreading and minimize the risk of injuries in the workplace, all the risk factors must be assessed and staff given the necessary training and drill. Using fire and smoke detectors to detect fire in good time is a critical safety measure that can save lives and minimize the effects of fire damage. With regards to containment, a...
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...The Importance Of Fire Safety At Home Fires can be devastating. They can tear apart families and destroy homes. The worst thing about fires at home and within business is that most of them are entirely preventable. Over 72% of the recorded fatalities from fires occur in the home. Every day, people start fires by falling asleep with cigarettes in their hands, leaving candles burning in unattended rooms and by leaving discarded items in front of open fireplaces. The fires that are started are careless and completely avoidable. Also, we can't forget fireworks. It can seem like a good idea to celebrate a happy occasion with fireworks or by setting off a glowing lantern. If you do decide to release any of these items, consider the following: Can you insure that you will not be endangering anyone around you? Do you have enough room to set it out, unobstructed into the night? Accidents are all too common where these items are concerned and you wouldn’t want to be responsible for any devastating consequences. Perhaps consider going to a staged event or an area away from the home to enjoy fireworks or glowing lanterns. Also in recent days, there have been stories of debilitating fires, that have destroyed homes and taken lives all across our region, even in the Oxon Hill area. During October 2010, there was a fire in the Rosecroft Mews Apartment Complex, on the 2400 block of Corning Avenue in Fort Washington, MD, which is very close to the Oxon Hill/Fort Washington border...
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...etyHOME FIRE SAFETY 1 FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN THE HOME THOMAS J. PEACOCK ENGL126-L-1201B-04 Phase 2 Individual Project CTU Online Evelyn Hill March 5, 2012 HOME FIRE SAFETY 2 America Burning. (1973). The report of the National Commission on Fire Protection and Control. Retrieved March 1, 2012, from http://www.lrc.fema.gov/path_amerburn.html and http://books.google.com/books/about/America_burning.html?id=dx5ZXyKZ35YC On page 119, the report states that 41% of victims could have been saved if their homes had Early warning detectors and on page 121, the report recommends that both heat and smoke Detectors be installed for early warning in the home. Installing early warning systems in the Home will go a long way in saving lives. (America Burning. Pg 153. 1973) America Burning Revisited. (1987). Retrieved March 2, 2012, from America Burning revisited (National Workshop) http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/5-0133-508.pdf This report looks back at the original report and updates the progress that has been made over the past 15 years. Changes has been made in building construction, training of fire fighting personnel, fire awareness in the public sector, and fire protection equipment and systems. Fire Equipment Manufacturers Association. (n.d.). Retrieved March 1, 2012, from http://www.femalifesafety.org/facts.html A balanced fire protection plan is critical in the first few minutes...
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...In the fire service we deal with many hazards and risks. Believe it or not we also have vulnerabilities. Hazards, risks, and vulnerability also apply to emergency management and everyday life and when all three converge you can have a disaster on your hands. Before leaning how the three can create a disaster we must know what a hazards is, what risk is and what vulnerabilities are. First, what is a hazard? A paper cut, falling, fire, earthquake, the sun and driving are all hazards. Hazard as defined by Fire and Emergency Services COMPANY OFFICER Fourth Edition is a “Condition, substance, or device that can directly cause an injury or loss; usually refers to the source of a risk.” Hazards come for nature or natural disasters and technological or man-made disasters. Hazards are all around us and the way we interact with them will determine our risk with that hazard....
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...Background Fire can be a useful tool, but it can also be a deadly nightmare. As the old proverb states, it is a good servant but a bad master. Fire has always fascinated and frightened us. Without fire, civilization would be radically different. In fact, it might not even exist. However, the cost of fires which get out of control is high. Human interest in fire safety probably dated back from the discovery and employment of fire. Primitive man used heat for cooking, warming and lighting his dwelling with the inherent risk that misuse or accident in his control of fuel might precipitate disaster. The obvious benefits of numerous friendly uses of heat energy are often overshadowed by the enormous destructive power of fires. Today, as in primitive society, that risk has not been eliminated despite the apparent sophistication of modern living. With the development of habitations, attitudes towards fire safety have also developed. There is continuous interest in understanding the causes of such perils and in devising means of their elimination or reduction. Fire and the effects of fire on escape possibilities constitute the type of danger involved in response in the event of fire. (Drysdale, 1985). The total property loss of fire incident in 2009 and 2010 was 305,89,72,104 tk and 532,11,18,531 tk accordingly; where injured were 156 persons and 78 persons; death were 167 persons and 189 persons accordingly. This furious scenario represents the vulnerability of fire danger and our...
