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Regulatory agencies must sit up to do better and ensure that necessary risk-mitigating facilities and equipment were in place in public buildings. Supermarkets have grab-and-go food options, many of which are hot items. Though these treats are nice for customers in a hurry, the heating elements pose a significant fire hazard. Also, there are fluorescent lights, industrial coolers, and massive electrical systems found in every grocery store across the country.

From building collapse to fire incidence, road, sea, rail and air mishap, tanker explosion, insecurity challenge, flood and workplace accident, Nigeria has been hugely impacted by varying degrees of natural and man-induced disaster that have rubbed off negatively on human lives and national purse.

For instance, a recent report by Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) revealed that Nigeria lost about $188bn investment opportunities between 2017 – 2020, representing more than 92 percent investment opportunities in four years.

But according to a former Director General of Lagos Chamber of Commerce of Industry (LCCI), Muda Yusuf, this is not unconnected to low level of investors’ confidence, fueled by structural problems of infrastructure and worsening security situation, amid other uncertainties in the country.

Lives lost to disaster and emergency in the country are immeasurable even as report by InterNations described Nigeria as the third most dangerous place to live in the world with regards to safety and security, after South Africa and Brazil.

According to media report, between 2019 and 2021, Nigeria recorded no fewer than 68 fire outbreak resulting in 79 deaths which the Federal Fire Service (FFS) identified electrical spark as the major cause of most outbreak.

Reports by Brookings also put Nigeria has number one in the frequency and intensity of building collapse in Africa. The report further identifies that no fewer than 6000 households were displaced by building collapse with property worth of $3.2 trillion forfeited.

Within the snap of a finger, the world came to a standstill at the emergence of the novel Corona virus. Like a flash, a mutant virus more deadly has emerged; the Omicron variant. This virus from the onset already poses a great threat to human existence. The omicron variant has been reported in at least 25 countries worldwide. In Africa, the omicron variant has now been detected in four countries, with Ghana and Nigeria becoming the first West African countries and the latest on the continent to report the new variant. The jittery health and social implication of the virus is already creating a gloomy outlook for the global economy.

The gale of domestic gas accidents has rocked the country leaving behind wake of avoidable fatalities. In recent times, hundreds of lives have been lost to this problem with businesses and properties worth billions of Naira destroyed, as these tragic events always leave us with unanswered questions. Yet nothing concrete seems to be done to tame this tide. What is particularly worrisome is that many of the deaths and losses arising from gas explosions are preventable. Except urgent steps are taken, Nigeria may soon become an unsafe haven for the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sector. Something must be done and urgently too otherwise the population may well be waiting for their turn in the gas burner or fire.

Fournisseur de services de premier plan dans le domaine des services de gestion des risques opérationnels pour les solutions vie, sécurité et sécurité incendiere. Au cours de nos activités qui datent de plus de treize (13) ans, nous avons identifié les lacunes en matière de compétences et de connaissances dans les domaines de la vie, de la sécurité incendiere, de la sécurité, de l’évaluation des risques, de la planification, de l’atténuation et des enquêtes comme un défi majeur pour les entreprises et la société en général.

Owing to the increasing cases of catastrophic and deadly events across the world, there is the need to change the narrative;
Process safety among many other values sustains economic prosperity and environmental sustainability. This is through periodic assessment and instalment of prevention equipment and personnel. It is agreed that technical process and safety impacts people, communities, asset and environment (McLennan, 2018).
It also strengthens inter- sectoral harmony. As a multi-disciplinary approach, it brings professionals of different fields and synergizes a union dedicated safety and technical performance. This collaborative potential enhances a fusion of safety excellence and bond of technical excellence within stakeholders (Shariff, 2017) .
Technical process safety hinders major catastrophes from happenings (injuries and fatalities) and promote safe workforce (people and equipment). The entire process seeks to attain safety and loss of viable economic and productivity resources.

Quality is a measure of the degree of excellence against certain benchmarks like standard, class, caliber, status, condition, form, rank, value, and type of a product or service. Quality is of great essence in fire protection products and services. Compliance to methods and purpose of users targeted by manufacturers, cost optimization, energy efficiency, environmental friendliness, ease of maintenance, risk of exposure to fire protection substance, conformance to purchasing order, compliance to regulations and standards among others are criteria for measuring fire protection quality.

LE CAS D’UN GESTIONNAIRE DE RISQUES : LE SUPERMARCHÉ EBEANO L’évaluation des risques dans les opérations spéciales devient nécessaire en raison d’incidents imprévus comme le cas du supermarché Ebeano. Il existe de nombreuses classes de risques ainsi que diverses évaluations des risques adaptées à chaque cas particulier. Qu’est-ce qui est impliqué? Scoping : Dans le scoping du risque, ce qui est à risque doit être pris en compte. De ce fait, le risque peut être de nature financière, opérationnelle, client et juridique. Considérant le cas du supermarché Ebeano, une somme énorme de pertes financières est impliquée, il y a eu la perte de biens, le risque de perdre des vies et la perte du centre-ville en raison de la continuité des activités. Ceux-ci pourraient conduire à des procédures judiciaires avec les assureurs et les clients si le. Le workflow de gestion des risques à suivre est donc indiqué ci-dessous.

An analytical study of smoke dispersion patterns in floating production storage and offloading vessels in the Oil & Gas sector is necessary to reduce ALARP possible hazards during a fire incident. The computational Fluid Dynamics model is applied in providing passive and active smoke and fire safety solutions for onshore and offshore oil & gas facilities and for the management of environmental quality.