If You Are Traveling by Road Then Go Through the Below Mentioned Safety Measures and Implement Them

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If you are traveling by road then go through the below mentioned safety measures and

implement them

Inspect your cars condition and check for proper tire inflation.

Inspect belts and hose. If your car has turned old then get them replaced.

To avoid tread separation and blowouts check for proper tire inflation. Check car battery and change if you think its coming of age.

Inspect hoses and belts. Get them replaced if your car is a little old.

Wear seat belts to eliminate accidents.

Keep an emergency kit handy. It must have basic tools such as screwdriver, car jack, pliers,

bottle of water, compass, duct tape, extra clothes, flashlight, first-aid kit, map, phone number

of emergency road side assistance program. Take rest after every 30 minutes if you feel drowsy.

Do not drive if youre drunk. Play some music in the car not too loud though. Maintain the speed. Do not try to fly while on road.

Do not stuff the car with people. It is an easy distraction. Look forward to your holiday destination.

If your e riding a motorcycle with your gang then wear helmets and carry travel kit.

Fire Safety Measures Approximately one-half of home fire deaths occur in homes without smoke alarms.

Most residential fires occur during the winter months.

Alcohol use contributes to an estimated 40% of residential fires.

Most victims of fires die from smoke or toxic gases and not from burns.

Cooking is the primary cause of home fires.

Smoking is the leading cause of fire-related deaths. Here's another fact: Despite a fire alarm's piercing sound, children, teenagers -- even some adults -- cansleep through it. For this reason, it's important to teach everyone in your home how to escape a late-nightfire.

This checklist can help you spot fire hazards in your home. It will also help you prepare your family toquickly escape a fire:

Smoke Detectors

Put smoke alarms/detectors in strategic locations in your home, such as the kitchen, near bedrooms, and near fireplaces or stoves. Install at least one smoke alarm on every floor of your home, including the basement.

Replace batteries in smoke detectors once a year. Check your alarm twice a year. A goodway to remember: when daylight saving and standard time change each spring and fall.

For people with hearing impairments, special smoke alarms with strobes and/or vibrationare available. You can buy these online and through local fire equipment distributors.


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After the earthquake:

1. Check for casualties and seek assistance if needed.2. If you suspect a gas leak, open windows and shut off the main valve. Leave the

building and report the gas leaks. Do not light a fire or use the telephone at thesite.

3. Turn off the main valve if water supply is damaged.4. Do not use the telephone except to report an emergency or to obtain assistance.5. Stay out of severely damaged buildings as aftershocks may cause them to

collapse. Report any building damage to the authorities.6. As a precaution against tsunamis, stay away from shores, beaches and low-lying

coastal areas. If you are there, move inland or to higher grounds. The upperfloors of high, multi-storey, reinforced concrete building can provide safe refugeif there is no time to quickly move inland or to higher grounds.

DURING THE FLOOD:

Avoid areas subject to sudden flooding.Do not attempt to cross rivers of flowing streams where water is above the knee.Beware of water-covered roads and bridges.Avoid unnecessary exposure to the elements.Do not go swimming or boating in swollen rivers.Eat only well-cooked food. Protect leftovers against contamination.Drink clean or preferably boiled water ONLY.

AFTER THE FLOOD:

Re-enter the dwellings with caution using flashlights, not lanterns or torchers. Flammables maybe inside.Be alert for fire hazards like broken wires.Do not eat food and drink water until they have been checked for flood water contamination.Report broken utility lines (electricity, water, gas and telephone) to appropriate agenciesauthorities.Do not turn on the main switch or use appliances and other equipment until they have beenchecked by a competent electrician.Consult health authorities for immunization requirements.Do not go in disaster areas. Your presence might hamper rescue and other emergencyoperations.

What Causes Car Accidents?

The dictionary defines accident as "an unexpected and undesirable event, a mishap unforeseen and without

apparent cause." Strictly speaking, most accidents are not accidents at all: they are collisions that could

and should have been avoided. So, what causes them, and how can you avoid them?

