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West Midlands Fire Service Honors Veterans Who Have Completed 20 Years In The Firefighting Industry

Members of our staff who have completed 20 years’ exemplary service were honored at a ceremony at our headquarters. Uniformed and non-uniformed staff were presented with Long Service and Conduct Medals and awards by Dr Beverly Lindsay, Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands and Phil Hales, our Deputy Chief Fire Officer. DCFO Hales said: “Completing 20 years’ loyal and devoted service is a great achievement in the careers of our firefighters and support staff. The ceremony i...

Alfredo Grassi SpA's Smart Jacket Wearable Technology At The Service Of The Fire Brigade

Innovation necessarily involves the development of “smart” technologies that are often able to interact with the surrounding environment. This is precisely the principle behind the Smart Jacket made by Alfredo Grassi SpA, a company based in Lonate Pozzolo which has been active since 1925 and which over time has gained great experience in the production of protective clothing. Smart Jacket It is possible to acquire and monitor various parameters relate...

HURST Jaws Of Life Provides Battery-Powered EDRAULIC Tools To Hendersonville Fire Department To Handle Fire Incidents

Hendersonville Fire Department Chief Scotty Bush remembers like yesterday one of the first times he realized the incomparable advantage of battery-powered rescue tools. Five years ago, Chief Bush – who was captain at the time – and his team were called to the scene of a wall collapse; a 25-foot concrete wall had fallen at a construction site with three men underneath. “We had such an issue getting our apparatus to the scene – first to navigate all the construction traffi...

ASL Invites Visitors At FIREX International 2018

ASL is exhibiting at FIREX International 2018, which opens at London Excel, alongside IFSEC from Tuesday 19th June until Thursday 21st June 2018. The company will be showcasing the latest VIPEDIA, Integra, and V2000 public address and Voice Alarm equipment, alongside our iVENCS Control System for fire, CCTV, and security management. Visitors can find ASL on Stand No. A370.

POK S.A.S To Exhibit Latest Products And Technology Innovations At The Next Interschutz Event In 2021

Interschutz in Hanover is the renowned international exhibition for fire and civil protection, rescue and safety services. This exhibition was originally founded in 1935, but only holds sessions at irregular intervals now. Interschutz international exhibition Since 2000, when it was held in Augsburg, Germany, Interschutz has been held every five years. At this international exhibition, manufacturers from all over the world present their latest products and equipment in the field of fire safety...

Notifier Offers Castello Di Urio Hotel Five-star Life Safety With Its Wireless Fire Detection Technology

Located on the shore of Italy’s beautiful Lake Como, Castello di Urio is a hotel and conference centre that is steeped in history. When it needed to upgrade its life safety system without affecting the structure of the building, the owners decided to use wireless fire detection technology from Notifier. Agile wireless fire detection system Castello di Urio is now a 150-room hotel and conference centre, and a meeting place for people from all over the world who come to enjoy the surroundi...

NFPA Standards Council Announces Awards For Development Of Codes And Standards At 2018 NFPA Conference And Expo

Every year the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Standards Council recognizes individuals for outstanding service to the organization in the development of codes and standards. Awards will be presented to 17 individuals at the NFPA Conference & Expo taking place in Las Vegas. 2018 Recipients for Special Achievement Award. Russell B. Leavitt Telgian Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona Automatic Sprinkler Systems Technical Committees on: Sprinkler System Installati...

Napco Security Technologies’ FireLink FACP With Built-In Cell/IP Communicator Wins ESX 2018 Innovation Award

Napco Security Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce its new Napco FireLink Integrated 32Pt Fire Alarm Control Panel & Dual Path Cell/IP Communicator was just chosen as ESX 2018 Innovation Award Winner for the Fire Controllers & Control Panels - Analog/Addressable/Conventional Systems category, in advance of this year's ESX Expo next week in Nashville, TN. To be exhibited at Napco Booth 401, in the popular Music-City show, this 8 conventional point FACP all-in-one solution with inte...

Firefighters Supported By CFRS Helping To Transform Lives In Huntingdonshire

Firefighters in Huntingdon and St Neots have been supporting young people in Cambridgeshire by teaming up with Huntingdonshire Community Safety Partnership’s Transforming Lives Program. The initiative supports vulnerable young people in the community by helping to build self-esteem and raise aspirations. The project was developed in response to increased levels of concern in relation to young people entering the criminal justice system and a recognition that public service partners had a...

Rave Mobile Safety’s Study Reveals Large Gaps In Campus Safety, Especially In Case Of Mass Notification Systems’ Use

Rave Mobile Safety (Rave), a trusted partner for safety software protecting millions of individuals, has revealed large gaps in campus safety, after polling many of the nation’s universities and colleges. The higher education community is at a critical point in time, when it comes to communicating with students, who are known as Generation Z. And currently 96% of these students own a smartphone. Rave study on campus safety The Rave study, which consisted of public and private institutio...

