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Oshkosh Striker ARFF Vehicles Delivered To DGAC Costa Rica

Oshkosh Airport Products, an Oshkosh Corporation business, announced the delivery of a fleet of four Striker® Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicles to the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) of Costa Rica. DGAC received three Striker 6x6 ARFF vehicles and one Striker 4x4 ARFF vehicle. These vehicles will strengthen emergency operations at Juan Santamaría Airport, the country's busiest international gateway, which serves more than 1.7 million to...

Board Expansion As Friends Of Firefighters Demand Soars

As the demand for counseling continues to increase as more of New York’s Bravest seek mental health support, New York City-based nonprofit Friends of Firefighters (FOF), founded in the wake of 9/11 is an independent provider of free and confidential mental health counseling and wellness services for active and retired FDNY firefighters and their families, announced today four new members are joining its Board of Directors. New board members Those new board members include Leigh Marie Dan...

INTERSCHUTZ 2026: Exhibition Of Innovative Solutions In Firefighting & Civil Protection

One and a half years before INTERSCHUTZ 2026, many well-known companies have already confirmed their participation in the world's renowned trade fair for firefighting, rescue, and civil protection in Hanover. International market majors, such as Rosenbauer, Dräger, and Desautel are among the confirmed exhibitors. In total, nearly 450 exhibitors have registered, covering approximately 38,000 square meters of exhibition space. This accounts for more than a third of the total planned space. E...

Teledyne GFD Strengthens Americas Sales With New Vice President Appointment

Teledyne Gas and Flame Detection (Teledyne GFD) has a new Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the Americas, as the company looks to drive growth and strengthen its market presence across the continent. Gerald V. Sims brings a wealth of experience in gas utilities and a strong track record in sales leadership, both of which will help Teledyne Gas and Flame Detection to continue increasing its market share in this important geographic market. Gas detection with solutions Teledyne Gas an...

Oshkosh Striker 6x6 Vehicles Enhance Chile Airports

Oshkosh Airport Products, an Oshkosh Corporation business, announced the delivery of two Oshkosh Airport Products Striker® 6x6 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicles to the Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) of Chile. The new vehicles will enhance emergency response capabilities at the Chacalluta de Arica Airport and Araucanía de Temuco Airport, maintaining the customer’s full Oshkosh ARFF fleet at both locations. reliability, trust, and security &...

Rosenbauer PANTHER 6x6 Electric Vehicle Deployed At Dallas Love Field Airport

Rosenbauer America and the Dallas Fire Rescue Department have entered into an innovative partnership aimed at the joint further development of the PANTHER 6x6 electric through to series production. The pre-series vehicle will be delivered in mid-2025 and will operate at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL), making it the first airport to receive a PANTHER 6x6 electric.  6-month test phase The Dallas Fire-Rescue Department plays an important role as a cooperation partner. During the approximat...

Hochiki Europe Joins NBS For Safer Building Projects

Hochiki Europe, a globally renowned provider of innovative life safety solutions, is excited to announce its partnership with NBS, a construction specification platform. This collaboration aims to streamline the specification process for specifiers, making it easier than ever to incorporate Hochiki’s market-renowned products into building projects. Range of life safety products By joining NBS Source, Hochiki Europe will have 50 products listed across its comprehensive range of life safe...

Cygnus Wins Fire Solution Of The Year At Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2024

Cygnus, a pioneer EN 54 certified, 100% wireless fire detection and alarm systems is pleased to announce that SmartNet has won the Security or Fire Solution of the Year category at the prestigious Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2024. Fire Solution of the Year Stephen Marsh, Head of Sales at Cygnus, comments, "We are thrilled to win the Security or Fire Solution of the Year award at this year’s Security & Fire Excellence Awards. SmartNet is a ground-breaking fire detection and...

Skilled Labor Shortage Solutions By NFPA 2025

The National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) released its third annual Industry Trends Survey, which reveals skilled worker sentiments around the current state of labor, training, and technology on the jobsite. The survey provides a look at what the skilled trades industry can expect in each of these areas in 2025.  Major Challenges in 2025  Exactly half of skilled tradespeople identified a shortage of qualified candidates as the top challenge for workers this year. This...

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Specification And Installation: The Key To Effective Door Controls

Safe and seamless movement in our built environment hinges on accurately specified and installed door hardware, explains Russell Marks, managing director of Boss Door Controls. With millions of doors used each and every day, it’s important to recognize the details behind effective access and egress. Whether it’s the regular composite doors found in our homes, the electromechanical access points located in public settings, or the emergency exit fire doors that keep us safe in our wor...

The Dingell Act's Impact: Practical Benefits For Fire Professionals

The Dingell Act, signed into law in 2019, has far-reaching implications, including effects on fire management and emergency services. Officially named the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, the law impacts fire professionals and their operations and fire prevention strategies. The Dingell Act is a comprehensive public lands bill that touches on various aspects of natural resource management, conservation, and recreation. Fire mitigation efforts One of the key...

