followed by the preparation and recovery of the disaster. Furthermore we look at how we could vastly improve the countries preparedness and ability to cope with this cataclysm. Nature of the natural hazard: On Tuesday‚ 12th January 2010‚ a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti. An estimated 3 million people were affected by the quake‚ approximately 222‚570 people were killed‚ and more than 300‚000 people were injured from the disaster. (Borenstein‚ 2010) The epicentre was near the
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affects and how we can effectively manage them‚ we must understand the concepts of hazard‚ risk and vulnerability. Risk in regard to disaster is the likelihood or probability of harmful consequences happening; awareness of risk gives us the ability to define what could happen in the future‚ based on a range of possible outcomes. The ability to understand and assess risk depends on many factors including the amount and reliability of available information‚ and the perceived perception of risk (UN/ISDR
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Working Together sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. Part 1 of the document is issued as statutory guidance. Practitioners and agencies will have different responsibilities under different areas of the guidance and should consult the preface for a fuller explanation of their statutory duties. CHANGE TO STATUTORY GUIDANCE: On 10 June‚
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Children and young people need to be able to learn about how to protect themselves and others in certain situations to keep everyone safe‚ they need the knowledge and understanding on how to help protect and safeguard themselves. Children and young people should be able to learn and take their own risks if there is no change of them seriously hurting themselves or others this is so they can get an understanding of their own capability and the possible risks that could happen in different situations
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Many things that people may do in a care setting can be seen as unacceptable care‚ carers may not intentionally set out to provide unacceptable care but many factors can make it difficult to provide acceptable care at all times. Wider factors contribute to unacceptable care such as ‘staff selection‚ training‚ staffing levels‚ senior leadership and the inspection regime’ cited in The Open University (2015‚ p.17). Although many of the duties which are carried out in a care setting are natural everyday
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1) Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. There are several key pieces of legislation that impact on how schools manage the health and safety of both their employees‚ and others who come into contact with the school e.g pupils‚ support workers and parents. These pieces of legislation are: The Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 This act places the responsibility of ensuring the health and safety and welfare of employees
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OHS HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT REVIEW OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GENERAL POLICY This policy recognizes that Conference and Banqueting Venue is responsible for the health and safety of all employees‚ clients‚ visitors and contractors in the workplace. In fulfilling this responsibility‚ as a General Manager of the venue‚ I have a duty to provide and maintain a working environment that is safe and without risks to health. The purpose of this procedure is to provide a process that is
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Name: Mark Kuhn Writing Style Used: MLA Course and Section Number: THEO 202-DO2 Essay on Belief that People are made in the Image of God God is incomprehensible‚ one that we cannot totally fathom (Pss. 139:6; Rom. 11:33-36; Pss. 145:3). But this in no way implies that we cannot know God truly. For in creating us in His image and giving us a Word‚ revelation of Himself‚ even though we cannot know God fully‚ we many know him truly (Deut. 29:29). (Brand‚ Draper‚ and England 659) This is why
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Hazard administration is the recognizable proof‚ evaluation‚ and prioritization of dangers ( as the impact of instability on goals) trailed by facilitated and conservative utilization of assets to limit‚ screen‚ and control the likelihood as well as effect of deplorable occasions or to augment the acknowledgment of chances. Hazard administration’s goal is to guarantee instability does not avoid the attempt from the business objectives. Value beat is a chain marked down departmental stores crosswise
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Be Aware Of Plastic Surgery Nowadays‚ plastic surgery has had the biggest hype in the medical field. This kind of surgery can be used to repair skin and tissue damage such as warts and scars that might be caused by accidents and injuries or to correct defects that are present from birth. On the other hand‚ plastic surgery is currently used to provide the perfect body image in order to look like some actors and actresses. This image can be obtained by ameliorating the external body. Depending
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