Marioff’s HI-FOG High Pressure Water Mist Fire Protection System Receives FM Approval In Local Application Hazard Category

Marioff is pleased to announce that it’s HI-FOG high pressure water mist fire protection system has received FM Approval in the local application hazard category, expanding the number of suitable applications for the existing technology. Approval from the international third-party testing and certification services basically entails that Marioff’s HI-FOG high pressure water mist fire protection system is now available for wider use in power, process and manufacturing industries. Mar...

POK S.A.S Supplies Couplings For France’s Service Des Essences Des Armées And Other Military Services

POK S.A.S, founded in 1976, is known worldwide for its high-tech, high-quality fire-fighting equipment. But it should not be forgotten that POK also supplies a very wide range of couplings for many different sectors of activity. These couplings adapt to the standards of many countries and are available in different materials and sizes. This complete range allows POK to serve many industries but also defense and in the first place the SEA. Service des Essences des Armées (SEA) What is t...

London Fire Brigade Discusses Guidelines For The Safekeeping Of White Goods

A recent report from the London Fire Service stated that nearly one fire a day in London involves white goods. White goods are those essential household appliances that a household can’t do without – tumble dryers, washing machines, fridges and freezers. Most fires are caused by faults beyond the user’s control. London Fire Brigade are running a campaign to make it easier for people to protect themselves from potentially lethal faulty appliances. The campaign involves educatin...

Toyne Delivers Three New Pumper Apparatus To Sumter, South Carolina

Sumter, South Carolina is now home to three new Toyne Pumpers after receiving the identical trucks from the premier Iowa-based fire apparatus manufacturer. The pumpers will bolster the firefighting strength of the Sumter Fire Department, which serves approximately 628 square miles in central South Carolina. Pumper Characteristics Toyne built Sumter’s pumpers on Spartan Metro Star chassis with 10-inch raised roofs, powered by Cummins ISL9 380 horsepower engines. The apparatus is driv...

AW Technology Introducing A New Concept In Detector Calibration With Two Smoke Detectors Manufacturers

AW Technology are pleased to announce that they are now separately communicating with two major smoke detector manufacturers about introducing a new concept in detector calibration. Combining existing AW products with large, automated production systems, significantly speeding up high volume production. As far as they know, no other smoke detector test equipment supplier is using this concept. Technology Integration Integrating the technology in this way will allow large manufacturers of smok...

AW Technology Exhibiting At FIREX International 2018

Firex International is an annual fire safety conference which will be taking place at ExCeL London. AW Technology will be exhibiting beside thousands of industry colleagues, displaying the world class products on a global stage. Find AW Technology at Stand A633.

CFRS’ St Neots Fire Station welcomes over 500 children for “Safety Zone” event

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service held a “Safety Zone” last week at St Neots Fire Station. The five-day multi-agency event for local primary schools was attended by approximately 500 school children aged between eight and nine, and gives them vital information on how to keep safe. The children took part in activities and demonstrations provided by Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue service, Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Cambridgeshire County Council Trading Standards & Road Safe...

Japanese Delegation Visits Jacksonville's Emergency Preparedness Division To Learn About Response And Recovery To Hurricane Matthew In 2016

Japanese government officials, civil engineers, and college professors learn about Jacksonville's response and recovery to Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Irma last year Many of us would just as soon forget the last two hurricane seasons, but members of the Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism delegation and representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently visited the City of Jacksonville Emergency Preparedness Division to meet with the staff and...

AES Corporation, SRP And Fluence Launch Arizona’s First Standalone Energy Storage Project With Flexible Peaking Capacity

Salt River Project (SRP) has announced the contract execution and the start of construction with The AES Corporation (AES) for SRP’s first standalone battery-based energy storage project. The 10-megawatt, four-hour duration energy storage solution, to be supplied by Fluence, will provide peaking capacity that will inject power into the grid during high peak demand periods for SRP customers. Grid-scale battery storage Energy storage is already providing a wealth of services to central Ari...

Key Digital Innovation Advances In German Fire Protection - vfdb Annual Conference

North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Reul has described the Association for the Promotion of German Fire Protection (vfdb) as an important source of inspiration.  “The vfdb has a significant influence on the current state of technology,” said Reul at the opening of the organization’s 65th annual conference in Duisburg. She not only asks questions but also contributes her knowledge and answers. digitalization Reul named digitalization as a key topic. An exa...

