SAFETY FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

SAFETY FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

SAFETY  isn't only a 6 letter word, it includes various other definitions under its umbrella. Safety can be  viewed from different points of view. It includes :

       ·         SAFETY FROM FIRE

       ·         SAFETY FROM FAST FOOD

       ·     SAFETY FROM BULLLYING
      ·         SAFETY FROM ELECTRICITY

      ·         SAFETY FROM GLOBALIZATION

      ·         SAFETY FROM ROAD RAGE

      ·         SAFETY FROM DISASTERS

      ·         SAFETY FROM CYBER CRIME

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         It isn't that safety can be defined by a single sentence.. It is  descriptive word and includes its meaning in practical situations.............

HAVE A THOUGHT !!!

SAFETY FROM FIRE

FIRE SAFETY   refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property damage, alert those in a structure to the presence of a fire in the event one occurs, better enable those threatened by a fire to survive, or to reduce the damage caused by a fire. Fire safety measures include those that are planned during the construction of a building or implemented in structures that are already standing, and those that are taught to occupants of the building   .       
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DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO TO YOU...

Would you know what to do if a fire started in your home? Would your kids? Take the time now to review fire safety facts and tips so your family will be prepared in the event of a fire emergency in your home.

FIRE SAFETY MEASURES   :

·          Building a facility in accordance with the version of the local building code.

·          Maintaining a facility and conducting  yourself  in accordance with the provisions of the fire code. This is based on the occupants and operators of the building being aware of the applicable regulations and advice.

  Examples of these include:

             §     Not exceeding the maximum occupancy within any part of the  Building.

             §     Maintaining proper fire exits and exit signage (e.g., exit  pointing to them that can function in a power failure)

             §    Placing and maintaining fire extinguishers   in easily access places.

       §    Properly storing/using, hazardous materials that may be needed inside the building for storage or operational requirements (such as solvents in spray booths.

        §   Prohibiting flammable   materials in certain areas of the facility.

            §    Periodically inspecting buildings for violations, issuing Orders To Comply and, potentially, prosecuting or closing buildings that are not in compliance, until the deficiencies are corrected or condemning it in

     extreme cases.

            §    Maintaining fire alarm systems for detection and warning of fire.

          §   Obtaining and maintaining a complete inventory of  firestops  .

and  users of the building to avoid obvious mistakes, such as the propping.

            §   Maintaining a high level of training and awareness of occupants  and open fire doors

            §   Ensuring that spray fireproofing remains undamaged.

           §    Conduct  fire drills at regular intervals throughout the year.

FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CHART

SAFETY FROM BULLYING

BULLYING IS A GREAT DEAL

Bullying is a big problem that affects lots of kids. Three-quarters of all kids say they have been bullied or teased. Being bullied can make kids feel really bad. The stress of dealing with bullies can make kids feel sick.

Bullies  often  pick  on  someone  they  think  they  can  have  power  over. They  might  pick  on kids who  get  upset  easily  or  who  have  trouble sticking  up  for  themselves.  Getting  a  big reaction  out  of  someone  can  make  bullies  feel  like  they  have  the  power  they  want. Sometimes  bullies  pick  on  someone  who  is  smarter  than  they  are  or  different   from   them  in  some way.  Sometimes  bullies  just  pick  on  a  kid  for  no  reason  at  all.




STEPS ARE LISTED SOME OF THE BULLYING PREVENTION BELOW :

Bully-Proofing Your School (BPYS)

Developed in 1994 by several educators in the Cherry Creek School District of Colorado, the BPYS program offers a systemic approach for the entire school to work together to reduce bullying problems. The program seeks to isolate and alter the environmental factors in schools that allow bullying to occur. To accomplish this, BPYS encourages elementary and middle school students to care about the safety of their school and as a result, participate in the establishment and maintenance of a safe school environment for everyone. 

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is a comprehensive, school-wide program designed for use in elementary, middle, or junior high schools. It was developed in Colorado in 1993 by Dan Olweus, a leader in research and intervention work in the area of bullying and victimization problems among school children and youth. As a Blueprints Model Program⁶ , the Olweus Program has been evaluated several times and has been implemented in more than one dozen countries at the school-wide, classroom and individual levels. It includes activities such as an assessment of the nature and prevalence of bullying, the formation of a Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee to coordinate all aspects of the school’s program, increased supervision of students at the known “hot spots” for bullying, the establishment and enforcement of class rules against bullying, and interventions with children identified as bullies and victims.  

