Resourcing to risk, maintaining the number of firefighters, better resilience, investing in people and vital protection work are all areas the government must consider in the forthcoming Spending Review. This is to ensure fire and rescue services can continue to provide the services communities have come to expect. This year’s Spending Review submission was a
Each year, thousands of people, including children, are injured and killed in home fires. Children are often curious about fire, and may not understand the dangers. This makes home fire safety practices especially important. Three important things you can do to keep your home safe from fire are: Install smoke alarms in your home and
Millions of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras are installed in streets and businesses throughout the world with the stated goal of reducing crime and increasing public safety. The United Kingdom is one of the most enthusiastic proponents, with an estimated 1.9 million cameras in 2011 — one for every 32 U.K. residents — and the number continues to rise.
Many companies believe that the use of surveillance will alter the behavior of their employees for the better; however, that objective is not always achieved in most cases. Companies that use employee surveillance tactics are changing employee behaviour for the worse. The behavioural change is causing employees hardships that affect not only the way the
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance systems have made tremendous technological progress in the last decade, not only in individual capabilities, but also in the ability to interface with other security technology. There are three primary ways to use CCTV systems, industry experts say: as a deterrent, for forensic purposes and as an interdictive device. Originally, CCTV
T TELEVISION Closed circuit television (CCTV) technology has improved significantly in recent years. There has been a dramatic improvement in the quality of the video images, storage, and viewing the images on a monitor. Digital technology has been responsible for this improvement in CCTV today. The technology seems to be changing constantly, but the idea
