Yahoo asked:


I was just wondering if a third city has recently ( in the past few days ) had an underground city fire. Just like Baltimore and Vancouver, recently had.

Jorge

Da Wei asked:


I know that the yellow colour comes from carbon particles, which loses energy when it reaches a certain distance and becomes smoke (my guess). So this determines the shape/size of the fire? The blue colour from bunsen burners and stoves come from sulfur or something added to the gas to give a a smell yea? What I don’t get is how the fire is sustained by rapid oxidation and how this is all related to my energy. My head is about to explode.

Minnie

Prject manyian asked:


I have to do this science fair project and I decided to do it on spontaneous combustion. I need to know how to put the fire out if it starts to combust. So if you can’t put it out with a water fire extinguisher is there another way you can put it out. (other than a chemical fire extinguisher. If not is there a way I could find one to use?
I am using common household items the four I am planning to use are Pledge, Windex, Armor All, and Goo Gone.

Lewis

Sue B asked:


I watched the film ‘Memphis Belle’ today and the B-17 had an engine fire and went into a fast dive to put the fire out. How would this work? I thought the oxygen would aid the fire.

Walter

Vikram Kumar asked:


It has been said that the people is the center of the business organization. Without people doing their individual tasks, the business will fail to operate successfully.  It is then important that employees or staffs are given priority. Their welfare should be in the minds of the business owner and employers. Otherwise, they may fail to do their functions or be less motivated to do so. Also, they may quit the job and find a better workplace.

 

To think of employee welfare is important. Particularly, a business owner has to target the health and safety of the employee. No employee would ever want to work in places that put their health and safety at risk. For this reason, business owners need to find health and safety consultancy. This way, they would be guided on how to develop health and safety measures for the workplace, employees and their business as a whole.

 

When a business gets into health and safety consultancy, it would be open to many benefits. It would not only benefit the employee but the business as well. Generally, the business that is into health and safety consultancy will have the following benefits.

 



Less absenteeism from employees. Because the health and safety consultant develops healthy and safety rules and tools for employees, there is little chance that employees get sick due to their work.  For this reason, have no reasons to take sick leave and therefore can work well. For the business, this means getting the expected result from the employees.

Less turnovers of employees. Hiring and training can be costly. Almost all new employees have to undergo trainings, no matter how experienced they are in the field. For this reason, it is important that a business keeps employee loyalty so they can work longer in the organization. Once they are too familiar, they can work with less supervision. But when there is employment turnover, the business just hires and trains new employees and never gets work that needs less supervision.  Also, with turnovers, work is not continuous. There is a lag time between employee training and continuous work. For this reason, businesses need to have health and safety consultant for assistance to employee welfare. Once a business is into health and safety consultancy, employees will see it and will know that their welfare is a priority. This will then lead to employee loyalty.

Affordable insurance for employee benefits. When insurance companies check turnovers and safety measures of the company, they give bargains or discounts for health and life insurance. This is because they will see that there is low insurance risk of the employees. This means savings for the company.

Finally, with health and safety consultant for the business, the working environment is generally les hazardous and safe. This will give efficiency and effectiveness of employees functions. Once the employees work well, it is truly advantageous to the business.



 

In conclusion, it is important that business find health and safety consultant to aid them for health and safety measures in the workplace. Likewise, with health and safety consultant by the employer side, the operation of the business will generally benefit the employees and the business owners as well. Once health and safety generally exist in the business, it can operate successfully. Once the business keeps in mind health and safety of employees and in the workplace, there is efficiency and effectiveness of work.



Maurice

Joyce Jackson asked:


There are Five Safety Secrets that truly make kids safe. These Secrets set the foundation of true safety for a lifetime in children, and can do the same for your child.

These Secrets will also surprise you. They work quietly and effectively beneath the surface of your child’s brain. If you use these Five Secrets, they will make any safety technique that much more effective. Without these Five Safety Secrets, your child will never be able to keep themselves safe. Ever.

Secret #1: Confidence.

Confidence and a positive self image are crucial in good child safety. Confident kids are less of a target for sexual predators. Not only do they stand taller and keep their heads up higher, they represent a problem, a less than easy victim for sexual predators.

Confident kids project “struggle” for any predator trolling for kids and more often than not, predators will pass them by. More often, predators will choose kids that appear weak and sad, a child in need of a friend. These are the kids that hang their heads, shuffle down the street and have a hard time looking anyone in the eye when they talk to them.

Confidence is a powerful deterrent.

And yet, there is something more, something deeper when your child is confident. Confident kids display certain structural changes, physical changes in their bodies that serve them better than kids that have poor self-images. Confident kids can control their physical movements a little bit better. At the same time, they can move more quickly and with finer control of those movements. We find confident kids can actually focus better mentally and for longer periods of time.

