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What Your Emergency Plan Needs To Contain

May 10, 2014 by Admin Leave a Comment

What Your Emergency Plan Needs To Contain Guest post The unfortunate will happen, accidents will occur — but when they happen is undetermined. However, just because you’re not able to accurately figure out when these accidents will take place does not mean you cannot be prepared. Although your … [Read more...] about What Your Emergency Plan Needs To Contain

Filed Under: Fire Safety Tagged With: accidents, emergency plan, emergency procedures, fire safety

When simple fire safety failings lead to catastrophe

March 13, 2014 by Admin 4 Comments

When simple fire safety failings lead to catastrophe Guest Post by Kevin Burke in The UK Description: "What can businesses and households do to keep fire safe? This article looks at important statistics and offers some helpful advice." Fire safety must be a key priority on all premises. … [Read more...] about When simple fire safety failings lead to catastrophe

Filed Under: Fire Safety Tagged With: catastrophe, fire fatalities, fire safety

Creative Safety Ideas

December 4, 2013 by Admin 2 Comments

Creative Safety Ideas Cute and creative ways to incorporate mundane but essential safety equipment into the workplace environment. How long before some over zealous Safety Fun Policeman demands compliance with Fire Safety Regulation Sub-Para 3.3.8a? Anyone see a problem with this? Anyone seen … [Read more...] about Creative Safety Ideas

Filed Under: Fire Safety Tagged With: creative safety ideas, fun policeman, Safety Humour, Safety Incentives

Christmas Tree Safety

December 1, 2013 by Admin Leave a Comment

Christmas Tree Safety Infographic … [Read more...] about Christmas Tree Safety

Filed Under: Fire Safety Tagged With: christmas safety, Holiday safety, Home Safety

Fire Safety During Winter

November 15, 2013 by Admin Leave a Comment

Fire Safety During Winter As the weather gets colder, the days shorter and the nights darker we find ourselves turning up the heat to keep warm over the winter months. According to reports Britain is braced for one of the worst winters in decades. Forecasters have warned that the entire country … [Read more...] about Fire Safety During Winter

Filed Under: Fire Safety Tagged With: candles, electric blankets, fire place, fire safety, winter

Fire Risk Assessment Software

October 20, 2013 by Barry Spud Leave a Comment

  Fire Risk Assessment Software or Fire Consultant for your business Guest Posting by UK Fire Safety Solutions All businesses in the UK now have to undertake fire risk assessment by law because of the change in The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order of 2005. The responsibility now falls … [Read more...] about Fire Risk Assessment Software

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Thermographic Scanning or IR Thermography

October 16, 2013 by Admin Leave a Comment

  Thermographic Scanning or IR Thermography Thermographic scanning (also known as Infra Red scanning) is used as a predictive maintenance tool for plant and machinery.  This technology has particular application for electrical systems and has the ability to identify electrical connections … [Read more...] about Thermographic Scanning or IR Thermography

Filed Under: Electrical Safety, Fire Safety Tagged With: infra red thermography, IR scan, thermoscan

Deepwater Horizon Fire Photos

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Deepwater Horizon Fire Photos Exclusive Photos taken by a Safety Pro of the Deepwater Horizon Fire and Clean Up from http://www.safetyphoto.co.uk SEE THEM ALL HERE … [Read more...] about Deepwater Horizon Fire Photos

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Exploding GPS–Safety Alert?

September 12, 2013 by Admin 3 Comments

Exploding GPS–Safety Alert? A recent article on Insurance Alert shows graphic photos of the aftermath of an alleged GPS battery explosion. The subsequent fire then caused significant damage to the vehicle as you will see in the photos. I’ve never heard of this before but did find one other similar … [Read more...] about Exploding GPS–Safety Alert?

Filed Under: Electrical Safety, Fire Safety, Road Safety Tagged With: dashboard, exploding battery, gps fire, Hazard Alerts, mobile phone

Free Safety Videos

September 3, 2013 by Safety Nerd Leave a Comment

Free Safety Videos Free Safety Videos Thanks to SJ from The SafetyToolshed for putting us onto these free safety videos from US Chemical Safety Board. They are some of the best safety videos we have seen – and they are FREE! They don’t pull any punches and most feature real life incident … [Read more...] about Free Safety Videos

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