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Commercial kitchen fire suppression systems are designed to keep any fire that has started on a kitchen appliance, such as a range, griddle, or deep fat fryer from raging out of control. How the systems work Kitchen fire suppression systems are highly effective fire containment systems. Once a fire is detected, the system discharges the wet chemical through the nozzles from above the appliance but also in the plenum and ductwork. The wet chemicals cover the flames and starve the fir...

Whelen is excited to launch their latest innovation in emergency vehicle lighting, the VXE™ Warning Light. Designed to set a new standard in discretion and visibility, the VXE will revolutionize how emergency vehicles light up the roads. Sleek Design, Maximum Visibility The VXE balances a discreet, streamlined design with unparalleled visibility. Seamlessly integrating into the vehicle’s exterior, this low-profile light is sleek and unobtrusive while ensuring the highest level of...

Very high packing density, intelligent networking, complex processes: Automated warehouses also pose new challenges for fire protection. Conventional solutions are generally not sufficient to meet the protection goals of logistics providers, which include maintaining processes and delivery capability, preventing operational interruptions, and protecting goods and investments. Highly specialized warehouses The WAGNER Group will be presenting solutions specially adapted to these requirements...

The WAGNER Group started the new year with two trade fair highlights and presented innovative fire protection solutions at LogiMAT and FeuerTrutz 2019. The intralogistics industry met at the LogiMAT in Stuttgart from February 19 to 21. This year, the focus was on fire protection for highly automated warehouses. Oxygen-reduced atmosphere WAGNER showed how fires can be effectively prevented using the OxyReduct® oxygen reduction system in conjunction with the TITANUS® early fire detect...

Ventilation maintenance and fire safety specialist - Duct Hygiene Ltd has been acquired by First Compliance Group.  The Wrexham-headquartered business, which also has bases in Birmingham, Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, Leeds, and Middlesbrough, now becomes part of First Compliance Group, a compliance, training and regulatory safety specialist within the ventilation and specialist cleaning sectors. Duct Hygiene’s team The company also provides fire damper inspection, testing, and c...

Commercial fire detection manufacturer - Nittan has announced several exciting developments to its Evolution analog addressable range, including the launch of new detectors with integral Short Circuit Isolator (SCI), and upgrades to existing devices. New to the Evolution ranges are the EV-PY-SCI Photoelectric Optical Detector with SCI, the EV-H2-SCI Heat Detector with SCI, and the EV-PYH-SCI Photoelectric Optical & Heat Multi-Sensor with SCI. new Evolution devices Both the EV-H2-SCI and t...

Whelen Engineering announces a Product End of Life (EOL) for original models of 5G Series Super-LED® lightheads. The last day to order original models is October 1, 2025, and must be for immediate shipment only. Scheduling orders for delivery at a future date will not be permitted. Interested individuals can learn more about the features and technical specifications of the upgraded 5G Series on the company website. Please reach out to a Whelen sales representative for more information.

Whelen is pleased to announce exciting new updates to their 5G Series Super-LED® lightheads. These enhancements ensure that their 5G Series lightheads continue to set the standard for safety, durability, and performance in the commercial vehicle market. Features Sync Wire Integration: Synchronizing warning lights with each other is now easier than ever with an integrated sync wire, eliminating the need for additional equipment to synchronize warning patterns. Expanded Color Options: Th...

The WAGNER Group GmbH has received the "Innovation in Vacuum Busch Award 2017". The company was honored for its active fire prevention system OxyReduct ®. With this system, the WAGNER Group takes preventive measures to prevent fires from developing or spreading - and has already done so for hundreds of customers worldwide. At a celebration in mid-January in Maulburg, the headquarters of Busch Vacuum Pumps and Systems, Dr.-Ing. Karl Busch presented the award to the two managing dir...

Testing has found that a revolutionary PPE fabric, developed for wildland firefighting by Hainsworth Protective Fabrics and woven using Merino Wool, provides 17% more breathability than alternative blends. The brand’s ECO-DRY fabric was Thermal Evaporative Resistance (RET) tested by an accredited independent test house against a prototype wildland fabric made from a 100% meta-aramid blend. RET testing is a type of fabric testing that quantifies moisture vapor transfer and breathability....

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...

The National Congress of French Firefighters is an unmissable annual event that brings together nearly 350 exhibitors, 2,500 congress participants over four days and welcomes several tens of thousands of visitors. FLIR’s Condition Monitoring and Fire team will be present at the event, showcasing a range of products. Fire range FLIR firefighting cameras provide thermal imaging solutions that enhance visibility and situational awareness in smoke-filled, dark environments. Designed to be r...

WAGNER has been active in the field of technical fire protection systems for 40 years. The German family business has its own research and development department and has more than 700 patents in its portfolio. Driven by its own desire to continue to advance the topic of safety, the company is involved in working on standards and in various committees. For example, WAGNER is active in the fire alarm systems specialist group of the ZVEI (Central Association of Electrical Engineering and Electrica...

In the bustling cities of Houston and Austin, where commercial buildings house countless businesses and schools, the importance of fire safety cannot be overstated. With the potential for devastating fire disasters, property managers and school systems must prioritize implementing advanced fire suppression systems to protect their investments, occupants, and community. FireTron, a pioneering provider in the area, offers state-of-the-art solutions designed to enhance safety and minimize risk. U...

Under the heading “heise goes INTERSCHUTZ”, a new event series by the cooperation partners INTERSCHUTZ and Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG will kick off in January 2025. The cooperation will involve joint talks and networking events in the lead-up to INTERSCHUTZ 2026. These events will focus on overarching industry topics, such as digitalization and AI in civil protection. New event series “INTERSCHUTZ, held every four years as the world’s pioneering trade fai...