In other words, these kids are better equipped physically, mentally and emotionally to learn the actual safety techniques that could save them from sexual predators than kids that feel bad about themselves. Kids that hang their head, shuffle around, are tired or ill, cannot move with as much control or quickness or think as clearly as kids that are healthy and confident. A high degree of self confidence and a positive self image matter in good child safety.

Secret #2: Empowerment.

Empowering your child to take care of themselves is one of the most powerful Safety Secret you can learn.

When you empower your child, you truly teach them to make choices for themselves. When you mentor them as a parent you actually guide them into learning to make good, positive choices for themselves on their own. When they can do this, they will truly be safe for a lifetime.

In its simplest form, empowerment means your child feels like they have a measure of control over their life. They feel they can make their own decisions. Most kids don’t feel this ability. Most kids do not have it, either. Parents and adults are constantly making decisions for children:

-When to eat

-What to eat

-When to get up

-When to go to sleep

-Where to go

-Who to go with

-What to do

The list can go on endlessly. Life for a child can feel completely out of their control. Kids will engage in a struggle with their parents to get some control of their lives. In doing so it usually comes across as conflict.

-No! I don’t want to go!

-I don’t like that!

-I’m not eating that!

-Stop it!

-I don’t want to!

-Leave me alone!

The Secret to empowering your child, even at the youngest of ages, is in giving them their own choices to make. Give them alternatives to situations in their lives, let them make some of their own choices.

This too, can be pretty simple. For example, instead of serving them broccoli, ask them to choose between carrots, peas or broccoli or another vegetable. Give them a choice to make instead of just putting one on their plate. Instead of the green dress, ask your daughter which one she would like to wear. Instead of forcing your child into the brown shoes, ask them which ones they would like to put on today.

These are pretty simple examples, but this about as easy as it gets in empowering your child. Giving your child choices is crucial in their development. It is crucial in their ability to keep themselves safe, too.

Making choices matters to kids. When you do this simple, easy thing, miracles will happen within them. An empowered child starts to feel good about themselves. And what would consistent, good feelings about themselves lead to? Confidence!

Will your child always make good choices for themselves? No. That is where you, Mom and Dad, come into the picture. You, as a mentor to your child, can guide them through the array of choices they will face. You can guide them and teach them about good choices and the benefits of making good choices for themselves. It is what safe kids are all about.

Secret #3: Catch Them Being Good.

When your child makes a bad choice, it’s important for you to stay calm about it. Yes, this is easier said then done. However, it is critical in your child’s ability to keep themselves safe, that you learn to take their mistakes in stride.

You have to spend more time and energy catching your child being good.

A subtle prodding towards better choices is more effective than highlighting, in a big emotional way, any bad choice they make for themselves. If you have to highlight negative behavior, be very careful in saying, “That was a bad choice,” rather than “You are bad.” Take care to say, “You can make better choices,” instead of saying, “How stupid!” Things like, “You’re a great kid but that choice could have been better,” keeps your child’s image of themselves solid and highlights the choice only, not them, as being bad. Your child is good, the choice is bad.

Building confidence, building a solid self image in your child, builds safety. Capitalize on this and highlight the good things they do more often than the bad things. As a matter of fact, focus on highlighting as many good things as you can rather than making a big deal about the bad things they may do.

Catch Them Being Good.

Positive reinforcement is a much stronger teaching tool and technique for child safety than negative reinforcement. Praise your child when you see them doing good behaviors. Lavish the praise and adulation onto them when they do really great things. This is also positive mentoring. This is channeling your child into learning how to make good, solid and positive choices for themselves. It builds and fosters that ever-so-critical confidence in themselves.

It is easier to notice the bad behavior. We are tuned by society to notice the negative and bad things people do. It is very easy to notice the bad things your child does. It is a focus of many parents, naturally. Reverse the trend and make your focal point the things your child does well. Positive reinforcement will teach your child to repeat those behaviors you want and make it easier for you to guide them into those good choices.

Secret #4: Listening.

Another crucial Secret in teaching kids to be safe is to let them know you are listening to them.

Listening to your child goes beyond the standard, “Yep. Un huh. Sure.” These kinds of responses they get daily. True listening, the kind that allows your child to feel like they are really being heard and understood, is a special parenting skill.

Listening to your child happens in two ways: one, you allow them to say what they need to say, in their words, in their way, however they want to say it. It may be challenging to follow this advice, especially when your child speaks in disjointed sentences or jumbled words. They may take 5 or 10 minutes out of your busy day, but just let them talk without interrupting them. You can tell when it is important versus when they are just mumbling or making noise. Sit and listen to them. Take the time, make the time.

Two, listen to what they say without judgment. Even if you do not like what you hear, even if you feel upset by what you hear, listen to it. Be quiet, look them in the eyes with your full attention and simply listen to them.

