Sumario: Powered industrial trucks, also known as forklifts or lift trucks, make lifting and transporting heavy objects easier in the workplace. However, this advantage also comes with risk if a forklift is operated un...
Keeping LNG workers, facilities and processes as safe as possible and operations up-and-running efficiently are top priorities for the LNG industry. Flame and gas detection solutions are essential to mitigate risk, particularly in the following areas: Extraction Activities Natural gas extracted from th...
Li-ion batteries, commonly used to power EVs, are at risk of thermal runaway. The best way to mitigate these new fire risks is by cooling, with early fire suppression systems providing cooling by localizing and mitigating thermal runaway risk. There are new and individual challenges t...
How the energy storage market is currently attempting to mitigate fire risk How energy storage fire risk regulations in the US are developing haphazardly on a state-by-state basis, a scenario that is creating considerable confusion and forcing energy storage owners to retrofit fire suppression systems...
began to warn of the hazardous wind conditions. Potter said the utilities commission should have pushed the electric company to implement a power shut-down protocol ahead of time to mitigate wildfire risks, noting that Hawaii has seen a rise in both the size and intensity of fires in recent ...
Common hazards include household chemicals, fires, hot surfaces, bodies of water, and sharp objects. If your home has multiple levels, stairs are a safety hazard for children and elders. Identifying hazards in your home allows you to mitigate the risks and make a plan for the worst. Start ...
To mitigate this increased risk, UL 3741 states that solar arrays need to be made safe and not allow any exposure to dangerous voltages during firefighter interaction. This means that every wire, module, or energized component in the array that can be accessed during firefighter operations must...
Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality— Thanks to this emergency tech, fire and EMS agencies can offer more intensive training for new recruits by leveraging this technology to mitigate imagined and genuine emergencies. Computer Vision, Edge Detection and Object Recognition— Several systems developed...
A thorough disaster recovery plan properly executed can mitigate the damage. Such a plan may not only save you money but also help ensure your company’s reputation emerges from the disaster unscathed. How do you create a disaster recovery plan? To create a disaster recovery plan, you first ...
Moral hazards can be a high cost to businesses. Learning how to identify and mitigate them is essential to a business's profitability and longevity. Implementing practices or offering incentives that result in the risk-taking party having some "skin in the game" are means of tackling this probl...