Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research
Les chantiers de construction présentent des difficultés différentes à celles des bâtiments terminés pour les services d’incendie. La phase de construction est l’étape la plus dangereuse de toute la durée de vie d’un bâtiment, ceci à cause des divers risques qui lui sont inhérents, notamment:
Construction sites present fire departments with a different set of challenges from those associated with completed buildings. The construction stage is the most dangerous point in any building’s lifespan due to a number of risks, including:
本书所介绍的减少犯罪方法适用于任 何警务机构，书里列举的各项原则 是经过验证了的，它们能很好地被 用于维护社区安全。警队领导及警务机构能 够运用这些原则设计出自己的策略，解决自 己面临的挑战，确保社区安全稳定。
Buildings face the greatest risk from fires during the construction phase. In recent years, there have been several examples across Canada of major construction site fires, including those in Calgary, Alberta in March 2015, Kingston, Ontario in December 2013 and Richmond, British Columbia in 2011.
虽然警务部门的首要职责一直以来都没 有改变——即保护人民的生命和财产安 全——但是，警方该如何履行自己的职 责这一问题变得日益复杂。在过去的20 年间，犯罪率在整体上有所下降，但是 公众要求警方进行响应的方面却越来越 多。要处理这些报警电话通常需要更为 先进的设备和接受过相应专业训练的人 才。而且，很多辖区还要求他们的警察 部门将自己的职能与其他紧急情况响应 部门相结合，包括消防和医疗急救服务 等。
On October 29, 2013, the BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) implemented changes to their BC Ambulance Service Resource Allocation Plan (RAP) resulting in a significant number of codes being downgraded to Code 2 (routine) calls instead of their previous designation as Code 3 (lights and sirens) calls. According to BCEHS the process undertaken to make … Read more
When emergency vehicle collisions occur, especially at speed with lights and siren, they tend to evoke heightened media attention as well as public concern and interest. While these concerns are understandable given the sheer size and mass of heavy emergency vehicles (i.e., fire/ladder trucks) relative to much lighter, non-emergency vehicles, such concerns must be placed … Read more
In June of 2011, BC Hydro commenced implementation of its Smart Metering Program, which involved converting every residential property in BC from legacy metering to wireless technology smart meters. This Smart Metering Program involves replacing existing electrical meters that are now becoming obsolete, with a comprehensive wireless smart metering system. As of August 2013 an … Read more
This paper introduces a risk-based, data-driven framework for redesigning fire safety inspections. This framework incorporates information about previous inspections performance, the responsible person in charge of the property, the property use, and the structure type. This alternative method for scheduling fire safety inspections takes into account the likelihood of compliance, thus enabling fire services to … Read more