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...When asked to provide some comparisons and differences of fire prevention programs in North America and programs in other parts of the world, I can actually say I have seen examples first hand. Living here in Germany as a US Army safety officer gives me a distinct opportunity to see ways that programs work differently. Some of the similarities I have seen are the active fire safety campaign that departments on both sides of the pond use. Here in Europe we have a free fire and carbon monoxide detector program available to the public along with a fire inspection program similar to the ones in North America. Another common theme is that both programs are funded by tax revenue on the local level. Fire safety is taught in schools on both continents and the German school system takes a very active role in educating young citizens and fire fighters are a regular sight in the community, as they are in the USA as well. There are several differences that are very obvious. Public awareness campaigns are run differently as we do not use billboards in Germany, so a lot of effort is put into face-to-face interaction with fire departments and the public. Every town has several community fests and the fire department is almost always there providing literature and talking to citizens. Another difference I have noticed is with the funding of programs. The German population has a considerable higher tax rate and it seems that more funding comes from the national level than it does in...
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...Consumer fire safety: European statistics and potential fire safety measures Versie: 431N8032/3.0, January 2009 This research study has been commissioned by the Consumer Council at the Austrian Standards Institute and was funded by the Austrian Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection. Netherlands Institute for Safety Nibra P.O. Box 7010 6801 HA Arnhem The Netherlands T +31 (0)26 355 24 00 F +31 (0)26 351 50 51 info@nifv.nl Consumer fire safety: European statistics and potential fire safety measures This research study has been commissioned by the Consumer Council at the Austrian Standards Institute and was funded by the Austrian Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection. Netherlands Institute for Safety Nibra: We develop expertise, contribute towards the professional development of the fire service, medical assistance in accidents and disasters and crisis management, and thereby enhance physical safety. Consumer fire safety: European statistics and potential fire safety measures Colophon Client: Contact: Title: Consumer Council, Austrian Standards Institute Heinestrasse 38, 1020 Vienna, Austria Dr. F. Fiala Consumer fire safety:European statistics and potential fire safety measures January 2009 Final report 3.0 431N8032 M. Kobes, MSc, BBE, MIFireE K. Groenewegen - Ter Morsche, MSc Dr. M.G. Duyvis Dr. J.G. Post (Head of the Research Department NIFV) Date: Status: Version: Project number: Authors: Project leader:...
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...ranging from dirty meat packing plants, to young children working in the mines to fire safety. The underside of meat-packing plants is terrifying, from dead rats to unhygienic hands and germs. The jungle exposed the underside of meat-packing plants, bringing a sense of awe to people. Fire safety is a huge problem for workers, just like children working in mines and factories. The experience of workers led to a progressive movement in Industrial America. By exposing the underside of the meat-packing industry, fire safety, and child labor, regulations finally led to the implementation of worker rules. To begin, the FDA is here to check and ensure that safe meat goes into food. But in the 1900s, people ate their meats with dead dung rats, without knowing what they were consuming. The working conditions were terrifying and terrible “There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers tramped and spat on”(Doc2). While this was happening, people were getting sick, Upton Sinclair, an undercover journalist, wrote a book called “The Jungle” exposing the...
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...Practices for Fire Safety (ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION) T.R.A. Krishnan SUBSTATION LAYOUT INDOOR Oil capacity inside oil filled equipment individual or aggregate 2,300litres or above. • Detached and shall be at least 6 m away from the surrounding buildings and/or occupancies. • If within 6 m - Single Fire Proof Doors for facing wall openings and 6 mm thick wired glass for facing window openings of substation. • Attached substations - 350 mm thick brick or 230 mm RCC common wall carried upto the roof with Single Fire Proof Door in wall openings -contd- SUBSTATION LAYOUT INDOOR • If attached Substation supplies power to Fire Pumps, common wall shall be a Perfect Party Wall (PPW) with Double Fire Proof Doors in the openings. • Separating walls [355 mm] required between transformers, carried 600 mm above the highest point if aggregate oil capacity is 2,300 liters or above. If fire pump supply is tapped from the transformer(s), walls are compulsory irrespective of oil contents. SUBSTATION LAYOUT INDOOR Oil Soak Pits to be if the oil capacity litres or above. Oil Soak Pits to be at least 2.5 m away Substation. provided is 2,300 provided from the SUBSTATION LAYOUT [OUTDOOR] If individual or aggregate oil capacity is 2,300 liters or above - to be located 6 m away from any building. Alternatively, external wall facing the transformers be a blank wall. Separating distances between the transformers are required as follows: * 2,300 upto 5,000 litres...