The Fourth R curriculum

Preliminary results indicate that students who had participated in the Fourth R program were more than twice as likely to use negotiation when faced with pressure tactics to engage in high risk behaviors than students who had not participated in the program (Strategies for Healthy Young Relationships, 2006). These findings suggest that the program is effective in preventing or reducing bullying behavior by providing potential bullies and victims with the appropriate techniques to reduce their involvement in such high risk behaviours. The Fourth R curriculum has been recommended by Curriculum Services Canada to support the Ontario Curriculum in Grade 9 and 10 Health and Physical Education.

Together We Light the Way (TWLTW)

TWLTW is a comprehensive program that aims to create safe and caring learning communities by bringing together municipal officials, business leaders, and members of community groups to work in partnership with the school staff, students, and parents. The project is focused on increasing the eight protective factors for preventing bullying behaviour. 

SAFETY FROM ELECTRICITY

SAFETY FROM ELECTRICITY

OH BENJAMIN !

Benjamin Franklin studied electricity, and is quite famous even today for his kite and key experiment with lightning. We must always remember that Ben could have been seriously injured during that experiment. It is never a good idea to be careless with something as powerful as electrical energy!

Electricity has the power to light lamps that help us see at night and fuel heaters that keep us warm in winter, but it is important not to get in electricity's way because it can harm you.

HERE ARE SOME SAFETY TIPS TO REMEMBER :

DON'T TOUCH ANY ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH YOUR HANDS WET..

•  Never play with electrical cords,  wires, switches, or plugs.
• Stay away from fallen power lines. Tell an adult if you see a fallen line.
• Never use a hairdryer or play an electrical radio or television near a bathtub or sink.
• Before you climb a tree, look up. If a power line is nearby or touching, stay away from the tree.
• Never touch anything that runs on electricity when your hands are wet.
• Fly kites and model airplanes in a wide open field or park—never near overhead electrical wires.
• Never climb utility poles or electrical towers.

• Stay away from substations and transformers (green boxes).

SAFETY FROM GLOBALISATION

WHY GLOBALIZATION ??????

Globalization refers to the increasing unification of the world's economic order through reduction of such barriers to international trade as tariffs, export fees, and import quotas. The goal is to increase material wealth, goods, and services through an international division of labor by efficiencies catalyzed by international relations, specialization and competition. It describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through communication, transportation, and trade.

 GLOBALIZATION REQUIRES SAFETY...

YES, friends . maybe globalisation have conquered the world but there is some thing hiding in it..globalisation can be dangerous too...

Greater government intervention is needed to moderate the severe economic swings and inequalities that seem to be an unavoidable byproduct of globalization, according to a United Nations report released yesterday.

Pointing to food riots in dozens of poor countries whipsawed by soaring prices for wheat and other staples, and to the rising income inequality that has become a too-common feature of economies in the developed world, the report says that no one is immune from the sometimes cruel consequences of global economic forces. But governments should do more, both individually and collectively, to protect people from their harshest impacts, it says.

The U.N.'s 2008 World Economic and Social Survey calls for greater regulation of international capital flows, more generous foreign aid and perhaps the guarantee of a minimum income to the world's poorest residents. Domestically, countries should do more to cushion their citizens against economic changes that have left them less secure. In poor countries, the insecurity can take the form of hunger and food shortages; in developed nations it often means stagnating wages and growing income inequality.

Global competition, which erodes the security of businesses, unstable capital flows, which crimp investment and growth, and food shortages are sometimes viewed as beyond the ability of governments to control..

SAFETY FROM ROAD RAGE

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ROAD RAGE ? 

Road rage is an aggressive or angry behavior by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicle. Such behavior might include rude gestures, verbal insults, deliberately driving in an unsafe or threatening manner, or making threats. Road rage can lead to altercations, assaults, and collisions which result in injuries and even deaths. It can be thought of as an extreme case of aggressive driving.

SAFETY FROM ROAD ACCIDENTS :

Every year around 3300 people, that's around 9 every day, are killed or disabled as a result of car accidents in INDIA..

1. Check your speedometer regularly, especially when coming off high speed roads

If you don't regularly check your speedometer it's very easy sometimes to not realise how fast you are going. You may be in a built up area where there is minimum speed limit but adhering to that can feel like you are crawling. Checking you are within the speed limit regularly may not only save you a fine for speeding but can save lives too.

2. Know the limits - look for signs, especially at junctions

You need to know the speed limit of the roads you are using. In many cases, the nature of the road does not indicate the speed limit. In urban areas, for example, dual carriageways can have limits of 30 mph, 40 mph, 50 mph, 60 mph or 70 mph.