Over 95% of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs, in the USA, or Road Traffic Accidents, RTAs, in Europe)

involve some degree of driver behavior combined with one of the other three factors. Drivers always try to

blame road conditions, equipment failure, or other drivers for those accidents. When the facts are truthfully

presented, however, the behavior of the implicated driver is usually the primary cause. Most are caused by

excessive speed or aggressive driver behavior.


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1. Equipment Failure - Manufacturers are required by law to design and engineer cars that meet a

minimum safety standard. Computers, combined with companies' extensive research and development,

have produced safe vehicles that are easy and safe to drive. The most cited types of equipment failure are

loss of brakes, tire blowouts or tread separation, and steering/suspension failure. With the exception of the

recent rash of Firestone light-truck tire failures, combined totals for all reported equipment failure accounts

for less than 5% of all motor vehicle accidents. Brakes - Modern dual-circuit brake systems have made total brake failure an unlikely event. If one side of

the circuit fails, the other side is usually sufficient to stop a vehicle. Disc brakes, found on the front wheels

of virtually every modern vehicle, are significantly more effective than the older drum braking systems,

which can fade when hot. ABS (Anti Blockier System) or anti-lock brakes prevent the wheels from locking

up during emergency braking maneuvers, allowing modern vehicles to avoid many accidents that previously

would have occurred.

Tires - Today's radial tires are significantly safer than the bias-ply tires of 25 years ago. They still,

however, need attention regularly. Under inflation, the most frequent cause of tire failure is considered the

main culprit in the recent Firestone tire-failure fatalities. Uneven or worn-out tires are the next most seriousproblem and can also lead to tire failure. Uneven wear is caused by improperly balanced tires, or

misaligned or broken suspensions. Remember, all that keeps you connected to the roadway is your tires. If

you don't check your own, have your mechanic check them every 5,000 miles.

Steering & Suspension - Your suspension keeps your tires in contact with the roadway in a stable and

predictable manner. Your steering enables you to go around road obstacles and avoid potential accidents.

Even a safe, well-trained driver is helpless in the event of a steering or suspension system failure. Such

failures are catastrophic, especially at high speeds. Have your suspension and steering systems checked

out by a mechanic every 10,000 miles.

With regular component inspections by trained individuals, equipment failures can be virtually eliminated.

Common Causes of Fire

Monitoring the trends related to the common causes of fire provides invaluable informationthat helps focus fire prevention efforts.

Historically, many fires occurred in government buildings due to the careless disposal of smoking material into wastepaper baskets. As a result of the no-smoking ban insidegovernment buildings, such fires have become very uncommon.

However, in today's world of electronic office equipment, we are seeing an increase in fireincidents due to faulty electrical equipment and power distribution systems.

Many common causes of fire can be related to some of the following:

Open Flames

Examples of such unsafe conditions are as follows:

negligence in conducting hot work, such as welding, cutting or grinding;

improper use of candles; improper handling of flammable or combustible liquids or flammable gases innear-to-

potential ignition sources; and

matches and cigarettes that are improperly disposed of, or left unattended nearcombustibles.
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Electrical

Examples of such unsafe conditions are as follows:

damaged electrical conductors, plug wires or extension cords;

use of faulty, modified or unapproved electrical equipment;

insufficient space or clearance between electrical heating equipment and combustibles;

short or overloaded circuits;

loose electrical connections; and

lighting.

Electrical Fire Safety Tips

Do not use electrical equipment that is in poor repair or that has a damaged cord.

Do not overload circuits or extension cords.

Use approved power bars instead of circuit splitters. Keep electrical heating appliances at a safe distance from combustibles.

causes Earthquakes?Plate TectonicsEarth's outer layer is broken into pieces called tectonic plates which are about 100km thick and areconstantly moving towards, away from or past each other. For example, the plate containing Australiaand India is moving north at the rate of 7cm a year, causing an intracontinental collision with the

Eurasian Plate in the Himalayas. That is why these mountains are so high. Because continents are partof these plates, they also move. An earthquake occurs when the rocks break and move as a result of stresses caused by plate movements.

