Flood risk assessment

2. Themes 2.1. Main Themes 2.1.1. Illusion vs. Reality “Oh, life would be tolerable enough, even so, if we could only be rid of these infernal duns who come to us poor people’s doors with their claim of ideal” (Ibsen, 1961:260). According to Halsey (1970:56), this sentence sums up the essence of The Wild Duck. The Ekdal family lives happily in a seemingly perfect life. A life that was built on illusion. The main character, Hjalmar Ekdal, emphasises the theme through his doings, often turning a…

Assessment event 1 Question 1: 1a) List two responsibilities of the employee and employer. Employer: ⦁ Ensure that health and safety in the workplace is up to code to ensure the safety of workers and prevent incidents. This includes but not limited to, minimising risk or eliminate risk, correct training of all equipment/potential hazardous materials and regular assessments of the workplace. ⦁ Ensure the management or control of the workplace is in order, by maintaining the workplace is in a…

When comparing the federal and state guidelines/requirements for building evacuations to the NFPA requirements/standards, it is clear to see that both requirements make sure there is a way of escape. Both OSHA and NFPA include in their requirements that having a visible way of knowing where to safely escape to is immensely important when in an emergency. On OSHA.gov it is stated, “the use of floor places or workplace maps which clearly show the emergency escape routes should be included in the…

Antwan Hilton EPT-220 Midterm Due Date: November 8, 2015 The Intelligence Cycle Intelligence is defined as information that has been examined so that is useful to the policy makers and the decisions about potential threats to the United States of America. The Intelligence Cycle however, is the process the Intelligence is made,acquired, and accessible to others. To overcome on how America was looking as an easy and accessible target, Patrick Duecy in the year of 2006 recommended that those…

Under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) an employer has a responsibility to maintain, in safe working order, all electrical equipment used in their business. All electrical items in school should have a portable appliance testing (PAT) done so everyone knows that they are safe to be used in school. The definition of portable equipment is that portable equipment consists of all equipment that is moveable and that when in use it is connected to an electricity source…

I. Purpose, Scope, Situation, and Assumptions A. Purpose of the plan The purpose of this Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is to construct a comprehensive plan that is valid, structurally organized, easy to follow, and understandable. This EOP is designed to describe the responses of the town of Lexington Kentucky across the entire spectrum of emergency disasters. Its goals aim to mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover: 1. Mitigate: Actively provide the means for the utilization of all…

Proactive hazard mitigation planning (HMP) that utilizes vulnerability and resilience assessments, mitigation, and adaptation strategies can aid in the reduction of disaster impacts (Frazier, Thompson, and Dezzani 2014; Frazier, Wood, and Yarnal 2010a; Berke and Godschalk 2009; Burby 2006; Burby et al. 2000). It is not possible to mitigate everywhere within the community when large numbers of societal assets are exposed to a hazard; therefore, targeting mitigation allows agencies with limited…

Under the Accords, a Compliance Committee consisting of a ‘facilitative branch’ and an ‘enforcement branch’ was to be established. The facilitative branch, as its name suggests, aims to provide advice and facilitation to the parties in implementing the Protocol, and to promote compliance by the parties. It is responsible for addressing questions of implementation by the parties In addition, the facilitative branch may provide financial and technical assistance to any party concerned, as well…

possible improvement projects. Our first concern is for fall risk and restraints. If we use a fall risk assessment tool, such as the John Hopkins Fall Assessment Tool (John Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool, 2007), even though we don’t have enough information to complete the entire…

This assignment’s purpose is to create an evaluation about the intended audience by thoroughly analyzing the purpose, structure and diction of the Use and Care Manual for the BLACK+DECKER Allure Iron. To give a brief overview, the manual gives safety instructions as well as use and care instructions in order to provide the reader with basic information on the product. The manual’s format is mapped to allow the knowledge to be readily available for the reader and makes it easier to find, and…