ICAWC 2014 - Cool to be Kind - Sarah FisherDogs Trust
ICAWC 2014 Istanbul - Sarah's presentation on Cool to be Kind. It is a simple concept that was started by Anthony Head and Sarah Fisher. It was launched on January 1st 2014 to promote the message that it is Cool to be Kind to animals and as a way of helping animal welfare organisations around the world raise extra funds through donated merchandise.
Teaching & Learning English under difficult circumstancesGraham Stanley
Workshop given 16th Sep 17:45 in Buenos Aires:
- Dirección Operativa de Lenguas Extranjeras, Ministerio de Educación, CABA
- British Council
- I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández”
"Many English teachers find themselves teaching in difficult circumstances. Large classes, multiple levels, and demotivated students are just three realities that can make language learning and teaching a challenge. The idea behind this interactive workshop is to examine these difficult circumstances and others, and to use our shared experience as teachers to help each other with classroom strategies and ideas to overcome the challenges we face on a daily basis.."
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4. New Fire Regulations
What is the new law?
• The new law is officially called Regulatory Reform (Fire
Safety) Order 2005.
• It came into force in the Autumn of 2006 and will replace
fire certificates and 78 other pieces of legislation.
When the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order came into force, the
Fire Precautions Act, and the designating Orders made under it, will
cease to have effect. This means that the requirement as to the
number of people for whom sleeping accommodation is provided in a
B&B, a hotel, or other boarding house will no longer apply.
How will it work?
The law states that operators must take responsibility for fire safety
themselves, so all accommodation operators will have to carry out a fire
safety risk assessment, irrespective of the number of people for whom they
are providing accommodation, to determine the adequacy of their fire
precautions in order to safeguard their guests in the event of a fire.
25. Summary
• We are all responsible for fire safety
• Fire wardens are essential to help the
University safely manage escapes from fire
• In a fire alarm / real fire people sometimes do
strange things but they don’t often “panic”
• Failing to use all available escape routes can
and does cost lives.
• Fire kills. In 2004 (England and Wales) fire and rescue services attended over
33,400 fires in non-domestic buildings. These fires killed 38 people and injured
over 1,300.
• Fire costs money. The costs of a serious fire can be high and afterwards
many businesses do not reopen. In 2004, the costs as a consequence of fire,
including property damage, human casualties and lost business, were estimated
at £2.5 billion.
The ancient Greeks and alchemists thought that fire was an element. They also considered earth, air, and water to be elements. However, the modern definition of an element defines it by the number of protons a pure substance possesses. Fire is made up of many different substances, so it is not an element. For the most part, fire is a mixture of hot gases. Flames are the result of a chemical reaction, primarily between oxygen in air and a fuel, such as wood or propane.
60 bedroom hotel, ground floor and three further floors. Most of the building had evacuated, one man jumped from an upper floor and was injured but unconscious. This man later died. The building was at risk of collapse. Two persons were found in the debris. Three fatalities.
The Hotel had a fire certificate, now no longer valid. The new legislation required that the proprietor carried out an assessment of the risk from fire and put suitable measures in place to control the risk.
