Business Interruption Exposures
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An Updated Look at Protection in Glass Manufacturing Plants
Occasionally loss prevention procedures need revision as we learn more about how to protect the hazard. In January 2008 we wrote a comprehensive article on Property Loss Prevention in Glass...
Protecting Your COPE and Identifying your Commodity Will Help Reduce Fire Loss in Large Buildings
What is COPE? It is the Construction Occupancy Protection and Exposure risk for each building. Significant fire damage in large buildings occurs approximately 300 times per year in the United...
RMS Windstorm Model - Version 11.0 Secondary Modifiers Changes
Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS) specializes in developing probabilistic models of catastrophes. These catastrophe (CAT) models are developed using detailed databases of highly localized...
Preparing for Winter Weather
A common misconception is that property losses due to winter weather only occur in regions where harsh winters are the standard. Actually, areas that don't usually have severe weather suffer larger...
Fire Safety During Construction
You might wonder why fire protection is important in a building that is under construction - especially if the building will have noncombustible and/or fire rated construction. An estimated 4,800...
Fire Suppression System Impairments
Fire Suppression System Impairments Industrial fire suppression systems include automatic sprinklers, gaseous systems as well as foam systems that might be used in aircraft hangars or to protect...
Protecting Electrical Rooms Containing Grouped Power Cables.
During inspections of electrical rooms, property loss prevention engineers should determine how much of a presence there is of "grouped power cables." There are no clear definitions or criteria as to...
Property Loss Prevention in Glass Manufacturing Plants
There are various types of glass manufacturing plants, and the processes and associated hazards differ significantly. One thing they have in common is that business interruption potential is higher...
Fire Pumps
Fire pumps and fire booster pumps are critical pieces of equipment when it comes to providing an adequate fire protection water supply for many industrial and commercial properties. Fire pumps are...
Small Heavy Duty Mobile Equipment
Heavy Duty Mobile Equipment (HDME) is widely used in mining, lumbering, road building and plant construction. Most HDME has high-pressure hydraulic systems. Smaller equipment, such as logging...
Minimizing Business Interruption
When most companies think of a disaster recovery program, the first issue that comes to mind is EDP operations. Do we have backup data or hot sites available? Is replacement equipment readily...
Reducing Property Losses
In a recent issue of the Record, which is a quarterly publication of FM Global, the system of Exposure Driven Engineering was reviewed. Exposure Driven Engineering Exposure Driven Engineering is a...