Would your business survive if disaster struck?
Fire, one of mankind´s greatest assets and also one of the most deadly, can strike at any time. The costs to society are simply staggering. In 2007, fire and fire related incidents cost the American economy 317 billion dollars (2.8% of their GDP). Added to the financial burden are the hidden post-fire costs: your company reputation; losing business to your competitors; relocating to alternative premises; cash flow problems and the high probability that your experienced staff will seek alternative employment.
The Fire Engineer and the Architect design the building to be structurally safe from fire yet we still have fires, fatalities and loss. According to the US Labour Department at least 40% of all businesses never reopen following a fire, and, of those that do, 25% close within 2 years.
Clearly the fire safety of your business is critical to your survival and should be integrated into your annual business plan in the form of a strategic business continuity disaster plan.
There is however one simple measure that you can take: to ensure all your staff are made aware of the hazards and risks within your premises, develop educational fire safety awareness, through ongoing training programs such as fire risk assessment, establish key responsibilities for managers through KPI´s and encourage staff to join your team of Fire Marshals; they will then adopt the role of the eyes and ears of your company.
The reality is that the danger of fire is always with us and we must remain vigilant at all times.
WEB: www.connaughtgulf.com/fire (opens a new window)
TEL: +971 4 362 5202
EMAIL: info@connaughtgulf.com
Omnicast 4.6, Genetec´s latest
version of its video
surveillance solution
Omnicast 4.6, Genetec´s video surveillance solution
offers customer additional support for new hardware
and enriched features like synchronous playback of exported video and disk
array failure detection.
Some highlighted features include:
• Support for H.264:
Omnicast 4.6 now supports H.264 cameras from Bosch, Panasonic and Sanyo.
•
Synchronous Playback of Exported Video: With Omnicast 4.6, customers can now
play and view multiple tiles of archived video in synch, even when using exported
video.
• Disk Array Failure Detection: Although Omnicast did offer failover archiver
services when the network or a server was unavailable, Omnicast 4.6 now triggers
failover archiving when all disks are full or have completely failed.
WEB: www.genetec.com (opens a new window)
TEL: +971 4 299 6004