Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 2 Issue 2

Communication Factors in System Failure or Why Big Planes Crash and Big Businesses Fail

David T.H. Weir

Contrasts two types of disaster: natural and man‐made. Examines theaetiology of both. Suggests that unless disasters are approached with aprogramme of interdisciplinary research…

Optimum Organization for Safety

Leon M. Curtis

Addresses the options for organizing safety functions within acorporate context and considers their safety and other advantages anddisadvantages. This is a matter of balancing…

Use of Halogenated Hydrocarbon Extinguishing Agent Alternatives to Halon 1211 (BCF) and Halon 1301 (BTM)

John H. Dyer

Describes the properties of the halogenated fire extinguishantsHalon 1211 and 1301, their role in ozone depletion and their proposedreplacements. Because of their adverse effects…

The Implementation of Environmental Management Systems and BS 7750: A TQM Approach

Richard Welford

Argues that a company‐based environmental management system is nolonger an option. Its stance is that much can be learned from theexperiences of the development of total quality…

Information to the Public Following a Nuclear Emergency: A Role for Local Authorities

L.G. Murray, T.K. Greenwood

In the days immediately following the Chernobyl accident in 1986,agencies within Cumbria, including local authority departments, were metwith an unprecedented range and volume of…

A Commitment to Change: Safety Management in British Airways

Callum MacGregor, Heather Höpfl

Provides an account of the changes which have taken place inBritish Airways Safety Services since 1990 and comments on the ways inwhich a commitment to safety was conceived and…