One of the main goals of PLP is to add safety measures to at-risk buildings in order to lessen or prevent human suffering and economic loss resulting from disasters, natural or human-caused. 

The  simple and affordable techniques used to prevent injuries and make buildings safer during an earthquake, also make the building safer from everyday hazards, other natural disasters, and the damage resulting from acts of terrorism.

The April 19, 1995 bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City caused 169 deaths and hundreds of injuries, many which were the young children attending the child care facility located in the building. Sixty-six percent of the survivor's injuries were "glass" related. Following the attack, President Clinton issued an Executive Order requiring the application of security safety window film to all high-risk Federal buildings.

In the wake of the September 11th terrorist attack, physicians caring for the injuried in New York City reported treating many patients from serious injury due to falling and flying glass. In a terrorist bombing, flying glass can be unleashed at speeds of up to 300 feet per second. A single square foot of unprotected glass can project as many as 100 shards of deadly flying glass into a building. For more information on the benefits of safety glass click on  the International Window Film Association website: www.iwfa.com

The proven non-structural safety measures used in making childcare centers, businesses and homes safer from earthquakes and everyday hazards, were developed and tested by engineers in both the governmehnt and private sector.  Many of these same safety techniques can also lessen the impacts resulting from acts of terrorism. For more information click on  the Institute for Business and Home Safety website:  www.ibhs.org

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