Fire Planning – Fire Prevention Week
Plan an Escape Gather all family members and housemates. Sketch a floor plan of all rooms with doors, windows, and hallways. Include each floor of the home. Draw the escape plan with arrows showing two ways, if possible, to get out of each room. Sleeping areas are...
Be Prepared: Understanding Evacuation
There may be circumstances which you and your family feel endangered and you need to leave your home, school or workplace. Learn about the hazards that may strike your community, the risks you face from these hazards, and your community's plan for warning and...
7 Things Employees Must Know About Safety and Their Job
1. Hazards. Employees need to know what could go wrong in their job and injure or make them ill. They need to be able to identify hazards, and they must know the steps they need to take to protect themselves against these hazards. They also need to know how to correct...
B.C.’s 6.4 Earthquake
The 6.4 earthquake that struck off of Vancouver Island 2 weeks ago was one of the strongest felt in BC and the largest since 2004. Although the Port Alice quake caused no major damage and was not powerful enough to create a tsunami effect, people in Richmond and...
Who is Responsible for Safety?
Behavioral Safety - Who Is Responsible for Safety? Safety is everyones responsibility! As an employee, you should: Learn to work safely and take all rules seriously. Recognize hazards and avoid them. Report all accidents, injuries and illness to your supervisor...
Great British Columbia ShakeOut 2011
The 2011 Great British Columbia ShakeOut on October 20 at 10:20 a.m. is now six weeks away, and already more than 77,000 people are now registered. Shakeout BC is now an annual drill, joining with California, Idaho, Oregon and other areas on the third Thursday of each...