Fire contract
Chubb Fire & Security has won a
five-year contract to provide specialist
firefighting knowledge, strategic
support and equipment to the
international energy business Total
E&P (TEPUK). The contract covers
seven TEPUK si
Safe evacuation
Evacusafe designs and manufactures
specialist equipment which enables
the safe evacuation of the mobility
impaired from a multi-level building.
People may be unable to evacuate
their self in an emergency due to an
inj
How reasonable do reasonable adjustments have to be?
Under the Equality Act 2010 it is unlawful for employers to discriminate against disabled and impaired
workers. This is particularly relevant when assisting people into, or back into, the workplace. Julia
Following the Eq
Personal safety
Student@Home has chosen
Skyguard’s MySOS personal safety
device to protect its 55 lone workers
and London office-based staff, as part
of an ongoing roll-out whilst the
company expands nationwide.
As a social business,
Extra protection
The next generation Identicom 8
Series lone worker device from
Connexion2 is now
available. Made in Britain
from quality components,
the new 870 and 877
devices are styled as an identity
badge for discreet wear and use
Greater safety for lone workers
As the new 8-series Identicom is
released from Connexion2, Ian
Johannessen, MD of Identicom
service provider Peoplesafe, assesses
the device’s achievements: “In
reviewing the specification list there
are some standout u
Updated standard approval
Connexion2 is the first company to
be audited and approved against the
updated BS8484:2011 standard. The
British Standard for lone worker
security provision now includes
increased data protection for
incident or Red Ale
Service delivery
Identicom service provider
Peoplesafe is ready to bring its years
of service experience to bear on the
newest device to arrive in lone worker
safety, the Identicom 8-Series.
Formed in 2004, Peoplesafe was the
first co
Accoustic approval
The compact CEL-120 acoustic
calibrator from Casella has achieved
Physikalisch-Technische
Bundesanstalt (PTB) approval.
The PTB is Germany’s National
Institute for Natural and Engineering
Sciences and is the country’s h
Measuring noise exposure
Simon Bull takes a look at the efficacy of using sound
meters versus dosemeters for noise at work
measurement and whether there is an argument for
using both
To most people, a noise dosemeter
and a sound meter are us
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