Alpha Piper Disaster Introduction The accident‚ which occurred on board of the seaward platform Piper Alpha in July 1988‚ took lives of 167 people and cost billions of dollars damage of property. The Piper Alpha is placed in the North Sea‚ around 193 km northeast of Aberdeen. The field was discovered in January 1973 and the same year construction of platform took place. The depth of it was up to 140 m‚ and at the time the development and installation of the Piper Alpha platform give tongue to
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Natural Disasters and Catastrophes Paper 1 Rough Draft Disasters Prepared For From researching online databases of my city‚ I’ve found that we are focused on planning ahead for disasters such as hurricanes‚ or even different forms like terrorism for example. The city acknowledges this strategic planning needed‚ as well as building public awareness and the development of hazardous mitigation and emergency response plans. According to the mayor‚ these plans are at completion and ready for use when
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ABSTRACT Record Management has always been an important aspect of administrative procedures in every organization. Due to its necessity‚ the need to have personnel who has thorough knowledge in the field is desirable. Secretaries are involved in a wide variety of decision most of which are administrative and financial implications which makes secretarial procession a field which meets up with many tasks especially concerning office administration and functions. A Secretary becomes perfect in
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Disaster Preparedness and Response Measures and Actions for Specific Disasters Preparing for Emergencies (General) Prepare For Disaster * Set up a place to meet after a disaster. Choose an out-of-state emergency contact person. * Know different ways to get out of your home. * Be ready to help your neighbors. Ask them to make sure you are alerted in a disaster. * Have disaster plans for work‚ school and child care. * Keep emergency supplies in your house and car. Check
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Three post-Hurricane Katrina disaster planning lessons learned: have a prepared evacuation plan for the city‚ do not delay aid‚ and a lack of resources imposes greater difficulties of rebuilding. The mandatory evacuation call was late and not fully supported—many people did not have a way to leave the city‚ as many people were dependent on public transportation. Could have neighboring buses come in earlier and brought people to safety? I think the Mayor later got criticized for not using school buses
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the system as well as our different‚ active roles in maintaining that system. At 9 in the morning of Wednesday 24th April‚ an eight story tower block in Savar‚ a short drive from Dhaka collapsed over the heads of more than 3000 people. This has caused the deaths of officially 400‚ but potentially more than 1000‚ nearly all of whom were garments workers‚ the lions share of which are expected to be women. This‚ Bangladesh’s largest industrial disaster‚ came just five months to the day after the Tazreen
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1. Disaster Recovery Plan Due in Week Three: For your selected scenario‚ describe the key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan to be used in case of a disaster and the plan for testing the DRP. 1.1. Risk Assessment 1.1.1. Critical business processes List the mission-critical business systems and services that must be protected by the DRP. Online services must be protected to ensure that both employees and customers will be able to access the programs and information to continue running the
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1. Mariner Bugs Out (1962) Cost: $18.5 million Disaster: The Mariner 1 rocket with a space probe headed for Venus diverted from its intended flight path shortly after launch. Mission Control destroyed the rocket 293 seconds after liftoff. Cause: A programmer incorrectly transcribed a handwritten formula into computer code‚ missing a single superscript bar. Without the smoothing function indicated by the bar‚ the software treated normal variations of velocity as if they were serious‚ causing
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BP Disaster at Sea In 2010 the nation was dealt the worst oil spill in the history of the USA‚ the BP oil rig Deep water horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. This major catastrophe destroyed some people‚ millions of aquatic wildlife‚ birds and the reputation of BP all in one fatal event. What caused this mind blowing disaster to happen? We will take a look
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Assignment: Understanding the management role to improve management performance Centre Number: Learner registration Number: Centre Name: Learner name: 1.1. Describe the goals and objectives of your organisation Goals set out what the organization wants to achieve‚ where it want to be – i.e. the vision Medium and shorter term objectives are the specific means by which the organization will achieve its goals. These are supported by key actions/deliverables to achieve the objectives‚ which in
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