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...

WAGNER, based in Langenhagen near Hanover, will be showing its holistic solutions for individual fire protection at Security 2022 in Essen from September 20 to 23. The focus will be on the TITANUS ® aspirating smoke detection systems for early fire detection and the WinGuard system for organization/hazard management. The fire protection solution provider will be presenting its innovative technologies in the fire/burglary/systems area in Hall 7, Stand 7F28 at this year's trade fair for secu...

Floating balls, strobe lights, 3D drawings – the range of topics was wide during the Future Day at WAGNER on April 27, 2017. 24 boys and girls from the fifth to tenth grades visited the Langenhagen company headquarters for a day to find out what the daily work of the global fire protection expert is like behind the steel facade of the building. Divided into groups, the children and young people went through the three stations for measurement technology, compressed air and electrical engin...

Companies are faced with increasingly growing demands on their security. In order to meet the complex task of ensuring corporate security, a range of protective measures, security systems and control mechanisms must be taken into account. There are good solutions for each task, but they usually work independently and thus remain isolated solutions. This poses the risk that reactions and processes for threat prevention do not mesh together. Future-oriented protection solutions WAGNER, as an i...

Allegion UK, a pioneering name in fire safety hardware and manufacturer of ‘Briton’ door controls, has launched a new ‘Fire Door Hardware Fundamentals’ guide, designed to support responsible persons through the latest fire safety regulations and fire door hardware best practice. The newly published guide draws upon key insights from Briton’s pioneering industry experts, and in response to the UK’s developing regulatory framework, aims to deliver accessib...

Dräger, an international pioneer in the fields of medical and safety technology, has provided the Sellafield Nuclear site with 65 self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) PSS Airboss® sets and six Merlin® telemetry entry control boards (ECB) to protect firefighters from the inhalation of dangerous gases during incidents and training events.  Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, and situated on the Cumbrian coastline, is Europe’s largest nuclear site, with the most d...

Nine new on-call firefighters have been welcomed into Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service (NFRS) – including the fifth member of the same family to join the service. George Powell, 18, who will be based at Diss Fire Station, joins his older brothers, Harry and Joe, his dad Robert and his sister-in-law Kayleigh at NFRS after completing the initial two-week training course to become an on-call firefighter. Career in the fire service Harry and Joe are also both whole-time firefighters based...

Four firefighters from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service are set and raring to go by breaking three grueling world records when they take part in the Ipswich Half Marathon. Crew Manager Paul Shattock, and Firefighters Grant Whitehead, Ashley Buxton, and George Trott will be running the 13.1 miles on September 22 in firefighting equipment. Paul Shattock Paul is a Crew Manager at Bury St Edmunds fire station and Grant, Ashley, and George are all based at Ipswich East station. They aim to raise &p...

Whether in the British Library, the Elbphilharmonie, or pigsties - the Wagner Group's systems protect against fires worldwide. The company, based in Langenhagen, develops and installs fire protection systems for industry, commerce, and the cultural sector, among others. During a visit to the headquarters, Rainer Fredermann, spokesman for fire and disaster protection for the CDU parliamentary group, found out about the company's situation. fire protection The Wagner Group has seven branches in...

Thanks for visiting them at StocExpo 2023. They will be there again in 2024 with a bigger booth. The short show was a great success as they have been able to introduce the SENSIA thermal imaging camera’s for gas detection, gas quantification and OGMP 2.0 methane emission monitoring to many existing and new customers across Europe. Complete detection solutions Along with their Spectrex flame and open path gas detection and ESP point gas detection, they are now able to offer complete dete...

With the EU Commission presenting a proposal on methane reduction, there has never been a more critical time for companies to address how to drive down emissions. The proposal, which builds on the EU Methane Strategy 2020 and the Global Methane Pledge launched at COP26, introduces new requirements in terms of MRV, abatement measures including LDAR, restrictions on venting and flaring and an increase in transparency on methane emissions associated with fossil fuels imports. Eliminating methane...

New options for the WeCanX® 2250 Warning Light Array are available, providing even more lighting solutions for various applications. WeCanX® 2250 New Options Users can now customize their WeCanX 2250 with a choice of flat, angled, or mixed end cap styles. Cables are now available in 25, 35, 45, and 55-foot lengths. Contact a Whelen sales representative with any questions. To order, select the desired base model. Then add the end cap selections from the options table.

Simply being allowed to burn their own certificate – students experience an exciting future day at WAGNER. 21 girls and boys aged 10 to 16 used the Future Day at WAGNER to go on a journey of discovery in the field of fire protection. The Lower Saxony Future Day helps students in grades 5 to 10 to learn about careers that they would not necessarily consider for themselves. WAGNER employees from various departments have once again come up with interesting activities and tasks for the potent...

WAGNER receives two new VdS approvals for FirExting® gas extinguishing systems. Already in April, WAGNER received a new system approval for the permanent inert gas fire extinguishing system, FirExting Inertgas 60, in stationary argon, nitrogen and IG-541 high-pressure fire extinguishing systems. In addition, due to a change in the VdS approval process, WAGNER has now received a new installer approval for gas extinguishing systems with non-liquefied inert gases. What does that mean exactly?...

Due to the increased risk of infection with the coronavirus in Germany, especially in the Stuttgart region, Messe Stuttgart has canceled this year's LogiMAT on the orders of the responsible public order office and on the recommendation of the health authority. High-bay warehouses The MHLC - Material Handling & Logistics Conference planned prior to the trade fair will also not take place. There will be no alternative date this year. They regret not being able to meet their users in Stuttga...