Category: Safety and Security

Pirate Month, Int.: August

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Sponsored by the thespian group Rogue's Armada, International Pirate Month celebrates all things pirate. Though this is a fun observance, pirating remains a serious problem in several parts of the world...

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Water Quality Month: August

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Assistance Dog Week, Intl.: August 1-7

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Social Media Holiday, Intl.: August 2

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Created in London in 2018, International Social Media Holiday endeavors to protect and educate youth and other vulnerable people about the pitfalls and dangers lurking online in chatrooms, on social media...

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Night Out (US/CA), Ntl.: August 3

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National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign in the United States and Canada promoting police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. Its purpose is to help neighbors get to kn...

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Lighthouse Day, Ntl. (1789): August 7

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National Lighthouse Day marks the anniversary of Congressional approval and the declaration signed by President George Washington creating and supporting a network of lighthouse, piers and buoys on August...

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Safe + Sound Week, Ntl.: August 9-15

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From the event champion: "Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event held each August that recognizes the successes of workplace health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep Ame...

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Check the Chip Day, Ntl.: August 15

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Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve We...

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Wave at Surveillance Day, Intl: August 16

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Increasingly, the world is becoming one major surveillance state. In cities like London, it is very hard to go anywhere and not land on CCTV. Artificial intelligence is making this even more invasive. Tod...

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Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: August 18...

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Mosquito Day, World (1897): August 20

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Mosquitos seem to really like some people, and this writer is one of them. If there is a mosquito within fifty feet, I will be bit...multiple times. These little insects do form the foundation of several...

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Victims of Terrorism, Day of Remembrance,...

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Victims Acts of Violence Based on Religiou...

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Web Mistress Day, Ntl.: August 26

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National Webmistress' Day was created bay Kat Valentine and is championed Webmistress.com. It is created to honor women in the web technologies fields.

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Overdose Awareness Week, Ntl.: August 29-S...

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Overdose Awareness Day, Intl.: August 31

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International Overdose Awareness Day was initiated in 2001 by Sally J Finn at The Salvation Army in St Kilda, Melbourne. Since 2001, many community members as well as government and non-government organi...

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9-9-9 Emergency Number Established (1937):...

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July 1, 1937 saw the world's first emergency telephone number deployed in London covering a 12 mile radius from Oxford Circus. It would be another 31 years before the US would implement a similar system,...

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Pet, ID Your Pet Day: July 1

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The second half of the year begins with a little safety check. Is your pet tagged and microchipped? A family pet is lost every two seconds in America, with July 5th being the day with the most entering sh...

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