Jo Bird and Co Ltd News

Viking Life-saving has announced its latest developments in safety equipment for offshore wind technicians. They are already using the JB29 cabinets to store essential lifesaving, including descent devices, on the nacelle heli-hoist platform but have now gone a step further by fitting chests inside the nacelles themselves. IPX5 rated SOS506 chests Unlike the JB29s which will be exposed to the elements such as 100 mph winds, UV, and heavy rain and so are securely fastened to the heli-hoist plat...

Jo Bird and company are one of the very limited numbers of UK companies who have signed up to a pledge to halve the company’s CO2 emissions by 2030. Being heavily involved in the offshore wind sector may have been one of the reasons for being shortlisted by SWMAS and it has been audited by Ashley Webber at Balanced energy to measure CO2 levels with suggestions as to how this could be reduced to help achieve this ambitious goal. This was a very detailed report looking at estimating the le...

After a few years of painstaking R&D, Jo Bird announces the launch of the first IP66 rated cabinet. The Firebird range was already setting the standard with the excellent IP56 rating but following the principles of Kaizen, the R&D team was not prepared to rest on their laurels. The prototype cabinets have gone through extensive testing for both dust and water ingress which was carried out by the TUV Sud testing house. JB80 fire hose cabinet The JB80 fire hose cabinet is designed to co...

The RNLI was featured on the BBC news yesterday showing how they are preparing for the coming season. This includes an increase in the number of lifeguards on the beaches. Very apt with the lovely sunshine they enjoyed. With the prospect of few, if any foreign holidays this year, coastal and inland waterways are likely to be busier than ever. Water rescue equipment The lockdown has given many organizations the chance to update their water rescue equipment and the photo shows Michael Gemmell f...

Friends at the Irish Navy service have adopted the SOS100 cabinet to store their emergency breathing apparatus on the lead ship of the Vard designed LÉ Róisín class Offshore patrol vessels. LÉ Róisín was built in the North Devon Appledore shipyard (now known as H&W Appledore) in the 1990s and was already fitted with immersion suit chests and GSLJ cabinets manufactured by Jo Bird. Fire extinguisher cabinet The Irish Naval Service has used their cab...

Jo Bird ships 65% of its manufactured output to markets outside the UK The factory and office staff at Somerset based Jo Bird were joined by over 20 representatives of the local community, business organisations, customers and suppliers when Somerset’s Lord Lieutenant, Lady Gass, visited the company’s offices in Highbridge recently to present the Queens Award for Enterprise International Trade. In this year’s awards announced in the spring, Jo Bird, one of t...