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2018 DEC 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Researchers detail new data in Catheterization. According to news originating from Huntington, [...]

Ways to make your vessel sink-resistant are discussed. Sink-resistance can be achieved if the following areas are addressed: bulkheads, tankage, locker dams, permanent integral buoyancy, and inflatable bags. Sidebars discuss defenses against flooding and sailing an unsinkable boat.

Nineteen years ago this month, Mexico City suffered the most disastrous earthquake in its history. The death toll from the 1985 quake--actually two quakes in quick succession topping out at [...]

A call for a 'culture of prevention' to counteract increasingly destructive natural disasters Throughout history, the violent side of nature has manifested itself in destructive phenomena such as floods, volcanic [...]

BIOHAZARD BY MAIL. Nationwide installation of the U.S. Postal Service's Biohazard Detection System (BDS) has resumed following a delay to determine why some systems were producing 'inconclusive' test results. The [...]

Disasters, like death and taxes, are inevitable. Some you cannot avoid and recover from, such as when the Sun goes supernova, the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide, or an [...]

Many disasters can be avoided altogether with consistent building maintenance, according to Ron Frederiksen, president of RSV Construction Services Inc. in Vancouver. 'Too often, people put things off,' Frederiksen said. [...]

Months ago nobody could have imagined the events and the far-reaching impacts of 9/11. Traditionally business continuity focused on recovering from the impact of a natural disaster or technical problem. [...]

The last 12 months may have been a year to forget, but what steps are being taken to prevent a repeat of similar disasters? FOR a year that began with […]

By Hannah Velten WHY do things go wrong over the festive period when you should be opening your presents or are desperate to snuggle up with the Sound of Music? […]

You may want to think twice about chatting on your cell phone while driving the Valley's busy streets, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't pack it when going camping or [...]

A risk assessment approach to planning for the unexpected--before it actually happens! Emergency planning is essential for all organizations. This applies whether you are a major manufacturer using large quantities […]

No one likes to think about disasters. There's the impression that--as long as you don't think about them--they're not going to happen to you. Maybe to other people, but not […]

Foreseeing future failures and planning for the unplanned are key to successful technology rollouts Call it 'contingency planning.' Call it 'going to Plan B.' Call it 'being prepared for 'it' [...]

The first 24 hours of an incident are crucial to the handling of a crisis, the seminar was told. Disaster Management Professionals managing director David Perl said: 'How you act [...]

The Port Authority has been working with the New York City Fire Dept to devise new safety and security systems for the Port Authority's World Trade Center, New York, NY. Some of the new loss prevention devices have already been installed to replace or improve systems that were inadequate during the March 1993 bombing. Security firms will review public parking area, new control and communication centers have been established and back-up lighting systems have been installed in all elevators, floor landings and stair wells., As tenants begin to move back into their offices in New York's World Trade Center, new safety and loss prevention systems are rapidly being implemented around them. Working in conjunction [...]

The 1992 International Congress and General Assembly of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations met in Tanzania to discuss the use of risk management to reduce environmental and manmade disasters. Tanzanian Pres Ali Hassan stated that natural disasters cannot be prevented, but preparation can reduce their impact. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Dir Cort Durocher stated that one risk management technique is the use of space-based systems to help prevent both natural and manmade disasters., AS ENVIRONMENTAL and man-made disasters continue to wreak havoc on a worldwide population of more than 5.3 billion people, death tolls continue to rise, particularly in overcrowded Third World countries. [...]

WHILE THERE HAS been a great deal of attention paid to preventing a terrorist attack at a U.S. port of entry, there is a renewed focus in the Department of [...]

According to the experts at Newmark & Company's 'Disaster Recovery and Security Planning' seminar, The most effective thing business owners can do to safeguard themselves against future terrorist attacks is [...]

In October 2001 a new international treaty, the Aarhus Convention, went into force. This far-reaching community right-to-know law, ratified by close to 20 European countries, mandates that signatory governments increase […]

Congressman Ric Keller and Orange County Chairman Rich Crotty plan to apply for federal funding to establish an Urban Search and Rescue Team in Central Florida. Such a team was [...]

Protecting Communications from Disaster An unforeseen disaster can strike an organization at any time. Many large companies have recognized the business implications of such a possibility and have built backup [...]

A major disaster was recently averted in Haifa's Hof Shemen Industrial district, where the Israel Oil Refineries' and Israel Electric Corporation's power plants are located. There are also storage facilities [...]

In 1989, 155 Member States of the United Nations co-sponsored a UN Resolution which declared the years 1990 to 2000 the 'International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction' (IDNDR). The purpose [...]

UNESCO's Unit for Disaster Reduction seeks to encourage the adoption of policies and action designed to anticipate potential risks and favouring a shift in emphasis away from post-disaster reaction and [...]