DAO Health & Safety Pro

Some months ago, it was the collapse of a church building in Akwa Ibom State but now another church in Abuja called House on the Rock was engulfed in fire yesterday 25/06/2017 with the cause yet to be ascertained. Good to know that no lives were lost but what about the damage to properties. With all these happenings around, it has become imperative to look into the Ecclesiastical Safety in our country. Asides efforts by our churches to ensure its members and visitors are spiritual safe, how many of them are also concerned about the health and safety of their so called members and visitors alike. Our venues of worship aren’t exempted when it comes to health and safety. Our churches have duties of care to all their church members and visitors by possessing adequate health and safety policy, suitable and sufficient risk assessments, fire arrangements and procedures for emergencies and evacuations. With the House on the Rock Church fire incident still fresh in our minds, it’s a...

Safety has been defined as the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure. Safety can also be likened to the control of recognized  hazards to achieve an acceptable level of risk. Home safety may indicate a building’s ability to protect people from external harm by incidents such as weather, home invasion or may indicate that its internal installation such as appliances, stairs and so on are not dangerous and harmful for its inhabitants. Traffic signals are perceived as safe, yet under some circumstances they can increase traffic crashes at an intersection. Continuous changes in technology, environmental regulation and public safety concerns make the analysis of safety in building collapses more and more demanding. It is also pertinent to mention that security is of higher importance to many people than substantive safety. For exam...