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...Modern Fire Safety Equipment The United States has the most astounding number of individuals executed by flames every year. Indeed, like clockwork a caution sounds to a fire some place in the United States. In 2011, open flame offices went to 1,389,500 flames in the United States. Across the country, in 2011 there was a non military personnel (non-firefighter) fire demise like clockwork. These insights are disturbing and they demonstrate that fire is a genuine risk whether in your home or your workspace. There are numerous approaches to ensure you and your workspace, including data and getaway hardware to flame quenchers and other apparatus. The kind of insurance your organization needs relies on upon the specifics of your business, for example, size and business sort, and...
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...420162043 Hang Yang SID: 420161998 Dan Zhi SID: 430429747 October 31st, 2014 The University of Sydney Faculty of Electrical Information and Engineering 1 Introduction This is a technique report that outlines the findings and recommendations of a safety inspection within the School of AMME. All of potential hazards and other issues performing on a variety of areas in AMME, R.F HALLIDAY LABORATORY and MECHAINICAL TESTING LABORATORY, which may not satisfy the University’s WHS Policy or the NSW WHS legislation, have been listed in the following parts. The recommended solutions and methods that will address these issues to reduce risk as well as decrease the potential hazards based on University’s WHS Policy and NSW WHS Legislation are also included in this technique report. The safety management for school of AMME especially for the R.F HALLIDAY LABORATORY and MECHAINICAL TESTING LABORATORY must obey University’s WHS Policy and NSW WHS Legislation on safe manufacturing and construction. Students’ and all the other operators’ safety and healthy shall be protected during building up the lab. The principle “safety and prevention first” are insisted during inspection. Some of the safety responsible system and equipment safety shall be improved. It is necessary to talk about the potential hazards in mechanical laboratory rooms to protect health and prevent possible incidents. 2 Hazard Identification and Explanation In this chapter, it will introduce the potential hazards...
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...Bhopal, located in Madhya Pradesh India was the site of a terrible industrial gas leak that happened on December 3rd, 1984. According to the website by Union Carbide Corporation, they provided help to victims immediately following the incident and followed through on court claims laid out by the India Supreme Court. There were investigations following the event conducted by Union Carbide and the India government that came to the conclusion that water in the tank with methyl isocyanate lead to the leak. A third investigation by an engineer from Union Carbide suggested that only intentional introduction of water could have happened because safety valves would have prevented it from occurring otherwise (Bhopal). According to the website www.bhopal.com, after the event Union Carbide tried to help. Listed help included money to the relief fund set up by the Prime Minister. Medical equipment and supplies were also supposed to be provided by the company. The website also states that they published information on the chemical and what was released with the public and the government (Bhopal). A video put out by spike.com showed an alternative view on the event. According to this site, the incident had an undetermined amount of deaths from the event. There are reports ranging from 3,000 to 8,000 deaths. It also states that up to 20,000 people could have been killed as a result of the accident. From this side of the incident, it mentioned that the initial amount of money discussed...
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...Fire Department Health and Safety Student's Name Institution Fire Department Health and Safety Summary The article briefly discusses the liability issues that are directly associated with the fire-service training and also the key role played by training as regards risk management through reduction of the overall liability in the fire department. It further describes the interrelation between the liability issues and the role played by training as mentioned above. It seeks to put emphasis on the incorporation of revised policies and procedures that ought to be adhered to by instructors to scale up student performance and reduce legal liability as well as eliminate ignorance on routine procedures. Purpose, research process and results To obtain information to address my topic, I have carried out case studies in various fire safety training departments and also have done reviews of previous works carried out by Curt Varone in his article ‘A Less-Risky Business’. My research has proved that there is a relative failure in the way a risky event is handled as regards fire health and safety. Proper policies and adequate procedures ought to be put into practice to avert any likelihood of an unforeseen occurrence of a hazardous event and any kind of legal liability as a result of the same. In addition, proper training for drivers, vehicle maintenance personnel and other handlers of apparatus used must be done and documented as a risk-control technique. Implication The article...
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