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Showing posts with label emergency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emergency. Show all posts
Feb 11, 2021

Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services (TSDRFS) Department - achievements

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The department during the year 2020 attended 7,899 calls as per the data published in its site .  Telangana State Disaster Response and Fir...
Jul 21, 2019

construction worker injured as Pump House Collapses

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LINK https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/under-construction-pump-house-collapsed-in-tirupati-548198 https://timesofindia.indi...
Jun 2, 2015

Toxic gas leak from neighbor factory affects 60 in a garment factory

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Some workers of a garment factory sensing strong smell of a gas tried to runaway from workplace but fainted before reaching the gate. A taxi...
Aug 21, 2012

Fire safety in theatres

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Andhra Pradesh Government asked movie theatre owners to ensure fire safety. As per the fire department, all the theatres should ensure avail...
Mar 5, 2012

Emergency exits - how they should be?

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Recently, I attended a seminar and found the two doors marked as EXIT inside in the conference room, are leading to the same corridor. The c...
Dec 31, 2011

Gas leak smelled 80 miles away

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A gas well leak through a quarter inch hole in the valve spread 80 miles down causing throat irritation and rotten egg smell. It is estimat...
Dec 18, 2011

NDMA to prepare guidelines for emergencies in hospitals

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It is reported that National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will prepare guidelines to handle emergencies in hospitals. This follows ...
Nov 20, 2011

BLEVE

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In a report ( http://www.homernews.com/stories/111611/news_fdef.shtml#.TsiKjT38Kxw ), it is mentioned that a fire started in a residential g...
Nov 10, 2011

Off-Site Emergency Response Plans: A Preparedness Tool - Fire Engineering

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The Bhopal accident in 1984 led to promulgation of an Act in 1986 to identify hazardous substances, notify the inventories and prepare for e...
Mar 16, 2011

LPG leak - lack of preparedness to attend emergency

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As per reports ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) appeared in news papers, an LPG tanker with 15 T of LPG, moving on the road had a brush with tree branches ...
Mar 15, 2011

Emergency - rumours

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I received an e-mail which warned all people to stay indoor for the next 24 hr as radiation from Fukushima reactor explosion can spread acro...

Nuclear emergency in Japan

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The earthquake on 11.03.2011 followed with tsunami and nuclear emergency at Fukushima reminded me of Murphy's law. There was power outag...
Feb 22, 2011

Emergency escape routes - not available during emergency

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Recently, a fire incident was reported in the basement  of an office building in which three persons lost their lives. The reason for the de...
Feb 17, 2011

NDTV Video of LPG Tanker explosion

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There is a video of an LPG road tanker explosion occurred in Turkey. The video was captured in a cell phone camera. It shows the impact of p...
Dec 13, 2010

Recurrence of accidents - lack of safety culture

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We read a number of industrial and road accidents in news papers. It appears that we never learn and never want to learn also. In factories,...
Sep 15, 2010

Wrist band tool to identify persons in danger and help in Safe Evacuation

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A demo found in youtube on above subject is available here.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdTIYvKhhoc