CHAPTER 4: PERSONAL SAFETY & SECURITY PERSONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY Each Country Office should conduct a comprehensive security assessment and develop and implement a security strategy and general safety and security policies and procedures. However‚ every CARE staff member must view safety and security as an individual responsibility and not depend solely on the Country Office’s procedures. A staff member will gain a greater sense of security and selfconfidence by preparing ahead for a potential
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Fire Safety Essay After a recent fire at Seton Hall University in South Orange‚ NJ killed three students who did not respond to what they thought was a false alarm‚ officials at Oswego State University are being especially careful when it comes to the issue of fire safety. This semester there is a new policy regarding the confiscation of items considered being hazardous. The policy states that any items that are found and have the potential to cause a fire‚ such as candles‚ incense‚ and certain
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Patient Safety at Grand River Hospital & St. Mary’s General Hospital Most patients would like to think that safety is a major priority at the hospital they are visiting. They would like to believe that the hospital actively engages in practices that should nearly diminish any possibility for an accident or mistake to occur. However‚ the premise of patient safety is relatively new. Medical errors remain a sensitive topic with patients‚ physicians‚ and hospital administrators. Physicians and
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Fire Saftey * Fire Safety Essay After a recent fire at Seton Hall University in South Orange‚ NJ killed three students who did not respond to what they thought was a false alarm‚ officials at Oswego State University are being especially careful when it comes to the issue of fire safety. This semester there is a new policy regarding the confiscation of items considered being hazardous. The policy states that any items that are found and have the potential to cause a fire‚ such as candles‚ incense
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structure and align the activities of the organization. Managers should also hire for the staff and line positions separately and check for staff should have no authority on line positions unless the authority is granted. They should also check the safety matters of the organizations and organize the steps to maintain the safe environment in the organization Controlling Managers must control that company activities are in line with general company policies and objectives. It also involves monitoring
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HARDLINES NO. 145/09 AUGUST 2009 REVISED STANDARDS FOR FIRE SAFETY FOR CANDLES & CANDLE ACCESSORIES Recently‚ ASTM has announced the release of newly revised standards‚ ASTM F2417‚ Standard Specification for Fire Safety for Candles‚ and ASTM F2601‚ Standard Specification for Fire Safety for Candle Accessories. Their previous versions have been replaced by the 2009 editions. BACKGROUND ASTM F2417 was developed to create the minimum safety requirements for candles. Candles are defined as flame-producing
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CAR SAFETY Active and Passive: Car safety features are grouped into two categories: Active and Passive. Active feature are designed to reduce the likelihood of a crash. Things such as tires‚ brakes‚ lights and steering are active features. The most important of all of them however is the driver. Passive safety features aim to reduce the damage done to a car ’s occupants in the event of a crash. These include things like seatbelts‚ airbags‚ and crumple zones. For all these features any car
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Forklift Safety 1 Forklift Safety Many industries and operations (manufacturing‚ agricultural and warehousing) use powered industrial trucks (including forklift trucks or lift trucks) routinely in the workplace. Forklift trucks are used to move‚ raise or lower objects that are stored in containers or on pallets to other areas of the workplace. Their use helps to improve workplace productivity and reduces the need for excessive manual handling of goods and objects by employees. However‚ according
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The issue of women’s safety is indeed a global one‚ transcending borders and impacting people at all levels‚ including governments‚ policymakers‚ non-governmental organizations and citizens. Women are at risk of violence both in public and private spheres‚ in and around the home‚ in neighbourhoods and at city level. Risk is influenced by urban design choices and the organisation of public services including transport and energy‚ amongst other things. Women experience a higher degree of insecurity
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Essay on Safety Culture Safety culture is the ways in which safety is managed in the workplace‚ and often reflects "the attitudes‚ beliefs‚ perceptions and values that employees share in relation to safety".[1] In other words‚ "the way we do safety around here". Safety culture is a complex structure in an organization that includes values and attitudes most of which are potentially changeable and related to actual accident behavior. The components of safety culture included organizational commitment
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