Emergency Procedures

Emergency Shower and Eye Wash Poster

Emergency Procedures

Emergency Shower and Eye Wash Poster How many times have you been to a workplace and found that they have a great formal system but just aren’t getting the basics right like having emergency shower hidden behind a pallet of spare parts. No hope of getting to the shower in an emergency – when you [...]

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Safety Posters Escape Route

Emergency Procedures

Safety Posters Escape Route If you are looking for something to replace those dull and boring safety posters, the SAFETY TOOLSHED has a brand new range out now.

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Safety Poster–Emergency Plan

Emergency Procedures

Safety Poster–Emergency Plan One of the new safety posters from the Safety Toolshed

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Daily Safety Poster

Emergency Procedures

Daily Safety Poster Know Your Escape Routes New poster from the the SAFETY TOOLSHED COLLECTION – See them Here

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Classic Number Plate

Emergency Procedures

Classic Number Plate for this Line of Business (LOB) Spotted this very appropriate number plate on an ambulance yesterday?. Well I thought it was funny – guess you had to be there? No I didn’t take it while driving – it was taken by a passenger (after much protest). I saw a Police car years [...]

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FREE Guidelines for Critical Incidents

Emergency Procedures

FREE Guidelines for Critical Incidents Next time you hear someone complain about having to wear PPE or fill out a JSA, spare a thought for our Emergency Services and Public Safety personnel. Whether it be search and rescue, disaster recovery, accident response, tactical response, fire fighting or day to day frontline policing, these guys are [...]

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Surviving Cyclones: Preparation and safety

Cyclone Safety Tips

Surviving Cyclones: Preparation and safety. The link above to the BOM provides a general checklist for cyclone preparation and safety procedures. Preparation and Safety information is also linked in the right hand column including details about damage and danger associated with cyclone intensity, storm surge and advice for mariners. State and territory emergency agencies are [...]

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Cyclone Safety

Cyclone Safety Tips

Cyclone Safety Tips from Gladstone Council When a Cyclone Watch is Issued Re-check your property for any loose material and tie down (or fill with water) all large, relatively light items such as boats and rubbish bins. Fill vehicles’ fuel tanks. Check your emergency kit and fill water containers. Ensure household members know which is [...]

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There Are Many Ways to Be Prepared for an Emergency

Emergency Procedures

There Are Many Ways to Be Prepared for an Emergency By Kat Anderson As we leave 2010 behind us and welcome 2011, let’s hope this year ahead doesn’t beat last year’s record of costly natural disasters. These catastrophic events made 2010 one of the deadliest and costliest years in recent history. The number of earthquakes [...]

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Flood Safety Risks

Electrical Safety

Please spare a thought for all those residents, businesses, Volunteers and Emergency Services Personnel in Brisbane and other QLD towns currently being affected by severe flooding. The images being broadcast on TV are ones that many of us have never seen before (worse than 1974) or could ever imagined were possible. Police say that the [...]

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Take 5 Safety Drills

Emergency Procedures

Take 5 Safety Drills Take 5 Safety Drills are five minute safety drills developed for quick practice of safety protocols.  The drills consist of general topics like health, wellness, safety communications, disasters, safety equipment, and responses.  Additional drills for specific categories include:  air borne issues, burns, cuts, civil rights, critical stress, driving, fatigue, hazardous materials, [...]

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Cyclone Safety Tips and Precautions

Construction Safety

We’ve recently been warned that on top of all the recent flooding,  QLD still faces a very serious threat from severe cyclones in the next week or so. Many injuries are caused by flying objects and structures not built according to latest building codes. The Qld Govt has produced this excellent guide covering what to [...]

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Emergency Preparedness

Articles

Life is unfortunately filled with potential emergencies, and offices should be prepared with an emergency plan, including a trained emergency response team.  Offering some employees free first aid classes and CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation), forming an emergency response team, and offering first aid tools could save one or many lives in an emergency situation. First [...]

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Why Things Are Seen

Disaster

Not sure why I posted this – I just love the articles this guy writes about how to survive after the apocalypse! See also 4 ways to start a fire without matches or a lighter Why Things Are Seen By Gerald Thomson In the post apocalypse or collapse everything will be different. The way you [...]

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BP Safety and Risk Management Restructure

Dangerous Jobs

Following the Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster, a new, high powered Safety Division will be formed.  Incoming CEO Bob Dudley yesterday said there were “lessons for us relating to the way we operate, the way we organise our company and the way we manage risk”. He said restructuring the “upstream business” would reinforce accountability for [...]

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National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines

Emergency Procedures

National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines (more info from their website HERE) This DRAFT is one of the simplest, yet all encompassing, guides to the principles of risk management and the risk management tools involved that I have come across. Produced for Emergency Services personnel as part of the the National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines (NERAG) [...]

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