Top 50 Reasons Back-Up Generators Fail
LinkedIn’s Facilities Management Group (68,000+ members) recently asked the question “What are the most common diesel generator failures that you have come across?”. There were close to 200 responses that stated or implied 50 different reasons. Here they are: Top 5 (referenced most) Preventative Maintenance Poor or Non-Existent Batteries Low or Dead Load Bank Test […]
What Happens When The Back-Up Plan Fails
When I was in the Marines, we always talked about the back up to the back up. The Plan B (Plan C , Plan D…) after Plan A fails. However, what happens when that also fails. In emergency safety, just like in combat, you have to have continual redundancies and contingencies. Failing to plan is the […]
How to Talk About COVID Safety to Your Students
As teachers and mentors, it is crucial to ensure that students know the risks of the Coronavirus and how to stay safe. The COVID pandemic is serious and won’t become less of a threat to our health in the very near future. When it does become safer to travel and move around more freely, we […]
For COVID Safety, Remember Your ABCs
As stores, restaurants, schools, and offices adjust to the current landscape, one goal remains: to keep people safe. A lot of effort goes into safely reopening public spaces: Furniture has to be reorganized, health protocols need to accommodate the changes brought by COVID-19, and foot traffic needs to be rearranged to encourage social distancing. But […]
8 COVID Safety Tips to Prepare for School Reopening
The Centers for Disease Control have recently published updated guidelines that could help school leaders when making their decision to reopen schools. According to the CDC, this is not a push to reopen schools but rather a strategic resource that can help keep students, teachers, and school staff safe in the event of a school […]
Sarah Marshall Boone | Celebrating Black History Month
Throughout the month of February, LumAware is celebrating Black History Month by highlighting African-Americans that made their mark in US History. This week, we are featuring the life of Sarah Boone, a dressmaker who invented the precursor to the modern ironing board. The next time you iron your clothes, thank Sarah Boone, the inventor of […]
How to Clean Plexiglass Barriers
Plexiglass barriers are one of the safety measures that restaurants, schools, offices, and other public facilities can put in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19, along with proper handwashing, face masks, face shields, and proper social distancing. As a COVID guard, they not only act as a barrier to minimize the dispersion of disease-carrying droplets, […]
Garrett Morgan | Celebrating Black History Month
Throughout the month of February, LumAware is celebrating Black History Month by highlighting African-Americans that made their mark in US History. This week, we are featuring the life of Garrett A. Morgan, a prolific inventor and entrepreneur from Cleveland, who developed, among other things, the predecessors of the modern gas mask and traffic signal. Garrett […]
Marie Van Brittan Brown | Celebrating Black History Month
Throughout the month of February, LumAware is celebrating Black History Month by highlighting African-Americans that made their mark in US History. This week, we are featuring the life of Marie Van Brittan Brown, the creator of the first closed-circuit security system. Homes and businesses are safer today thanks to the invention of Marie van Brittan […]
Granville Woods | Celebrating Black History Month
This week and throughout the month of February, LumAware is celebrating Black History Month by highlighting African-Americans that made their mark in US History. This week, we are taking a look at the life of Granville T. Woods, premier inventor and firefighter from Cincinnati, who was hailed as the “Black Thomas Edison”. Granville Woods is […]