Miscellaneous

• Boating Fatalities Rise

  Ed Smith | May 07, 2007 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  The number of boating fatalities has risen nationwide to 697 in 2005, the latest year of statistics available. The five top causes of boating accidents are:1. Collision with another vessel;2. Falls Overboard3. Collision with a fixed object;4. Skier Mishap; and5. Capsizing vehiclesThere are many contributing factors to boat accidents including excessive speed, operator inattention, careless or...

• Who Is Responsible For Pool Deaths?

  Edward Smith | February 01, 2007 5:38 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  In America, about 300 children under 5 years of age are victims of pool deaths and about 2,000 of them are injured in swimming pools. Swimming pool accidents are not an unusual thing and occur due to an ill-designed pool, ill-maintained pool, absence of safety equipment and lifeguards, incorrect or lack of pool markings, inadequate pool depth, and others. Sometimes, mishaps take a horrible turn...

• Systems Of Fire Hazard Identification - Are You Aware Of Them?

  Edward Smith | February 01, 2007 3:19 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Can you recognize a fire hazard risk? Systems of fire hazard identification are for people like you and me, who have no degree in fire fighting. There are symbols known as "hazard diamonds" drawn on vehicles, chemical bottles, storage tanks, and other fire prone areas for caution. The symbols have been designed by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), under section 704 of the National Fire...

• Fires In Hospitals - Causes And Solutions

  Edward Smith | February 01, 2007 2:25 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Although fires in hospitals have shown a downward trend in the USA and Canada in the past few decades, the incidence of the same is still a cause of great loss to life and property and a general awareness regarding the fire safety norms needs to be stepped up. The staff of the hospital should be properly trained to deal with fire emergencies particularly with regard to the use of fire...

• One Man's Pain......

  Laura Mackie | January 31, 2007 9:01 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  ......Is another man's pleasure. Well at least as far as Jeffrey Mogil of the University of Illinois is concerned. More accurately, with the results of 62 different studies behind him, Mogil says that scientists now know that people really do feel pain differently when confronted by the same stimulus. The answer, it appears, can be found in the human genome. The search goes on within the...

• Whose Job is it anyway?

  Laura Mackie | January 29, 2007 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Consumers experiencing a medical emergency are often subjected to unnecessary risks for personal injury and/or malpractice when the agency responding to the call is staffed by untrained or unqualified personnel. An investigative report published by the Sacramento Bee recently exposed a troubling lack of oversight by a state agency in the area of licensing and certification of paramedics.The...

• Fire Safety Films: Spreading the Message of Fire Safety

  Edward Smith | January 17, 2007 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Since fire safety is a major cause of concern throughout the world, media and communications agencies have brought out films to promote the concept of fire safety. These films often grab the attention of viewers and disseminate the message of fire safety. These films have great educational value, as they educate about fire safety situations in a creative and informative way.The National...

• Fire Detection Devices: Sound The Alarm For Fire

  Edward Smith | January 17, 2007 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Automatic fire detection devices, when combined with other elements of an emergency response and evacuation plan, can significantly reduce property damage, personal injuries, and loss of life because of fire accidents in the workplace. The main function of such devices is to identify a developing fire quickly and alert the building occupants and emergency response personnel before extensive...

• Fires in schools: What causes Damage?

  Edward Smith | January 17, 2007 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Fire safety in schools is a very necessary corrective to the increasing incidence of fires in schools. According to statistics, 1 in 15 schools suffer a fire accident. An enormous amount of money is wasted from fires caused to schools, which happen most often due to arson. Most arson attacks happen when school is closed, when the risk of damage to property may well be increased, but the...

• An Overview of Factors Involved In Fire Investigation

  Edward Smith | January 17, 2007 11:05 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Fire safety investigations are conducted to determine the nature and cause behind a fire and to establish the rightful claim for the person/s involved in the fire.t. Fire investigators, the personnel responsible for carrying out fire investigations, compile data related to fire investigations to analyze the factors behind how a fire was ignited and grew. They also investigate in order to...