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The Seed Change in Safety		  


In our last article we spoke about the issues on how SAFETY is perceived in the wider area and how that word SAFETY still puts the fear of god into people.



After all it is life we are dealing with, not pieces of machinery. Your biggest assets are your people. Without them you fail. With them you succeed.
If our calls from the last issue of ROADSAFE are anything to go by there appears to be a trickle of change filtering through the more pro-active companies in actually wanting to improve their SAFETY agenda, when it comes to protecting their staff, which we loudly applaud.

This change appears to come from the fear of litigation. Again it’s that word fear that is driving the change. There is a real need to go beyond the European Standard of EN471 when it comes to what the individual has to wear. This is the 21st Century and we now have to move forward to a more pro-active type of clothing rather that the re-active that is the normal now.

What do we mean by re-active and pro-active clothing? EN 471 Class 1, 2 and 3 uses a measurement of re-activity. In other words lights have to strike you before you become visible. In pro-active clothing the individual is lit, therefore he/she is seen long before lights hit their clothing to make them visible. Pro-active clothing makes the individual so visible, regardless of the weather conditions or the environment that they cannot fail to be seen.

After all it is life we are dealing with, not pieces of machinery. Your biggest assets are your people. Without them you fail. With them you succeed. Look after them and protect them and you have a win win scenario. In law it is called “a duty of care”.

More and more companies see EN 471 Class 3 as a start rather than an end are approaching us in ever greater numbers. They have a need to go beyond the legal standard. That way if anything does go wrong, they can stand up with absolute confidence and say that they have exercised their “DUTY OF CARE” to its full extent, by going beyond EN 471.

You may be surprised to know that Pro-active clothing is already out there and available and is in daily use with some very large companies. Its name is “FLASHBRIGHT PRO-ACTIVE”. This system utilises the very latest in emitter and optical technology called “PULSELITES”. “FLASHBRIGHT PRO-ACTIVE” is available in standard designs or can be retro-fitted to existing clothing, thereby avoiding the need to purchase further garments. It is so versatile it has already been fitted to vehicle ramps, safety helmets, office escape equipment with built in smoke detectors and many more areas where high visibility light is required

It’s astonishing performance is achieved by utilising high-end spectrum, pure colour LED’s firing through an optical lens. And no it is not nuclear powered, but uses standard AA batteries, operating at a maximum 4. 8volts. Space age design and technology that has been brought together and specifically developed to HELP SAVE LIFE, YOUR LIFE.

“FLASHBRIGHT PRO-ACTIVE” along with its associated systems can help save lives, so for more information please call. You have nothing to lose but everything to gain. Just remember. “ITS YOUR LIFE, SO PROTECT IT”


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