Your child is coming to you. They need your attention. They believe at that moment you will listen to them. Do it. Reserve judgment and negative feelings about what they are saying for another time.

When you do this you are building on the future, on your child’s safety. They need to feel, deep inside, they can tell you about anything. They need the security of knowing you will listen to them and what they have to say. If your child is threatened in any way, they will need to come to you, Mom or Dad, and tell you. That rapport and comfort for them needs to be established at a young age. You start by simply listening to them.

Secret #5: Repetition.

This last Secret is probably the most important of all. You must use it and apply it, day in and day out at home.

True learning for your child comes with repetition. That is your job. You need to do it at home.

Repetition does not need to be boring, either. Make games out of things you want to teach. Use fun words and phrases your child uses when talking about safety. Fold in your child’s favorite toys, cartoon characters or things they like into activities you do several times a week. These are simple yet exciting skills for reinforcement activities. It’s repetition with excitement. What a great way to learn for any child!

Working with our techniques is also something to do a few times a week. Stay away from daily practice routines as if this was a sport as this is the surest way to bore your child and lose their attention.

Make learning safety fun. Make it exciting. Fold in the whole family and enjoy learning about true safety for a lifetime together.



Roger

muchbug1 asked:


I have to do an assignment about fire safty at school. Can anyone please give me some information or any websites on hte changes. I have tried for a few hours now and cant find anything.

Jamie

Hooray for Everything asked:


I’ve got one in the kitchen, but realized that the floor plan of my apartment could trap me in the bedroom if I’m there while a fire starts in the kitchen. I suppose you could put one in every room of the house, but that’s expensive, takes up space, and is generally unattractive. Maybe just place one nearest where fires are likely to occur (kitchen) and another where you sleep?

Adam

Matt R asked:


I’m planning on building a 10×10 wooden deck on the hillside below my house. I want to construct a brick fire pit on the ground with the deck surrounding it. I cannot find anything on clearance needed, how high the walls need to be above the deck, distance from the decking to the brick. Fire bricks, if so how thick? Any help or directions on where to look for answers would be greatly appreciated!

Juan

Nash asked:


Not many would be aware of this, but the government has legislation for health and safety of people at work. The Health and safety at work etc Act 1974 requires the employers to have proper health and safety management systems at work. The Act makes provision for securing the health of people at work, welfare and safety of the employees including the people who are not directly employed by the company like contractors and visitors.

While the law exists and it is mandatory for the employers to follow the guidelines, it is also necessary for the employees to know about their rights and duties regarding their own health & safety. Employers should conduct a General Risk Assessment to ensure the health and safety of their employees.

To create awareness about health & safety at work, the employers should have proper employee induction & health and safety training programs whenever new employees join the company. The induction program should educate the employees about the safety standards, procedures and policies of the company.

The basics of health and safety at work start with having proper First Aid. Every organization big or small must have proper First Aid Kits and systems. While at work, people can suffer an injury or fall ill. It is very important for the company / firm to have proper arrangements so that the employees can receive immediate medical attention. A person who has received proper training for administering First Aid should be appointed for this.

Fire safety is of prime importance at work. The potential hazards and sources of fuel, oxygen & ignition etc should be identified. Proper Fire detection and warning systems should be in place to prevent any mishaps. Fire extinguishers should be kept ready in different places throughout the building. There should be exit doors and escape routes in the building. Electrical equipments and wiring should be proper and checked at regular intervals. The employees should be given training on dealing with fire emergencies. Fire drill and Fire Risk Assessment should be done at regular intervals.

Stress at work place is common. But if it starts affecting the health of the employee then it is a problem. Employers should identify the factors causing excessive stress to the employees. A stress risk assessment should be done to identify the potential hazards and risks. Proper measures should be adopted to control excessive employee stress. Employees should be given proper training, support and care to help them prevent & relieve the stress.

Employers should follow the norms of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. They should assess the health risks faced by the employees from the chemicals or substances used at workplace. Proper control measures should be adopted and the same should be followed by the employees. Training and information about the health risks should be provided to the employees.

The employers are also required to have proper policies for disability health & safety. Employees with cognitive, physical, sensory, ambulant and other disabilities have a right to proper arrangements and facilities at the workplace. There should be proper access, lighting, signage, seating arrangements for the disabled. Other employees of the company should also be sensitized about the same.

New and expectant mothers have a right to proper care at the workplace. The employers should identify the potential hazards to the mother as well as the baby while at work. The employers can offer alternative work, different or less work timings or paid leave to ensure the health and safety of the mother and baby. Similarly, arrangements should be made for young persons at work and lone workers. A general risk assessment should be done for the security, health and safety of such employees.

It is important that the employer as well as the employee is aware of the rights and duties pertaining to health and safety at workplace. For details you can take the services of a health and safety consultant or just search for “health and safety at work” on any major search engine.



Ella