The Civil Protection Act (Bill 173), passed on December 19, 2001, gives the government the power to adopt a by-law on technological risk management. In the elaboration of this by-law, the Ministry of Civil Protection wanted to obtain information on the American Risk Management Program (RMP)...

As a new regulation comes into effect, a program of inspection must be set up to guarantee that the requirements are completed by the subjected facilities. Then the facilities must make the necessary corrective actions within reasonable times. Various questions arise when we evoke the subject of...

In many domains, opinion plays a very significant role which will not stop growing. It is true more than ever in the environmental and health domains, but also in industrial risks. Is it necessary to worry about it? Won't today's mindset become tomorrow's regulation? We show the characteristics...

L'aide apportée par la Croix-Rouge, Division du Québec joue un rôle majeur dans la protection civile au Québec. Au Québec, la Croix-Rouge intervient en moyenne 2,9 fois par jour, dont 1,4 fois par jour uniquement sur le territoire de Montréal. Ces chiffres sont peu connus car ces...