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'Business
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Anyone responsible for a business premises in England and Wales must take action from 1st October 2006 to comply with fire laws. Fire safety law is now covered by one piece of legislation in most premises and fire certificates have been abolished. Instead, the emphasis is now on preventing fires and reducing risk with a 'responsible person' tasked to ensure the safety of everyone who uses the premises including carrying out checks on fire protection equipment and facilities. More information can be found at the Fire Gateway website http://www.fire.gov.uk. There are a series of guides to assist those preparing fire risk assessments at http://www.firesafetyguides.communities.gov.uk
International law firm Norton Rose has selected BT to provide a total business continuity and disaster recovery solution for the next decade. The deal, worth over £5 million, sees Norton Rose using BT to provision its data storage and remote data centre facilities, including related security and high speed network links between centres around the world. As part of its strategy, the law firm is consolidating six separate offices into one central London location. Currently, its primary and secondary data sites are located just half a mile apart within the City in London. Both sites would be difficult to access if central London were closed off following a major security alert, for example. www.bt.com/aboutbt
12th-13th September 2007, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
This two day conference is being jointly organised by the Disaster and Development centre in the school of Applied Sciences at Northumbria university and the Centre for Forensic Investigation at the University of Teesside. It seeks to explore and highlight the planning, response and investigation requirements for dealing with both natural and man made disasters. For more details contact Graham Thompson graham.thompson@tees.ac.uk
FEMA daily SITREP
Spain logs second year of drought
Central Vietnam clears debris after typhoon strikes
•Date: 4th October 2006• Region: Various
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