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All the following questions are taken from the text below. Read it carefully and then choose the correct alternatives that answer the questions or complete the statements placed immediately after it.
New South Wales Government
Fire Brigades
The NSW Fire Brigades' purpose is to enhance community safety, quality of life and confidence by minimising the impact of hazards and emergency incidents on the people, environment and economy of New South Wales. As one of the world's largest urban fire and rescue services, we manage fire emergencies in NSW's major cities and towns. We respond to rescues, hazardous materials incidents and possible terrorism activities across the State. We work with other government agencies to minimise the impact of bushfires, storms, floods, landslides, building collapses, motor vehicle accidents and other emergencies. We also run prevention and preparedness programs to prevent these emergencies and reduce their impact on the community.
Current safety campaigns
Seniors Fire Safety. This month and throughout Seniors Week 2010, the NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) will focus on Seniors Fire Safety to highlight the potential dangers of house fires for older Australians.
Kitchen Fire Safety Almost half of all house fires start in the kitchen and the majority of all kitchen fires begin from cooking that is left unattended on the stove.
Basic Home Fire Safety Training Materials Basic home fire safety information is now included in the qualifications for a range of community services workers. In addition to their use in formal training the material is also recommended for use by community agencies in staff induction for new workers and skills maintenance for existing workers.
http://www.nswfb.nsw.gov.au/
All the following questions are taken from the text below. Read it carefully and then choose the correct alternatives that answer the questions or complete the statements placed immediately after it.
New South Wales Government
Fire Brigades
The NSW Fire Brigades' purpose is to enhance community safety, quality of life and confidence by minimising the impact of hazards and emergency incidents on the people, environment and economy of New South Wales. As one of the world's largest urban fire and rescue services, we manage fire emergencies in NSW's major cities and towns. We respond to rescues, hazardous materials incidents and possible terrorism activities across the State. We work with other government agencies to minimise the impact of bushfires, storms, floods, landslides, building collapses, motor vehicle accidents and other emergencies. We also run prevention and preparedness programs to prevent these emergencies and reduce their impact on the community.
Current safety campaigns
Seniors Fire Safety. This month and throughout Seniors Week 2010, the NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) will focus on Seniors Fire Safety to highlight the potential dangers of house fires for older Australians.
Kitchen Fire Safety Almost half of all house fires start in the kitchen and the majority of all kitchen fires begin from cooking that is left unattended on the stove.
Basic Home Fire Safety Training Materials Basic home fire safety information is now included in the qualifications for a range of community services workers. In addition to their use in formal training the material is also recommended for use by community agencies in staff induction for new workers and skills maintenance for existing workers.
http://www.nswfb.nsw.gov.au/
All the following questions are taken from the text below. Read it carefully and then choose the correct alternatives that answer the questions or complete the statements placed immediately after it.
New South Wales Government
Fire Brigades
The NSW Fire Brigades' purpose is to enhance community safety, quality of life and confidence by minimising the impact of hazards and emergency incidents on the people, environment and economy of New South Wales. As one of the world's largest urban fire and rescue services, we manage fire emergencies in NSW's major cities and towns. We respond to rescues, hazardous materials incidents and possible terrorism activities across the State. We work with other government agencies to minimise the impact of bushfires, storms, floods, landslides, building collapses, motor vehicle accidents and other emergencies. We also run prevention and preparedness programs to prevent these emergencies and reduce their impact on the community.
Current safety campaigns
Seniors Fire Safety. This month and throughout Seniors Week 2010, the NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) will focus on Seniors Fire Safety to highlight the potential dangers of house fires for older Australians.
Kitchen Fire Safety Almost half of all house fires start in the kitchen and the majority of all kitchen fires begin from cooking that is left unattended on the stove.
Basic Home Fire Safety Training Materials Basic home fire safety information is now included in the qualifications for a range of community services workers. In addition to their use in formal training the material is also recommended for use by community agencies in staff induction for new workers and skills maintenance for existing workers.
http://www.nswfb.nsw.gov.au/
The Big Destructiveness Of The Tiny Bribe
Alexandra Wrage 03.01.2010
The smallest bribes can be the most vexing. Not suitcases full of money and transfers to offshore accounts, but the thousands of everyday payments people make to Indian building inspectors, Chinese customs officials and Nigerian airport functionaries, just to get things done. They’re payments for routine government services that a government official is legally obliged to perform but for which he’s hoping to skim off a little extra.
Unlike more serious bribes, these very modest payouts, formally known as “facilitating payments”, are not against the laws of the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South Korea, when made abroad. They’re illegal for Great Britain, but the Serious Fraud Office there has taken the extraordinary public position that they’re unlikely to give rise to a prosecution.
Why don’t governments that lead the fight against large-scale bribery fall in line with what is already the practice of many major companies? They don’t want to outlaw such small-scale graft in foreign places, they say, because they don’t have the manpower to prosecute violators. By that logic, communities with just enough resources to handle murder and armed robbery would give a green light to shoplifting. You’d think a government could at least go after a few high-profile cases to set an example and a precedent. Permitting these smaller payments has to impede the effort to crack down on the larger ones. Companies know this.
“Facilitating” bribes are not tips. Tipping is voluntary, and you decide to do it after a service has been rendered. You don’t pay it at the outset to induce the waiter to bring the food, and you can always go somewhere else to eat next time should the service be bad. Nor are they welfare for underpaid civil servants. If government workers are underpaid, we should compensate them for the cost of customs inspections or airport security by aboveboard means, through taxation and so forth. Payment to individuals not only slows service but also encourages entrepreneurial civil servants to increase their income by creating more and greater obstacles.
Nor are they a mere distraction from the fight against bigger bribes. Rather, they fuel the problem. Junior officials who look for small bribes rise to higher positions by paying off those above them. Corruption creates pyramids of illegal payments flowing upward. Legalizing the base of the pyramid gives it a strong and lasting foundation.
Nor are these payments legal where they’re made. They may not be banned by the wealthy countries mentioned above, but they are outlawed in the countries where they’re actually a problem. Do developed countries want to say they wouldn’t tolerate such payments at home but don’t care if they’re made abroad? And since they’re illegal in the countries where they’re paid, companies can’t put them on their books. The classic cover for a bribe is to call it a “consulting fee”, but that is a books and records violation that is illegal in any country.
(www.forbes.com. Adaptado.)
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