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Intro -- FIRST RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS: DEVELOPMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AND NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY PROVISIONS IN THE SPECTRUM ACT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS -- ROAMING AND PRIORITY ACCESS WITHIN THE 700MHZ BAND -- FIRSTNET STATUS REPORT FOR 2013 -- Chapter 2: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION: MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WOULD ENHANCE THE CYBERSECURITY OF PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES' EMERGING TECHNOLOGY -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- IDENTIFIED FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE HAD LIMITED COORDINATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REGARDING CYBERSECURITY AT PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVE, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- Chapter 3: STATEMENT OF DAVID S. TURETSKY, CHIEF, PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. HEARING ON ''OVERSIGHT OFFIRSTNET AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS'' -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL GINN, CHAIRMAN, FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AUTHORITY BOARD. HEARING ON ''OVERSIGHT OF FIRSTNET AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS'' -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CHARTING A PATH FORWARD -- III. CONSULTATION AND OUTREACH -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF DERECK ORR,PROGRAM MANAGER, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH PROGRAM, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY. HEARING ON ''OVERSIGHT OF FIRSTNET AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS'' -- INDEX.

Traffic crashes are one of the ten leading causes of deaths worldwide, and the leading cause of death for young people in the western world - a seemingly necessary evil that accompanies increasing levels of motorization. In this comprehensive 2nd edition of the classic "Traffic Safety and Human Behavior" Dr David Shinar provides a theoretical framework and a critical evaluation of the most recent research findings to comprehend the complexity of traffic safety and the central role that road users - drivers, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians play in it. In the new edition of approximately 1000 pages with nearly 300 graphs and tables, Shinar covers the key issues that relate human behavior to traffic safety and the impact that cultural, policy, and technological changes have on them. In particular the new edition covers the increasing roles that pedestrians and cyclists have in the traffic system and the need to accommodate them; the intrusion of infotainment and its role in driver distraction; and the increasing role of crash-prevention and driver assistance systems in changing the driver-vehicle interaction.

Public Safety Issues - De serie 'Werkdocumenten' omvat stukken die in het kader van de werkzaamheden van de WRR tot stand zijn gekomen en die op aanvraag door de raad beschikbaar worden gesteld. De verantwoordelijkheid voor de inhoud en de ingenomen standpunten berust bij de auteurs.

Intro -- PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: PLANS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: PLANS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AND NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY NEW LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS -- Spectrum Assignment -- Expenditures and Revenue Sources -- Public Safety Trust Fund -- Network Construction Fund -- FirstNet: Limit on Expenditures -- FirstNet: Fee Income and Other Revenue -- State and Local Implementation Fund -- Other Sources of Funds -- Planning Authority -- FirstNet -- State and Local Participation -- Federal Governance -- Public-Private Partnerships -- Infrastructure -- Timeframe -- Next Generation 9-1-1 -- Technology and Standards -- FirstNet -- FCC -- NIST -- OEC -- Need for Standards Development -- INTEROPERABILITY WITHIN THE 700 MHZ BAND -- THE FUTURE -- Infrastructure and Spectrum Management -- CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONGRESS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS: VARIOUS CHALLENGES LIKELY TO SLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- EVEN WITH INVESTMENT OF SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES, CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS PROVIDE MISSION CRITICAL VOICE CAPABILITIES BUT ARE NOT FULLY INTEROPERABLE -- Public Investment -- Current Public Safety Communications Capabilities -- Interoperability of Current Communication Systems Remains a Limitation -- PLANNING FOR A NATIONWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK PROGRESSES, BUT SUCH A NETWORK WILL NOT SUPPORT MISSION CRITICAL VOICE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE -- Federal Role