A Better Approach To The Fire Safety Retrofit Challenge

The 2022 Building Safety Act, instituted in direct response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy in London, UK, has outlined a raft of new responsibilities that building owners and managers must adhere to, in line with many of the deficiencies identified post-2017.  With the UK’s building stock notoriously aging, many of us live and work in buildings that were built under outdated regulations and have not been updated for decades in some cases. As such there is an enormous amount of remedia...

Allegion: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Are people too passive when it comes to fire door safety? Research conducted by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) in 2022 would suggest so, with a third of the British public stating they would not report a problem with a fire door, despite three-quarters of respondents believing a propped open fire door would not perform its role in the event of a fire. From schools and shops to shared areas of employment and accommodation, people are habitually - and sometimes unknowingly - kept safe b...

The Impact Of Cybersecurity On The Fire Service

The integration of technology into the fire service has significantly enhanced operations, but it has also introduced new vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity has become a concern for fire departments, possibly impacting their ability to respond effectively to emergencies and protect communities.   Potential problems emanating from cybersecurity concerns include a disruption of a community’s emergency response system. False alarms could result from malicious computer hackers manipulating...

Fire Door Hardware: Latest Standards And Best Practices

When fire safety fails, lives are put at risk. In all buildings, reasonable steps must be made to reduce the likelihood and impact of fire, yet, many people remain unsure and indecisive toward fire safety practices and the roles and responsibilities associated with fire door safety. In view of this, in October 2023, new fire safety legislation was introduced to non-domestic properties in England and Wales. Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) has made a number of amendments to the...

Canada fire protection companies

ASL Safety & Security have been involved in Voice Alarm systems within the Rail and Airport Industries since 1989. The comprehensive equipment range that has been developed from this experience enables the smallest standalone to the largest networked Voice Alarm system to be implemented cost effectively, and with full and unambiguous compliance to all the relevant safety standards. Infrastructure systems are increasingly being integrated to have single control front ends to Voice Alarm Systems and other customer information systems such as Passenger Information Displays, Help Points, and Access Control. Thus Centralised Control suites are being developed that supervise entire site information and security systems, including customer information systems (CIS), automatic digital voice announcers (DVA), Long Line Public Address (LLPA), and Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Maintenance functions (SCADA). ASL’s  iVENCS Site Control System uses leading edge display and system design technology to provide the very best of this new class of control systems. Typically the control networking of these highly integrated systems is being implemented using Internet Protocol (IP) interfacing, with the audio networking being implemented using Voice Over IP (VoIP) technology.  ASL’s control systems can be seamlessly integrated over large networks using IP technology, and provide powerful Long Line control and broadcast functions.  

Bronto Skylift, situated in Tampere Finland, is the global market leader in truck mounted hydraulic platforms.  Bronto Skylift platforms can be divided into two categories based on the application area: rescue and fire fighting platforms, and access platforms. The company has designed and manufactured platforms for nearly 50 years, during which period over 5500 units have been delivered to fire brigades and industrial customers throughout all continents in more than 120 countries. Bronto Skylift has two facilities in Finland: the headquarters in Tampere and a production plant in Pori. The company has subsidiaries in Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Bronto Skylift has been part of Federal Signal Corporation since 1995.

CMC is a designer, manufacturer, and worldwide distributor of rescue and work-at-height equipment, as well as a globally respected emergency response educator. Their tools, education, and training are used by professionals in the fire service, USAR, wilderness rescue, rigging, tactical and work-at-height industries. As co-founders of the Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians (SPRAT), the International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS), and the International Technical Rescue Association (ITRA), they remain committed to innovating across all work-at-height industries. An employee-owned company, CMC is an ISO-9001 certified manufacturing facility.

Autronica Fire and Security (AFS) is an international company, headquartered in Trondheim, one of the largest cities in Norway. The company is owned by United Technologies Corporation (UTC) and employs more than 319 persons with experience in developing, manufacturing and marketing of fire safety equipment. Total turnover is approximately NOK 500 mill. Our philosophyThe company's strategy and philosophy is plainly manifested in the business idea: Protecting life, environment and property. Business idea"Autronica Fire and Security protects life, environment and property by satisfying our customers' need for detection, notification and suppression of fires." Vision"We shall contribute to ensuring physical safety, reducing unnecessary risks from fire and related dangers, by constantly seeking better and safer solutions."

