EOD
Fx is a Humanitarian Demining and UXO Clearance Company.
Humanitarian
Demining Clearance is far different from the operations carried
out by the military during their clearance operations.
We
aim to clear land so that the local populous can return to their
homes and their way of life safe in the knowledge that all mines
affecting their particular home, village or occupation is guaranteed
to have been safely cleared, and that the areas concerned are thoroughly
verified by our clearance teams, who will on completion pronounce
it "SAFE". Our aim is to restore peace and security along
with the social economic stabilisation of the community.
Recent
studies have shown that the best way to help deal with a mined community
or country is to re-establish their way of life as soon as possible,
this we do by removing the threat and allow them to return to normal.
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Useful
Landmine information: |
| 33
Billion |
Cost
in US dollars to remove every mine in the world (if no more planted) |
| 1100
years |
Time
it would take to achieve this |
| 250
million |
Stockpiled
landmines around the world |
| 110
million |
Landmines
laid in the ground around the world |
| 2.5
million |
New
landmines layed each year |
| 1
million |
People
killed or maimed by anti-personnel mines since 1975 |
| 100,000 |
Americans
killed or injured by landmines since the 1900's |
| 26,000 |
People
killed or maimed annually by landmines |
| 1,000 |
Cost
in US dollars to remove one landmine |
| 350 |
Minimum
number of different types of landmines (this sum varies) |
| 70 |
Number
of people killed or injured daily by landmines |
| 33 |
Percent
of US casualties caused by landmines during the Vietnam War |
| 3 |
Cost
in US dollars of a cheap landmine |
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note:
source of figures "international campaign to ban landmines" |