Most earthquakes occur on the boundaries between plates, where one plate is forced under anothersuch as happens off island chains such as Japan, Indonesia or the Solomon Islands, or past another asoccurs in California and New Zealand. Some regions have more earthquakes than others with 80 percent of all recorded earthquakes taking place around the edge of the Pacific Plate, including NewZealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Japan, Canada, USA and South America.

In areas where plates collide, earthquakes can occur down to depths of 700km. In areas where platesslide past each other, such as California or New Zealand, earthquakes are shallower. Shallowearthquakes also occur where plates are pulling away from each other along under sea ridges, and the

oceans are growing bigger, like the plate margin between Australia and Antarctica.

Intraplate EarthquakesEarthquakes that do not occur on plate margins are called intraplate earthquakes. All earthquakes onmainland Australia and Tasmania are intraplate. On studying these intraplate earthquakes in variouscontinents, seismologists have found that most of them are caused by thrust faulting due to the rocksbeing squeezed or compressed. It seems that the movement of the tectonic plates causes the rocksaway from their margins to be compressed. Intraplate earthquakes are not as common as those onplate margins, but major earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.0 or more do happen occasionally.

Volcanic Earthquakes

Molten rock, called magma, is stored in reservoirs under volcanoes. As this magma moves upwards, itcan fracture the rock it squeezes through, causing earthquakes, usually with magnitudes not muchgreater than 5.0. Sometimes the magma collects in a high level reservoir prior to a volcanic eruptionand as it moves around it causes bursts of continuous vibration, called volcanic tremor. Because of these precursors, seismographs (earthquake recorders) are very useful for monitoring volcanoes to givewarning of an impending eruption.


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Causes Floods?

Flood is overflow of the huge amount of water onto the normally dry land. Flood occurs when theoverflowing water submerges land and causes deluge. It is a cruel and violent expression of water.Floods are often deadly, damaging and devastating. They kill lots of people, damage houses and crops,

and cause extensive destruction. In broader terms, floods are of two types; Natural floods and Catastrophicfloods.

Natural floods are the floods that are caused naturally by the overflow of the huge volume of water, fromrivers, lakes, oceans, or by heavy rains or downpours, hurricanes, cyclones, or tsunamis, etc. Natural floodscould be Riverine floods caused by rivers; Estuarine floods caused by a combination of sea tidal surgesand storm-force winds; or Coastal floods caused by cyclones, hurricanes andtsunamis. These are one of the most common natural disasters.Catastrophic floods are the floods that are caused by some significant and unexpected events, for instancedam breakages.

Heavy rainfalls are one of the major causes of floods. The level of water in rivers or lakes rises due to

heavy rainfalls. When the level of water rises above the rive banks or dams, the water starts overflowing,which causes floods. The water overflows to the areas adjoining to the rivers, lakes or dams, causing floodsor deluge. Theflood water causes havoc and great destruction in the areas where it flows. Floods occur more in the regions that get heavy rainfalls.Floods are also caused due to heavy snow melting. Global temperature is rising due to global warming. Therising temperature makes the snow caps melt faster. Continuous and fast melting snow raises the level of oceanic water, which consequently raises the level of water in rivers, and when the level of water inrivers rises above the rive banks, it causes floods.Generally, floods occur more in the low-lying areas or the areas below the sea level. One of the mainreasons is that rivers flow slowly in these areas. The volume of water increases in the low-lying areas.When the level of water rises in these regions, it causes floods.

Floods also occur more in the coastal regions. Floods, in the coastal regions, are caused due to high tides,

storms, cyclones, hurricanes, or tsunamis. When the level of water rises above the sea level, it causesfloods in coastal areas or coastal lowlands.

There are also several human causes of floods. Deforestation is one of the major causes of floods. Treesare being cleared fast from large areas. As result, soil is easily eroded, and the eroded soil gets settled atthe bottom of rivers and seas, which raises the level of water in rivers and seas, which consequently causesfloods.

Sometimes floods are caused due to poor dams that can not hold great volume of water and they give upcausing floods in adjoining areas. Hence, there are always different causes of floods. However, humancauses of floods can be avoided. Humans should let the nature go its own way.

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