FSi Breeam/Emicode And Indoor Air Comfort Gold Approval

BREEAM, the UK originating sustainable buildings certification program, has approved the use of additional third-party certification schemes to demonstrate compliance with the BREEAM criteria for “volatile organic compound (VOC) emission levels (products)”. Recent testing by FSi at Eurofins Product Testing A/S in Denmark achieved BREEAM International: Compliance to the highest standard – Indoor Air Comfort GOLD. FSi firestopping sealants achieving this highest standard are Pyr...

FSi’s Stopseal® Batt System Leading The Way

FSi fire-stopping stone wool fire protection product Stopseal® Batt System can be used as an effective fire-resistant barrier in a range of building applications, such as compartmentation between rooms and roof spaces, in concealed spaces and will provide acoustic and air seal solutions. The Stopseal® Batt in the floor is independently tested for the full EN cable range, plastic pipes up to 125 mm, and multi-layered pipes up to 100mm with FSi PyroPro® HPE Sealant and metallic pipes...

FSi Limited Announces Their Investment In A Range Of Fire Resistance Test Furnace

FSi invested in a 1.2m³ fire resistance test furnace which is situated on FSi Limited’s premises. The company uses the facilities to monitor and develop their existing range of products and innovate future developments.  

FSi Discusses The Advantages Of Using Stopseal Batt Firestopping Stone Wool Fire Protection System

FSi firestopping stone wool fire protection product Stopseal Batt System can be used as an effective fire resistant barrier in a range of building applications, such as a compartmentation between rooms and roof spaces, in concealed spaces and will provide acoustic and air seal solutions. The Stopseal Batt in floor is independently tested for the full EN cable range, plastic pipes up to 125 mm and multi layered pipes up to 100mm with FSi PyroPro HPE Sealant and metallic pipes up to 160mm. In fle...

FSi Limited Release Details And The List The Products That Have Received Indoor Air Comfort Gold Approval

BREEAM, the UK originating sustainable buildings certification program, has approved the use of additional third party certification schemes for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with the BREEAM criteria for “volatile organic compound (VOC) emission levels (products)”. Recent testing by FSi at Eurofins Product Testing A/S in Denmark achieved BREEAM International: Compliance to the highest standard – Indoor Air Comfort GOLD. FSi firestopping sealants achieving this highes...

Checkmate Fire Discusses The Fire Safety Guidelines Recommended By Hackitt Review

The publication of the long-awaited Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, commissioned by the Government following the Grenfell Tower fire, saw Dame Judith Hackitt propose far-reaching changes that aim to ‘fix the system’ not just problems with specific products. As a renowned supplier of passive fire protection solutions, actively working in the areas of high rise residential buildings (HRRBs), as well as throughout the NHS and care homes, Checkmate Fire was k...

FSi Limited Announces That They Will Offer 900ml Pyrocoustic Cartridge

FSi now offers a 900ml Pyrocoustic Sealant cartridge, ideal when installing significant runs of linear seals, often saving time and cost in Dry Lining applications. Pyrocoustic is used to reinstate the fire resistance of wall and floor constructions, to maintain the acoustic isolation and to uphold the air tightness of a compartment. Testing to Global standards: EN 1366-3 EN 1366-4 EN 13501-1 EN 13501-2 EN 10140 EN 1026 EN 717-1 ASTM-E 1966 UL 2079 ASTM D2369-10 LEED 2009-EQ041 SCAQ...

CFRS’ Fire Authority To Seek Judicial Review

CAMBRIDGESHIRE and Peterborough Fire Authority met and agreed to issue a claim for a judicial review to challenge the Home Office’s decision to transfer governance of the fire service to the police and crime commissioner. Members have taken legal advice and believe there has been no evidence presented to demonstrate a business case for the change. Careful consideration The Authority has navigated its way through two comprehensive spending reviews Chairman of the Fire Authority, Council...

Viking Corp. Announces Integrated Low-Expansion Foam Fire Suppression Solutions

The Viking Corporation, a global provider in fire protection and life safety systems, has announced the expansion of its line of foam fire suppression systems. Viking now offers complete, integrated low-expansion foam solutions for the suppression of flammable liquid fires. Protected hazards include fuel storage, refineries, aircraft hangars and helipads, logistics centers, incineration plants, military installations, and jetty loading areas. Range of features Viking’s foam system compon...

Cushman & Wakefield At Vivid Sydney's Tumbalong Lights

ARA is excited to collaborate with Cushman & Wakefield and other industry pioneers on Tumbalong Lights, Vivid Sydney’s magical inclusive playground. Cushman & Wakefield is the Access and Inclusion partner for Vivid Sydney 2018. ARA has joined forces with them and other industry pioneers at Australia Post, CharterHall, Stockland, and Westpac to deliver Vivid Sydney’s magical and inclusive playground – Tumbalong Lights! awe-inspiring light experiences The four under-th...

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