Critical Role of Sirens in Emergency NotificationA Whitepaper from Federal Signal When it comes to emergency warning and mass notification, much of the conversation lately seems to focus on social media and other relatively recent ...
The National Retail Federation told a congressional committee holding a hearing on the terrorist attack at a Kenyan shopping mall that the safety of employees and customers is retailers’ top concern. “Retailers face many ...
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Mayor Kevin Johnson of Sacramento, CA, chair of the Resilient Communities for America Campaign, unveiled a roadmap to resiliency at the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) National Leadership Speaker Series event. In a speech at the ...
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While filing cabinets probably won't be the most glamorous thing you've ever shopped for, they can be the most important for protecting valuable company records, especially if you decide to invest in fireproof filing cabinets. While the ...
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Neatly bundled files sit atop filing cabinets at a North Carolina VA center. A fireproof safe can protect important documents from damage resulting from fire, flood and building collapse. As an office manager, it's easy to get overwhelmed ...
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Zurich Insurance Group has posted a net income after tax attributable to shareholders of $1.85bn for the first-half ended on 30 June 2013, a decline of 17% compared to $2.22bn for the same period last year. During the period, business ...
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A one-of-a-kind solar-powered aircraft completed a two-month journey across the United States at just after 11pm EDT Saturday evening (3am GMT Sunday) when it landed at New York's JFK Airport. The landing came several hours earlier than ...
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If the question about tornadoes comes up at his Oklahoma City data center, as it sometimes does, Todd Currie, vice president of operations and general manager at Perimeter Technology, has answers. He even has a cutout sample of his roof to ...
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The Red Cross is using apps to help warn people about potential weather calamities. One of its more popular efforts is its new Tornado app. The app, which by last week had 270,000 downloads, was seeing a spike in downloads as a result of ...
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Widespread tornado warnings issued throughout the Plains states over the weekend became reality Sunday across parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Several small and three large tornadoes touched down Sunday afternoon, injuring more than ...
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Homeowners in the dozen or so states affected by Superstorm Sandy are starting to get their lives in order. Unfortunately, for many people that means cleaning up a property littered with myriad branches, sticks, and other detritus thrown ...
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IDV Solutions today announced a free, publicly accessible visualization application that lets users interactively explore more than 60 years' worth of data about tornadoes in the United States. The original Tornado Tracks infographic was ...
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As Olympic athletes take to a global stage in London this week, participants, coaches and fans are expected to take to their favorite social networks in record numbers. Whenever something big happens -- tornadoes, political unrest, the ...
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Network World-During Hurricane Sandy this fall,The Weather Channel experienced its highest traffic ever.Normally the media company--which spans television,desktop and mobile platforms--supports about 90 million Web and mobile users a ...
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HanesBrands announced that it is making an initial donation of three tractor-trailer loads of underwear and fleece apparel to East Coast victims of Hurricane and Superstorm Sandy. Hanes, which has a manufacturing plant in Dover, Del., two ...
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