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Advanced’s MxPro 4 Fire Panel Range To Secure Historic Iona Abbey

Advanced’s MxPro 4 network offers long-term security for buildings Providing a fire system for the most sacred site in Scotland was always going to be a challenge, especially considering the remoteness of its historic location, but for the custodians of Iona Abbey global fire systems manufacturer Advanced was the only choice. Located on the Scottish island of Iona, south west of the Isle of Mull, the Abbey is at the heart of a globally important religious centre, founde...

Advanced Launches New Conventional And Twin-wire Fire System ‘QuickZone’

QuickZone supports a range of modular expansion zone cards and is EN54-2&4 approved Industry-leading fire systems business, Advanced, has launched a new conventional and twin-wire fire system called QuickZone. Renowned across the globe for the quality of its intelligent fire systems, Advanced now also delivers the ease-of-use, flexibility and performance it is famous for to the conventional world. QuickZone, as the name suggests is quick on the wall, quick to configure a...

VectorCommand And VSTEP Announce Partnership To Offer Enhanced Emergency Response Training

The integration allows emergency services in the UK to train in a virtual incident environment VectorCommand, the UK leader in operational command support software for the emergency services and the oil and gas industry, and VSTEP, developer of advanced emergency response training simulators, recently announced an exclusive partnership to integrate their products and offer enhanced emergency response training. VSTEP and VectorCommand have signed an exclusive co-operation ag...

Shropshire Firefighters Rescue Farmer Skewered By Tractor Fork

Shropshire firefighters held the farmer's body steadily along with doctor and ambulance crew Shropshire firefighters were faced with an extraordinary rescue operation when a farmer accidentally impaled himself onto a 45 centimetre long tractor fork. The 40 millimetre thick spike had gone straight through the right side of Graham Heatley's lower back, across his abdomen and was sticking out of the left side of his stomach. He had been removing black plastic from a three-quart...

BAFE Elects Douglas Barnett As Its New Chairman

Douglas Barnett has over 25 years’ experience in risk management with an extensive global background The Council of BAFE, the independent, third party certification registration body for the UK fire protection industry, held its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 25th February 2014. The Council were pleased to elect Douglas Barnett, Head of Customer Risk Management, AXA Insurance (UK) plc as their new Chairman, following the retirement of Phil Toase CBE, QFSM, DL. Phil h...

Magirus Delivers 67 Light Forestry Vehicles To Fire Safety And Civil Defense Of Bulgaria

Magirus delivers state-of-the-art firefighting vehicle with full cross-country mobility With a handover ceremony in Sofia 67 Light Forestry Vehicles, Class L, Category 3 were delivered to the Chief Directorate of Fire Safety and Civil Defense (Ministry of Interior) of Bulgaria. Based on an Iveco Daily chassis, Magirus delivered a state-of-the-art firefighting vehicle with full cross-country mobility. A symbolic key was given to Iskra Mihaylova, Minister of Environme...

Bristol’s Distributor Conference Attracts Record Response

Bristol’s distributor conference focuses on its businesses, markets and ambitions Held every two years, Bristol’s Distributor Conference is the prime opportunity for appointed distributors from around the world to meet in Bristol for three days in the summer to discuss their businesses, markets and ambitions and to be briefed on a range of technical developments in fibres and fabrics, product developments, standards and planned new product introductions. With cust...

Installers In Northern Ireland Support Sprue’s Campaign With Gis A Hug Foundation To Keep People Safe From Dangers Of CO Gas

Sprue is donating one CO alarm to Gis A Hug for every 20 FireAngel CO-9XT alarms sold from wholesalers and merchants Installers in Northern Ireland have been snapping up thousands of FireAngel carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in support of manufacturer, Sprue Safety Products’ campaign with the Gis A Hug Foundation to keep more people safe from the dangers of this deadly gas. Sprue is donating one carbon monoxide alarm to Gis A Hug for every 20 FireAngel CO-9XT alarms sold fr...

Shropshire Firefighters Pump Water From Flood Homes And Help In Rescue Operations

Shropshire helps protect a sewage treatment centre and power station to ensure they were not flooded Shropshire firefighters have been heavily involved as part of the UK's national resilience force battling the worst floods to hit the country for many years. On call fire crews from across the county left their work and families at short notice to be part of the largest mobilisation of the UK's fire and rescue services since the Second World War. They have been working day an...

FireVu Examines Report On Waste Management Statistics For 2013

Number of fires at waste management sites has remained constantly high According to FireVu, the number of fires at waste management sites has remained constantly high. Statistics for the past 10 years, supplied by the Environment Agency, have averaged, more or less, a fire every day. While figures for 2012 had come down from 2011 to 96 fires at regulated waste transfer stations and 247 fires at all regulated sites, the trend has not continued downwards. In 2013 there were...