Physical safety is a core task of government. It is neither surprising nor unreasonable for government to be held accountable for hazardous substances, for food safety, for flood protection, for the spread of infectious diseases, or for the risks involved in new technologies. In 2011 the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations asked the Scientific Council for Government Policy (wrr) to investigate the scope for the development of a generic risk policy in relation to physical safety. Do citizens and businesses take sufficient responsibility for physical safety? Could the government assume a smaller role, and what part could the business community play in this? In this report the WRR argues that in order to answer these questions a distinction needs to be made between incidents, damage, risk and uncertainty. In addition, the wrr recommends that the thinking about responsibility for safety should not be placed in the perspective of a failing government, but that the central focus should be on the ambition of good governance. Finally, the wrr suggests that thinking about safety from the perspective of damage offers a useful framework for thinking through and reassessing the distribution of responsibilities. Responsibility for preventing, limiting and dealing with damage can only be assigned in advance, not retrospectively. - Fysieke veiligheid is een voorwaarde voor individuele ontplooiing en ondernemingszin en vormt de basis voor welvaart en welzijn. Mede dankzij decennia van overheidsinterventies is Nederland relatief gezien een veilig land geworden. Het is daarom noch verrassend noch onredelijk dat de maatschappij de overheid aanspreekt op (potentiële) bedreigingen en daadwerkelijke aantastingen van de fysieke veiligheid. De legitimiteit van de overheid kan onder druk komen te staan als de overheid tekortschiet in de zorg voor fysieke veiligheid. Verwachtingen over de rol van de overheid kunnen echter ook overspannen zijn, de overheid kan immers ook geen absolute veiligheid garanderen of voor elke aantasting van de fysieke veiligheid verantwoordelijk worden gehouden. In deze uitgave stelt de WRR dat de overheid niet als enige de prijs voor veiligheid en de rekening voor schade kan betalen. Ook bedrijven en burgers moeten daarvoor verantwoordelijkheid dragen, bijvoorbeeld door zich beter te verzekeren. Met deze reflectie heeft de WRR een waardevolle bijdrage geleverd aan de actuele, belangrijke en principiële discussie over de verhouding tussen overheid en burger op het gebied van fysieke veiligheid.

Handbook of research on safety and security issues in technical infrastructures / David Rehak, VSB, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic / Ales Bernatik, VSB, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Zdenek Dvorak, University of Zilina, Slovakia / Martin Hromada, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic -- Industrial occupational safety : Industry 4.0 upcoming challenges / Susana da Costa, University of Minho, Portugal, Nélson Costa, University of Minho, Portugal -- Explosion process safety / Dieter Gabel, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Germany.

Intro -- BUS, MOTOR CARRIER AND TRUCKING SAFETY ISSUES -- BUS, MOTOR CARRIER AND TRUCKING SAFETY ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY - IMPROVEMENTS TO DRUG TESTING PROGRAMS COULD BETTER IDENTIFY ILLEGAL DRUG USERS AND KEEP THEM OFF THE ROAD -- Why GAO Did This Study -- What GAO Recommends -- What GAO Found -- Abbreviations -- Results in Brief -- Background -- Several Factors Contribute to the Challenges in FMCSA's Current Drug Testing Program -- Limited Incentive for Carrier Compliance and Poor Understanding of Regulations by Some Carriers Can Result in Drivers Not Being Subject to Drug Testing -- Several Factors Lead to Subversion of the Test and Result in Drug Users Avoiding Detection -- Lack of compliance by collection sites and other service agents -- Little oversight of service agents by FMCSA -- Widely available products and other methods can be used to subvert the test -- Drugs for which DOT does not test -- Nonreporting of Past Positives, Incomplete Background Checks, and Loopholes for Self- employed Drivers Can Lead to Drivers Testing Positive and Continuing to Drive -- Options for Addressing Challenges Involve Effectiveness and Feasibility Trade-offs -- Improving Carrier Awareness and Compliance with DOT Requirements May Reduce the Number of Drivers Not in Drug Testing Programs -- Options for improving compliance by existing carriers -- Options for improving compliance by new entrants -- Improving Detection of Drivers Using Drugs Focuses on Minimizing Opportunities to Subvert the Test -- Options for improving compliance by service agents -- Options for increasing FMCSA's enforcement authority -- Options for limiting the ability to subvert the current test -- Testing for drugs not currently included in DOT testing