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Joyfully, the raining season is already getting intense in most part of the country.  It is necessary that the government and the people take proactive measures to address the scourge. As a first throw of the dice, we advocate for the integration of flood risk management with spatial planning.  Sustainable urban planning with green infrastructure and technological alert systems will be helpful. In this regard we call for strategic planting of trees especially in municipals. This is not time for rhetorics or jamborees couched in the euphemism of summits and seminars or convention on flood.  In fact as a matter of necessity, we call for the use of Self Closing Flood Barriers (SCFB) in communities and high risk flood zones as river defences should be constructed too to prevent rivers from bursting their banks.  Likewise, Government must create and enact a functional flood control and management policy immediately.  We implore the 36 states and the FCT authority to create retention basins for harvesting flood water from major rivers and for possible ground water recharge. That way, excess water from major rivers is stored and safely handled without wrecking havoc.  There should also be intense public enlightenment. Traditional rulers, council chairmen, community and youth leaders should rally to educate the people on the dangers of ignoring flood warnings.  This should be closely backed up by a radical evacuation of people living in flood danger zones.  States and Local Governments must have their flood hazard maps and community action plans that is functional and in use.

Manufacturing industries are sustainable businesses only when their operations are reliable, safe and profitable. Products must also conform to high quality standards and meet the customer’s requirements. Process safety management (PSM) helps manufacturers establish adequate process barriers to effectively manage the product quality, build efficiency and control safety risks.

Construction work comes with some inherent risks. As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) points out, “The fatal injury rate for the construction industry is higher than the national average in this category for all industries.” However, you can work to keep your company below that average by taking precautions. Workplace safety is essential for keeping your employees healthy and injury-free and to bolster job satisfaction and trust in the managers and the company and protect yourself against the expense of lawsuits and replacing injured workers.

Assets that require zero downtime, zero fire hazard, high sensitivity to effects of traditional fire extinguishing agents, high economic value, high socio-cultural value, or historical heritage, such as – museums, art galleries and historic facilities, power storage facilities – battery, inverter and ups, banking and treasury facilities, telecom data storage, transmission and switching facilities, oil and gas offshore facilities, and laboratories and weather-controlled facilities. needs special hazard protection in the choice of fire suppressants.

HAZOP PROCESS DESCRIPTION Technical and Process Safety are terms used to describe safety requirements in the design, operation, and handling of hazardous substances in the Process Industry. As an aspect of Technical Safety, Hazop sessions are usually conducted in compliance with IEC 61882:2017 (Hazard and Operability Studies Application Guide). The multi-disciplinary session involves safety assessment, hazard identification, and the establishment of engineering/safety solutions (safeguards) to adequately mitigate those identified risks. HAZOP can be carried out on an entirely new system or upgrade an existing process system. Using the guidewords as aid, Hazop identifies potential hazards associated with all aspects of a given operation; presenting conclusive recommendations.

Fire Safety Engineering is the engineering discipline that applies scientific and technical principles to safeguard life, property, loss of income, and threat to the environment from the effects of fires, explosions, and related hazards. It is associated with the design and layout of equipment, processes, and supporting systems. It is concerned with fire prevention, control, suppression, and extinguishment and provides for consideration of functional, operational, economic, aesthetic, and regulatory requirements. The goal of Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) has always been to design an optimized strategy that provides the necessary human safety and property protection. Developing Fire Safety Engineering as a Practice in Nigeria This article is geared towards creating awareness of FSE concepts used internationally and potential growth for the Safety design practice in Nigeria.

C-LEVEL management continuously exhibits low consideration to best Practice Safety Engineering for protection of life, environment and assets. This is driven by greed and need for exorbitant financial gains in the construction services sector. Expert consideration and solutions to mitigate risks as required by regulatory bodies and made prescriptive in design standards and codes are consciously ignored. The myth of most shows in this sector in the AFRICAN region focus is on foreign imported products without any merit to local development and involvement of RISK ENGINEERS and SPECIFIERS who are SOLUTION OWNERS.

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