A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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* Differentiate between hazard and a risk. Hazard is anything that causes injury‚ disease‚ or death to humans‚ or damage to personal or public property‚ or deterioration or destruction of environmental components. Risk is suffering injury disease‚ death‚ or some other loss as a result of exposure to a hazard. (Boorse) * What risks from Figure 17-16 and Table 17-3 surprise you and why do they surprise you? In figure 17-3 the aids rate is what surprised me I didn’t think it would be that low. If
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Electrical circuit is a path which electrons from a voltage or current source flow. Electric current flows in a closed path called an electric circuit. The point where those electrons enter an electrical circuit is called the "source" of electrons. The point where the electrons leave an electrical circuit is called the "return" or "earth ground". The exit point is called the "return" because electrons always end up at the source when they complete the path of an electrical circuit. The part of an
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Arc Flash Hazard Analysis and Protection Identify Within the past few years‚ the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) implemented new employer rules concerning arc flash and the establishment of employee protection. (Foulke‚ 2006) The purposes of this paper it to increase knowledge about the hazards involving arch flash and how to establish the required protection zones. Explain Arc flash is a type of electrical explosion that results from a low-impedance connection to ground
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Hazard Monitoring And Disaster Reduction EM-DAT It’s a global database on natural disasters that contains essential data on the occurrence and effects of more than 17‚000 disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources‚ including UN agencies‚ non-governmental organisations‚ insurance companies‚ research institutes and press agencies. It’s data is primarily used by governments and agencies in charge of relief and recovery after a disaster. In addition
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ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS A conductor is an object or type of material which permits the flow of electric charges in one or more directions. For example‚ a wire is an electrical conductor that can carry electricity along its length. Physics All conductors contain electrical charges‚ which will move when an electric potential difference (measured in volts) is applied across separate points on the material. This flow of charge (measured in amperes) is what is meant by electric current. In most
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L&T SWITCHGEAR SAFE & SURE ELECTRICAL SAFETY E S P SERVICE MANUAL GENERAL Electricity is good servant but bad master. It can prove to be very dangerous if circuits are not properly protected. The major fault that appears in electrical network or equipment is termed as short circuit. In short circuit‚ the supply phase and neutral or earth is short circuited accidentally due to foreign metallic substance coming in contact with phase & neutral or earth or due to overload thereby damaging
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ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY IN SOLUTION REPORT By: Dwinita Ayuningtyas ( X2 / 10) Elizabeth Irianti ( X2 / 10) M. Ariefur Rohman ( X2 / 10) Richa Wahyu A. ( X2 / 10) Tiara Faradina P. ( X2 / 10) Yanuar Alfa T.S. ( X2 / 10) [pic] Worship and praise we prayed the presence of god almighty who has guided and directed us‚ so we can resolve this chemical report. We make this report to refine the experiment on the Electrical Conductivity In Solution we’ve done a few days ago
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• Differentiate between hazard and a risk. Hazard- makes us sick and makes our life expectancy shorter. - Is something that can cause you to become injured or get a disease and could eventually kill you. (Ex: people working with asbestos for a certain amount of time can develop cancer) - Anything that can cause damage to your personal property or public property (ex a flood damaging your home) - Things that would cause the environment to become polluted‚ anything that would be mistreatment
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Humberside Fire and Rescue Service STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR Chemical and biological hazards S.O.P. No 5.3 PRODUCED BY: OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICE HEADQUARTERS HUMBERSIDE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES |
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