Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 18 Issue 4

Studying preparedness in teaching hospitals affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences, 2006

Parisa Shojaei, Mohammad Reza Maleki, Rafat Bagherzadeh

Hospitals are all required to be prepared against crisis, while according to studies, most hospitals are not prepared enough to encounter disaster problems. Therefore, each…

Towards setting a sustainable manufacturing safety programme in Nigeria

K.A. Adebiyi, O.E. Charles‐Owaba

The manufacturing industry in Nigeria often perceives government safety standards as an attempt to increase production cost. This is due to lack of acceptable template for setting…

Human factors in traffic accidents in Lagos, Nigeria

O.G. Akanbi, O.E. Charles‐Owaba, A.E. Oluleye

The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors responsible for road traffic accidents among commercial commuter drivers in Lagos, Nigeria.

Landslide hazard zonation in Hanuman Chatti area of Uttarakhand, India

Ravindra K. Pande, Dhanjita Burman, Ravinder Singh

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate landslide hazard problems in Hanuman Chatti area of Uttarakhand, India. Every year NH 58 experiences landslide activities, which disrupts…

Enhancing disaster resilience through local environment management: Case of Mumbai, India

Akhilesh Surjan, Rajib Shaw

Persuading “urban communities” and “sustaining” environmental risk reduction measures among them, always remains a challenge. Disasters are generally perceived as one‐time, long…

Issues and lessons from fire inquiry tribunals

M.S. Aini, A. Fakhru'l‐Razi

The purpose of the research is to identify the phases associated with the development of disasters, understand their underlying causes and learn lessons from them.

Incidents of fire outbreaks during fuel truck accidents in Oyo State

A.A. Dare, S.A. Oke, K.L. Olanrewaju

In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of fuel‐truck accidents involving fire outbreaks in Oyo State, Nigeria. These accident explosions have…

Appraisal of farm tractor accidents occurrence and prevention in Nigeria

S.O. Jekayinfa, J.O. Ojediran, K.A. Adebiyi, F.A. Ol, A.D. Adeniran

Agriculture remains the largest sector of Nigerian economy, generating employment for about 70 per cent of the population. With the ever‐increasing market demand for agricultural…

Safeguarding emergency workers as they help others

Inside the tornado with nowhere to go

Editorial

H.C. Wilson

Federal budget plans for disasters

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