FireVu Welcomes Mark Tansey As New Business Development Manager

FireVu offers Video Smoke Detection technology solutions for the early detection and prevention of fires Mark Tansey has joined FireVu, an innovator in Video Smoke Detection, as a new business development manager. Tansey joins from wireless fire solutions supplier Sterling Safety Systems where he was UK sales manager. Tansey’s extensive fire detection industry experience includes a number of long-term business development industry positions at ADT, Romec Services, TFS...

Blue Lamp Foundation To Encourage People To Support Its Cause At The Emergency Services Day

The charity is hoping the country will take the day to its hearts and support emergency personnel injured in the line of duty PC David Rathband's Blue Lamp Foundation is hoping to raise thousands of pounds with a campaign to encourage people to support its cause through text giving, this Emergency Services Day. The Foundation chose Saturday, March 1, St David's Day, as Emergency Services Day, in memory of the charity's founder David Rathband, to not only celebrate his ach...

Castings Services Group Announces Strategic New Direction For Business Into Fire Protection Market

CSG can offer Mueller's Super Centurion Fire Hydrant, Post Indicator Gate Valves and OS&Y Resilient Wedge Gate Valves ex-stock The Castings Services Group (CSG), one of the UK's leading suppliers of quality civil engineering products has announced a strategic new direction for business into the Fire Protection market. This follows the integration of a new range of high performance products from the US into their product portfolio. The US is an undisputed leader in the...

Oshkosh Airport Products Unveils Its Oshkosh Storm Aircraft Rescue And Fire Fighting Vehicle

Oshkosh Storm meets International Civil Aviation Organization and aircraft rescue and fire fighting requirements Oshkosh Airport Products Group, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, introduced the all-new Oshkosh® Storm aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicle. The Oshkosh Storm is engineered to provide a powerful, yet cost- effective, ARFF response for International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) airports. Oshkosh is embarking upon a road show tour to demonstrat...

Hochiki Unveils Its Photoelectric Smoke Chamber With Three New Generation Sensors

Hochiki’s photoelectric smoke chamber improves immunity to noise and reduces false alarms Here at Hochiki, when it comes to our fire detection equipment, we are continually striving for technological perfection. So we are pleased to introduce our newest generation of sensors fresh from our clever R & D boffins over in Japan. With Enhanced Performance Chambers and a handful of software advances the new range is smarter and more immune to noise and false alarms than ev...

Prysmian’s Afumex LSX Low Smoke Zero Halogen Cable Used In Learning Centre At The University Of Manchester

Prysmian’s Afumex LSX range was developed to address the speci?c needs of modern building services Prysmian’s Afumex LSX low smoke zero halogen cable has been used in a state of the art study and learning centre at the University of Manchester. The Alan Gilbert Learning Commons is the final stage of an expansion programme at the university. This entire project has been completed with sustainability in mind. The project’s architects, Sheppard Robson, specifi...

Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Highlights 2007 As The Worst Year For Firefighter Deaths

The report highlights severe problems with use of breathing apparatus and inadequate training Clifford Cox, 53, collapsed on Saturday at his fire station in Staines, Surrey, from which hundreds of people have been evacuated by the fire service after the recent floods. Colleagues tried in vain to resuscitate Mr Cox, who had served in Surrey Fire & Rescue Service (FRS) for 25 years. Detectives from North Surrey CID were called to Staines Fire Station following his sudden de...

Fike Safety Technology Installs Its Quadnet Analogue Addressable System At A Residential Building Complex In India

The use of Fike’s fire detection technology has resulted in significant cost savings for the project Fike Safety Technology Ltd, the UK-based manufacturer of intelligent fire detection solutions, has supplied its popular Quadnet analogue addressable system for a large residential building complex in India. The Wembley Estate in the Gurgaon District of Haryana has 8 tower blocks with 13 floors in each. The use of Fike’s fire detection technology has resulted in sign...

Cheshire Fire Authority And VSTEP Renew Partnership For Virtual Incident Management Platform RescueSim

The partnership reconfirms RescueSim as the virtual training software of choice The Cheshire Fire Authority and VSTEP renew their partnership for training of fire & rescue personnel through use of the virtual incident management platform RescueSim. The partnership reconfirms RescueSim as the virtual training software of choice at the high-tech Cheshire Fire Authority training centre in Winsford. The decision to renew the partnership and continue working with RescueSim...

Hochiki Enhances Working Condition At Honey Monster’s Manufacturing Facility In Southall, Middlesex

Hochiki’s (ESP) provides flexibility to accommodate integrated building management and complex life safety systems As one of the mainstays of the UK breakfast cereal market, few will be unfamiliar with Sugar Puffs. Immensely popular for nearly 60 years, since the 1970s the Honey Monster has been at the forefront of a number of memorable advertising campaigns that have seen him working with people as diverse as Boyzone, Kevin Keegan and ‘punk poet’ John Cooper...

North Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service Issues Fire Safety Tips As Part Of The Fire Kills Campaign

NYFRS is urging chip lovers to take care when they indulge in the National Chip Week North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, as part of the Fire Kills campaign, are urging chip lovers to take care when they indulge in one of the nation’s favourite foods this National Chip Week (17 – 23 February 2014). Last year, over half of all accidental fires in the home started in the kitchen, with chip pan fires having a very high rate of casualties. Leaving a chip pan...

UK Trade Minister Reiterates Support For Businesses During Visit To E2v

During a tour of e2v, Lord Livingston saw imaging sensors from the billion pixel device for the recently launched Gaia satellite Trade Minister Lord Livingston reiterated his support for businesses during a visit to e2v, the Chelmsford based high technology manufacturer, as part of a series of meetings and visits across the East of England recently. Lord Livingston was making his first visit to the region, following his appointment in December, to hear first-hand the experien...

Crowcon’s F-Gas Infrared Detector To Detect Wide Range Of F-gases

Crowcon’s F-Gas detector provides an effective gas leak detection package Fluorinated (Freon) gases, which include hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), hydro-chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), are a family of man-made chemicals containing fluorine. These ’F-gases’ are extremely powerful greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, contributing to global warming – most are between 1,000 and 20,000 times more...

Vimpex Joins Paratech As Its UK Distributor

Vimpex commits to Paratech by investing in stock, spares and repair/maintenance training Vimpex's reputation as an established and respected supplier to the Emergency Services is significantly reinforced by the company's appointment as exclusive UK distributor for Paratech Inc. Paratech's USAR, Shoring & Marine Damage Control Strut Systems, Vehicle Stabilisation Tools, Maxiforce Airlifting Bags, Leak Sealing Equipment and Forcible Entry Hand Tools have been in use in the...

E2S Announces Five-year Warranty On Its Signalling Products

The significant increase will provide system integrators and end clients peace of mind regarding their investment in E2S For greater peace of mind, signalling products for hazardous areas, fire and industrial applications and wide area disaster warning are now available with a five-year warranty. Priding itself on stringent quality procedures being applied throughout the product manufacturing process, the company has backed up this claim by extending its product warranty...

Hochiki’s FIREscape Emergency Lighting Solution Enhances Safety Of Staff And Students At Teesside University In The UK

Hochiki's FIREscape utilises light emitting diode technology, which is ideal for the university Teesside University has become firmly established as one of the UK’s foremost higher education establishments. Located in Middlesbrough, on the south bank of the River Tees, it began life as a technical college designed to support the region’s engineering, bridge and shipbuilding industries. Officially opened by the future King Edward VIII on 2nd July 1930, it was...

Aico Alarms Installed At Properties Located Across East Staffordshire, England

The housing association will install Aico Ei261ENRC and Ei262 mains powered CO alarms in high risk properties initially Trent & Dove Housing has recently completed a major Smoke and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm installation programme using solely Aico mains powered alarms and accessories. Aico 160 Series smoke alarms were originally fitted throughout the 5,200 properties located across East Staffordshire by Trent & Dove Housing shortly after the association took over th...

Hochiki Provides Its Fire Detection System At Milton Court School

The system is based around Hochiki’s Enhanced Systems Protocol, a communications solution for intelligent fire detection Located in the Kentish town of Sittingbourne, Milton Court School is a one-form educational establishment for children aged 3-11 years old. Over 250 staff and pupils occupy a two storey Victorian building that has undergone extensive refurbishment over recent years to create a stimulating, comfortable and energy efficient learning environment. However...

Fire Fighting Enterprises Introduces Fireray Optical Beam Smoke Detectors In School And University Projects

Fireray 3000 is Fire Fighting Enterprises’ latest product development, bringing the most advanced technology to end-to-end systems Protecting buildings from the risk of fire is never an easy task, and educational properties often bring their own particular array of problems: irregular and high ceilings, tricky wiring and large indoor spaces – and the potential for rough treatment. Fireray optical beam smoke detectors from Fire Fighting Enterprises are specifically...

UNIFIRE Announces TARGA Water Cannon Technology

UNIFIRE’s TARGA can receive signals from flame detectors or IR cameras and automatically aim at the fire Renowned Swedish water cannon manufacturer, UNIFIRE AB, announces its all-new, ultra-modern TARGA™ water cannon technology! Poised to revolutionize the water cannon industry, the unique TARGA system allows users to simply and economically tailor water cannon systems to their individual needs. From basic, low-cost, stand-alone installations, to highly sophistica...

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