Bristol Uniforms is a leading international brand meeting the diverse needs of today's professional firefighters in the UK and over 110 countries around the world through a network of over 70 distributors. The Company’s range of personal protective equipment (PPE) encompasses head-to-toe structural, technical rescue (USAR) and wildland firefighting garments. Working with leading international fibre and fabric manufacturers, including DuPont, PBI Performance Products and W L Gore, Bristol’s in-house design teams have inspired a number of new product designs which are manufactured by Bristol in the UK and Europe. An integrated approach to delivering organic, sustainable growth has seen the introduction of several innovative designs which have helped secure new business in the UK and many international markets. Recent new products include Bristol’s innovative XFlex™ structural fire kit to EN 469:2005; and RescueFlex™ technical rescue/USAR kit. LayerFlex™ is a layered garment approach to providing structural, technical rescue and wildland firefighting PPE in just 3 garments used in different combinations to provide the appropriate protection. Ranges of in-house designed firefighter gloves and fire hoods complement the wide range of fire coats and trousers available. In 2017, Bristol was awarded the contract to supply firefighting PPE for a new Collaborative Procurement Framework, accessible to all Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services across the UK. The Framework provides access to high quality PPE ensembles, whilst saving considerable time and resources by simplifying and streamlining the procurement process. A lifetime approach to garment maintenance, through a range of managed service options, helps to optimise the service life of firefighter PPE and reduce the long term overall cost of ownership and deliver proven value-for-money solutions for fire & rescue services around the world.

At AMKUS our mandate is to give rescue people the tools to save human life. We work to create the best Rescue Systems for this lofty goal. Only tools of the highest quality are good enough. Nothing else. That is why we at AMKUS are always two steps ahead of all those who make rescue tools only as a sideline. One step is our design, another our quality. At AMKUS, quality means life!

China Security and Protection Industry Association (CSPIA), as the trade umbrella association for the professional security industry in the People's Republic of China, was founded in December, 1992 by the governing body of the Ministry of Public Security of China, with more than 4000 members who are responsible for more than 80% of China security business including CCTV, access control, manned security, alarm, biometrics, physical security, video and audio intercom system etc. CSPIA, as the official organizer of China International Exhibition on Public Safety and Security, has been the bridge between governments and enterprises, customers and enterprises. Its aim is to serve the government, members, security industry, and the society.

C.E.T Fire Pumps Mfg has been manufacturing reliable, high quality portable fire pumps for over 80 years. The origin of C.E.T Fire Pumps Mfg date back to 1908. Presently C.E.T. Fire Pumps MFG offers a complete line of portable fire pumps with over 20 standard models to choose from, including gas and diesel engines, skid mounted, trailer mounted, floating and more. Additionally we offer custom manufacturing to meet your specialized requirements. C.E.T. Fire pumps Mfg currently produces over 1500 pumps annually from its Canadian and U.S.A manufacturing facilities, serving both domestic and international markets. Our specialization in product development and production off portable fire pumps, in addition to personalized customer service, allows us to offer unmatched value in the portable fire pump market.

With production plants and companies in Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Italy and Indonesia, the ZIEGLER group of companies is one of the most important manufacturers of fire fighting vehicles and equipment worldwide, and the market leader in various countries. We have agencies and partners all over the world. The parent company is at Giengen/Brenz in Germany, on a property of approximately 80,000 m², where we employ 650 personnel. The total number of employees within the ZIEGLER group is approximately 1,000. Today our most important field is the manufacture of fire fighting vehicles. We produce standard and special-purpose vehicles, all built according to the special requirements of each customer. Since the start of the vehicle production more than 20,000 fire fighting vehicles of all sizes and types have been built. Besides the user-specific engineering of fire fighting vehicles the core competence of ZIEGLER is fire pump technology. The range of pumps reaches from portable pumps with a capacity of 200 l/min up to fire pumps of 10,000 l/min. Our leading position is also verified by the impressive number of 100,000 built and delivered ZIEGLER fire pumps. The pump program is supplemented by innovative fire fighting technology, which ensures efficient fire fighting. The diverse and often patented solutions in the field of vehicle and pump construction as well as fire fighting technology are now also available as components to our partners worldwide. Another area of our business is our high-quality ZIEGLER fire hoses. Approx. 1.5 millon meters of hoses of all sizes are produced each year. This hose program is supplemented by a full-range assortment of hose care equipment of our own production. In addition to the above products ZIEGLER has an extensive assortment of fire fighting equipment and articles with ZIEGLER exclusive right of sales. ZIEGLER - everything from one source!

Canada events & tradeshows in fire protection

Fire-Rescue Canada 2023

  • 17 - 20 Sep, 2023
  • Halifax, Canada

World Police and Fire Games 2023

  • 28 Jul - 6 Aug, 2023
  • Manitoba, Canada

Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT 2023)

  • 7 - 9 Jun, 2023
  • Ottawa, Canada

Blockchain Revolution Global 2022

  • 8 - 9 Nov, 2022
  • Toronto, Canada

International Conference on Straw-Bale Construction and Straw-Bale Fire Safety (ICSBCSBFS) 2022

  • 22 - 23 Sep, 2022
  • Vancouver, Canada
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