Speed limit signs tend to be placed at junctions because this is often the point at which the limit changes. However, junctions are also where you need to absorb a wide range of different information and it is easy to miss a speed limit sign when concentrating on one or more other things (e.g., which way am I going, is that driver going to pull out, etc). So you need to get into the habit of checking for speed limit signs at junctions, and looking for repeater signs after the junction, especially if the nature of the road has changed.

3. Assume lamp posts mean 30 mph, until signs say otherwise - but remember it could be 20 mph

The Highway Code advises that street lights usually mean the limit is 30 mph unless there are signs showing otherwise. Use your common sense judgement as well. If it looks like a built up residential area then lower your speed accordingly to 30 mph.

4. Remember, speed limits are a maximum, not targets

Examples of situations where drivers should drive at lower speeds than the limits are:

around schools at opening and closing times, when children are about (especially residential areas, near playgrounds or parks), on busy, narrow roads, where parked vehicles reduce the width of the road, on rural roads which are narrow, bendy and hilly and visibility is restricted, in poor weather or reduced visibility, on wet, icy or snowy roads or at roadworks.

5. 20's plenty when kids are about - and may even be too fast

One of the most effective ways we can ensure that a child who dashes into the road or who makes a mistake while cycling does not pay for that mistake with their life, is to drive slower when children are, or may be,

 about.

6. Try no higher than 3rd gear in a 30 mph limit   .

If you struggle to keep your car within 30 mph when driving in a 30 mph zone, try driving in 3rd gear (or lower when necessary). If you can comfortably travel at 30 mph in 3rd gear without feeling that the engine is laboured, adopt 'no higher than 3rd in 30 mph' as a principle.

7. Recognise what makes you speed - keeping up with traffic, overtaking or being tailgated

We all have reasons why we sometimes speed up. It might be listening to loud music or feeling stressed by a driver too close behind. Finding out personal speed triggers and then addressing them is a good way forward.

8. Concentrate - distracted drivers speed

Paying attention while driving is obviously very important and can lead to less  speeding.

9. Slow down when entering villages

Villages are in rural areas and normally surrounded by roads with 60 mph limits. But, of course, in the village itself there are pedestrians, cyclists, junctions, slow-moving vehicles.

10. Give yourself time - there's no need to speed and you won't get there quicker

You're late so you drive faster to make up the time. The reality in a lot of cases is that you can try to drive like the clappers but not get there much quicker than if you drove normally.




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                                                             HAVE A SAFE DRIVE !!!

SAFETY FROM DISASTERS

REAL DEFINITION OF DISASTER....

 Disaster is a sudden, calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, and destruction and  devastation to life and property. The damage caused by disasters is immeasurable and varies with the geographical location, climate and the type of the earth surface/degree of vulnerability. This influences the mental, socio-economic, political and cultural state of the affected area. Generally, disaster has the following effects in the concerned areas.

 SAFETY PLANS

• Prepare an emergency plan and conduct an emergency drill.
• Evaluate your home. Have your building and appliances inspected to assure that they are able to withstand a significant disaster.
• Know the location of the main electric switch and how to turn off your electric supply. 
• If you are cooking in the kitchen, turn off the stove before you take cover.
• If you are outdoors, get into the open away from buildings and power lines. Be alert for falling debris.
• Prepare an emergency plan and conduct an emergency drill with your family.
• Prepare an emergency evacuation plan for your home. Each room should have at least 2 ways to escape in case one is blocked. Establish a place where your family can reunite after an emergency.
• If you live in an apartment, know the locations of emergency exits, fire alarms, and fire extinguishers.
• Make sure children, houseguests and childcare providers know your safety procedures.  By planning and practicing what to do, you can condition yourself and your family to react correctly when an emergency occurs.
• Establish an alternative way to contact others that may not be home, such as an out-of-the-area telephone contact. During some emergencies such as an earthquake, completing local telephone calls may be difficult, it may be easier to telephone someone out of the   area.
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• Prepare and maintain an emergency preparedness kit with enough supplies on hand to be self-sufficient for at least 3 days, and preferably up to one week.
• Know when and how to turn off electricity, water and gas at the main switch and valves.
• Evaluate your home for safety; including ensuring your home can withstand a serious earthquake or other emergency.
• Always store flammable material safely away from ignition sources like water heaters, furnaces and stoves.
• Be sure smoke alarms are installed throughout your home. If the smoke alarm runs on batteries, or has battery back-up power, replace batteries at least once per year. If the low battery warning beeps, replace the battery immediately. All smoke alarms in your house should be tested every month using the alarm test button.

• Keep fire extinguishers in your home, and know how to use them before they are needed. You should keep a fire extinguisher in high-risk areas such as the kitchen and workshop.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN