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2010.03.03 17:26:22 |
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Globehuggers Emergency Supplies will be at Cineworld Enfield on 4th March between 12:00 and 21:00 hrs. Come and visit us, the Metropolitan Police and a host of security experts to find out how you can gear your business up for emergencies.
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2010.02.22 10:52:51 |
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With flooding in Madeira taking the lives of 42 people we are reminded once again to be prepared. If you live in a flood risk area do what you can now to prepare for a flood. Don’t wait until it happens, you may not have time. The following actions will help you to be prepared. - Check your insurance cover - ensure it covers flood damage.
- Know how to turn off your gas, electricity and water mains supplies.
- Prepare a flood kit of essential items such as a torch and wind up radio.
- Agree where you will go and how to contact each other.
- Think about what you can move to a safe place now (for example photo albums, family videos and treasured mementos/possessions).
- Think about what you would want to move to safety during a flood (for example pets, cars and furniture).
- Create a list of important contact numbers including Floodline 0845 988 1188.
Flood kits are available from this website. Please call 0845 388 1938 for further details
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2010.02.16 14:51:10 |
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This week is National Chip Week. Everyone enjoys a chip supper but if they are used incorrectly, chip pans and traditional fat fryers can be a major fire hazard. Make sure you cook safely and know what to do if your chip pan catches fire. Cooking safelySimply changing the way you cook can prevent fire. Invest in a deep fat fryer or opt for oven chips as an alternative. If you are still using a chip pan or traditional fat fryer in your home be sure to follow these simple rules to reduce fire hazards and cook safely. - If you have to use a chip pan never fill it over a third full with oil or fat.
- Never be tempted to cook with a chip pan after consuming alcohol.
- Never leave the pan alone with the heat on – not even for a few seconds
- Never put the chips in the pan if the oil has started smoking. Turn off the heat and leave the oil to cool down, or else it could catch fire
In the event of a fire
In the event of a fire follow these guidelines:
- Don't panic and don’t take risks.
- Don't move the pan.
- Never throw water or use a fire extinguisher on a hot fat fire.
- If it's safe to do so - turn off the heat, but never lean over the pan to reach the controls.
- Leave the kitchen, close the door behind you, tell everyone else in the home to get out and don’t go back inside for any reason.
- Call 999
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2010.01.15 09:03:43 |
50000+ dead. 3 million are affected. Donate to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal via the British Red Cross at
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2010.01.06 21:22:19 |
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Make sure you know the latest Met Office advice:- Before snow or ice - If you have to make a journey when snow is forecast, make sure you have warm clothes, food, water, boots, a torch and spade, and let someone know when you expect to arrive and your route. Try to wait until the roads have been gritted before travelling.
- Put grit or cat litter on paths and driveways to lessen the risk of slipping on compacted snow.
- Check on vulnerable neighbours.
During snow or ice - Avoid travel if possible.
- If you must drive check the Highway Code for advice on driving in ice and snowy weather. A summary of the advice is: Take care around gritters. Don't be tempted to overtake. Slow down — it can take 10 times longer to stop in snowy or icy conditions, so allow extra room. Use the highest gear possible to avoid wheel spin. Manoeuvre gently and avoid harsh braking and acceleration. If you start to skid, gently ease off the accelerator and avoid braking. If braking is necessary, pump the brakes don't slam them on. If you get stuck, stay with your car and tie something brightly coloured to your aerial.
- If you go outside wear several layers of clothing and keep dry to prevent loss of body heat. Watch out for signs of hypothermia — uncontrollable shivering, slow/slurred speech, memory lapse and drowsiness and frostbite — loss of feeling in and pale appearance of fingers, toes, nose and ear lobes. Keep moving your arms and legs to help the blood circulate.
After snow and ice - Be careful when walking or driving on compacted snow — it may have turned to ice.
- Take care when shovelling snow. Cold air makes it harder to work and breathe, which adds some extra strain on the body and can be the cause of heart attacks in the vulnerable.
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2009.12.14 15:16:23 |
With some experts predicting a white Christmas and others certainly forecasting a cold snap now is the right time to make sure you top up on anti freeze have the essntials in the boot of your car:- a wind up torch, foil blankets, water supplies, food supplies and hand warmers are always a good idea! See the brab bag section of this website for pre packed emergency bags.
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2009.12.02 15:43:43 |
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With 62 flood warnings currently in force across the Uk now would be a good time to invest in a flood bag. Our waterproof dry bags will actually float on top of the water and contain many of the essential items you will need in an emergency. Take a look at our flood section for more details.
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2009.11.17 10:10:03 |
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The Environment Agency still have 26 areas across the Uk on Flood Watch with three areas in Wales and the Northwest carrying a Flood Warning. A Flood Watch means that flooding of low lying land and roads is expected. Be aware, be prepared, watch out. What to do- Monitor local news and weather forecasts.
- Be aware of water levels near you.
- Be prepared to act on your flood plan.
- Check on the safety of pets and livestock.
- Charge your mobile phone.
A Flood Warning means means flooding of homes and businesses is expected. Act now! What to do- Move cars, pets, food, valuables and important documents to safety.
- Get flood protection equipment in place.
- Turn off gas, electricity and water supplies if safe to do so.
- Be prepared to evacuate your home.
- Protect yourself, your family and help others.
- Act on your flood plan.
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2009.11.16 08:55:31 |
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More heavy rain and high winds are forecast for today with gusts of up to 60mph possible. Downpours later in the week could see six inches of rain in just two days on Wednesday and Thursday in northern and western areas according to Meteogroup UK. With another heavy band of rain forecast for southern regions overnight, the Environment Agency has been warning homeowners to be alert to the risk of flooding. The agency has five flood warnings and 35 watches in force and dealt with close to 5,000 calls to its helpline on Saturday. Some of the larger catchments in Wales are particularly at risk of flooding for the next few days as rivers remain high. Make sure you have an emergency plan in place and get together a flood kit. See this website for more details.
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2009.11.12 10:16:21 |
The Emergency Planning College has got a full itinary of courses going on at the moment. Everything from Understanding Crowds to Evacuation and Shelter Planning. Visit their website at to find out more or to book a course. Do remember if you would llike to list an event on our noticeboard just register as a user and our webmaster will enhance your site permissions.
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2009.10.12 09:28:15 |
It is important to call the National Pandemic Flu Service or your GP for a phone assessment if you suspect Swine Flu. This is because, at present, a self certification is required for the first seven days away from work. Thereafter a doctor's note will become necessary. However, a doctor will only be able to offer a note (without having examined the patient) if he or she is satisfied that a phone assessment has been carried out. This situation is being closely monitored by the Department of Health and may be subject to change in coming weeks but for now it is better to be safe than sorry!
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2009.10.06 09:44:27 |
A Japanese clothing company is selling a men's suit treated to fend off the flu virus. Haruyama Trading Co said the suit is coated with titanium dioxide which reacts with light to break down and kill the virus. Haruyama said it spent nearly a year developing the suit that costs 52,290 yen (£365) and goes on sale this week in Japan. A similar suit for ladies is being considered. The World Health Organisation has reported more than 340,000 confirmed cases of H1N1 worldwide, and more than 4,100 deaths.
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2009.10.05 18:16:59 |
Register on this site this week (you don't have to buy anything!) and we will send you back a voucher worth 9.99% discount off orders placed before November 16th... even on orders processed by purchase order. It's our way of saying 'welcome!'
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2009.10.02 11:16:34 |
Asia Pacific Disasters Appeal | | |
| The British Red Cross has launched an appeal to support emergency relief operations after a series of disasters in Asia Pacific. Typhoon Ketsana slammed into the Philippines on 26 September, killing at least 240 people and affecting more than 1.9 million. Philippine Red Cross volunteers are working round the clock in search and rescue operations and providing safe shelter, hot meals and blankets. On 29 September, the typhoon moved west to Vietnam, where Viet Nam Red Cross volunteers are distributing 1,600 household kits, including mosquito nets, blankets, water containers and kitchen sets to people affected by the typhoon. Typhoon Ketsana has also affected Cambodia and Laos where the Red Cross has deployed emergency assessment teams to find out the needs of people affected by flooding. To donate visit:- . |
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2009.10.01 14:26:26 |
Go in, stay in, tune inIn a major emergency, if you are not involved in the incident, but are close by or believe you may be in danger, the best advice is to go inside a safe building, stay inside until you are advised to do otherwise, and tune in to local radio or TV for information. Of course, there are always going to be particular occasions when you should not 'go in', for example if there is a fire, or you are advised differently by the emergency services or your own common sense. If you find yourself in the middle of an emergency, your common sense and instincts will usually tell you what to do. However, it is important to: - make sure 999 has been called if people are injured or if there is a threat to life
- not put yourself or others in danger
- follow the advice of the emergency services
- try to remain calm and think before acting, and try to reassure others
- check for injuries - remember to help yourself before attempting to help others
If you are not involved in the incident, but are close by or believe you may be in danger, in most cases the advice is: - go inside a safe building
- stay inside until you are advised to do otherwise
- tune in to local radio or TV for more information
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2009.09.30 07:34:33 |
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Researchers are hoping to give around 1,000 youngsters in Britain a flu vaccine over the next two weeks to see which of two different drugs perform the best. One vaccine being used - Pandremix, made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) - has been approved by European regulators. Another made by Baxter is still being considered by the European Medicines Agency but could get approval this week. Professor Andrew Pollard, from the University of Oxford, said: "We are doing this trial to compare head-to-head the two vaccines which are going to be used in the UK against swine flu to see which one works best in children and which one is best tolerated. "We are sort of in a race against time because we know the flu season is already started. We hope to immunise the children over the next 10 days or so." The number of swine flu cases in the UK has almost doubled in a week, from an estimated 5,000 to 9,000, prompting speculation a second wave of infections is on its way. The Government is hoping to start vaccinating millions of people in high-risk groups, such as those with asthma and diabetes, and health workers, next month.
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2009.09.25 14:00:15 |
On the eve of the climate change meeting chaired by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Senior Director of Prince's Rainforest Project, Justin Mundy, wrote a piece for The Huffington Post explaining the security implications of climate change.
"COP15 is not only about providing a solution to climate change, it is also, in a very real sense, a meeting the deliberations of which will have substantial security, economic and trade implications. This is because climate change may provide the trigger to send the planet's severely undermined ecosystems into a state of terminal decline.
"There is no solution to the problem of climate change without first finding a solution to the destruction of the world's tropical forests and upon that rest our hopes for a secure future.
"For herein lies the rub. Climate security, energy security, food security and water security are now all inextricably linked. There is no long term and stable security outcome that is viable unless all four challenges are met, understood and resolved."
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2009.09.23 21:06:23 |
Everyone at Globehuggers Emergency Supplies is thrilled to hear that we have been shortlisted as one of the top 4 green businesses in the UK and in the top 25 businesses in the main category of the 2009 Start Up Stars Competition. We can't wait for October 5th when we will find out if we have made it to the dragon's lair and then maybe onto the final! Thanks to all customers old and new for your continued support. Thanks also to HSBC, the Daily Express & Sky News.
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2009.09.21 12:20:55 |
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This year's keynote speaker at the Business Continuity Management Expo in London is Sir Bob Geldoff KBE. With his experience in some of the world's worst disaster struck regions he'll have a lot to say. The conference takes place in London on the 11th and 12th of November. Geldoff is also co-founder of GroupCall - check out our Notice Board for more details and updates!
Tags: Bob Geldoff | Emergency | Business Continuity Management | BCM conference
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2009.09.18 08:01:46 |
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