United Kingdom (UK) Fire Industry News

THE FIRE safety arrangements in the undersea Channel Tunnel, which links England and France, have come under the spotlight following a 16-hour blaze on a freight train. Fire and rescue services were alerted to the incident at 3pm on 11 September when a train carrying heavy goods vehicles caught fire as it passed through the 31-mile north tunnel. The train had set off from Folkestone in Kent and was about seven miles from Calais when the fire occurred. According to reports, 32 people evacuated...

EMS Group's 5000 FirePoint radio-based fire system has been chosen as the fire detection solution for the Bankside substation refurbishment project. The refurbishment project is part of the new development on the south side of the Tate Modern, which when complete will provide 60% more gallery space and promises to be just as iconic as its power station neighbour. The Tate Modern extension is scheduled to be complete in time for the London Olympic Games in 2012. The system will be designed and...

C-TEC has scooped the coveted title of ‘Business of the Year' at a glittering Awards ceremony hosted by Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. The company beat off stiff competition at the 2008 Wigan Business Awards to win the prestigious prize for growth, innovation and commitment to investment and economic development. C-TEC's Director of Accounts, Linda Cunliffe, who collected the award, said: "Winning this award is a tremendous boost for C-TEC. "We are absolutely delighted that our...

C-TEC's powerful EP203 automatic extinguisher panel is now in operation in the new data server room at United Co-operatives' prestigious Headquarters at Rochdale's Sandbrook Business Park. As the largest of the Co-op societies in the UK, with a turnover of £2.5 billion and 17,000 staff, the safety of United Co-operative's central IT equipment is essential. As computers and electronic equipment are particularly susceptible to fire and heat, it is vital they are safeguarded by the highest p...

The professional fire-fighters of Witten placed great importance on a low overall height for their new HLF, and due to a modification of the roof loading and re-positioned blue lights, the vehicle was created as specified with a height of just 2.9 m. The IVECO 160 E 30 on-road chassis, with an engine performance of 300 HP and an Allison MD 3060 automatic transmission, provides outstanding handling characteristics, is very manoeuvrable and is ideal for the urban environment in and around Wi...

Kent Fire and Rescue Service’s (KFRS) Chief Fire Officer has been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours. Chief Fire Officer Charlie Hendry, who is currently on secondment as President of the Chief Fire Officers’ Association (CFOA), has been appointed as a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Local Government. This award recognises the incredible amount of work Charlie has undertaken nationally advising on Fire and Rescue Service matters and for hi...

Firefighters who tackled two fatal blazes in Kent last night have been praised for their professionalism. At both incidents - in Longfield and Herne Bay - firefighters rescued casualties from the burning buildings before administering life support first aid. Kent Fire and Rescue Service's Assistant Director of Community Safety, Steve Griffiths said: "Their extensive training was fully evident last night and although we are sadly reflecting on two deaths this morning, the crews worked really har...

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) is issuing some simple tips to keep you and your home safe from fire following a high number of accidental fires involving unattended cooking over the festive period. Over a third of all accidental fires KFRS attends occur in the kitchen, and in the last ten days, fire crews were called to 12 kitchen fires across the county, half of which occurred during Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Head of Community Safety Stuart Skilton said: "Fortunately no one was injur...

The town of Ostfildern recently took delivery of two IVECO Magirus emergency service fire fighting vehicles on Mercedes Atego chassis. The range of equipment was selected on an individual basis in close coordination with the respective sub-stations. The vehicle for the Nellingen brigade is, for example, additionally equipped with water supply gear. In the equipment locker, there is the possibility of laterally storing, among other things, a portable pump - easily removable by means of a lift -...

With their new 20/16s, the professional fire-fighters of Pforzheim have taken possession of a fully customised solution from IVECO Magirus. Particular attention was paid to maximising ergonomics and ensuring easy accessibility to equipment whilst, at the same time, maintaining compact external dimensions. With these multi-purpose vehicles and their extensive ranges of equipment, nearly all operations can be completed simultaneously.    

Designed and built especially to meet the needs of the Evonik Degussa company fire-brigade at its Stockhausen plant (Krefeld/Rhineland-Palatinate), IVECO Magirus recently delivered the HTLF 40/40-4-250-100, which the fire-fighters now proudly now proudly call their "new giant". The profile of a truly gigantic vehicle: Chassis: IVECO stralis AD 260 S 36 Y/PS Crew: 1 + 8 Engine performance: 264 kW (360 HP) Vehicle dimensions: 12,000 x 1,500 x 3,600 mm (L x W X H) Permissible tota...

In many respects, the order processed by IVECO MAGIRUS Weisweil earlier this year was quite remarkable: 45 highly mobile multipurpose vehicles for difficult rescue operations which usually go by the name of "rescue vehicle with crane". All the vehicles (manufactured according to customer requirements) were designed for use in mountainous regions (drive configuration 6x6x6, GVW 27,000 kg, engine performance 298 kW/400 HP). Power transmission can be carried out on the three axles, which - for bet...

Fire Fighting Enterprises Ltd. is delighted to announce the appointment of Tracy Kirk as their new Head of Sales & Marketing. Tracy is a veteran of the fire safety industry with 24 years experience in the field, and has been Chair of the Fire Industry Association Export Council since April 2005. Initially introduced to the sector with FIRTO (now LPCB/BRE), the UK certification body, she started out by testing beam detectors for compliance with the British Standard. This was followed up by a...

  The speed and efficiency of CBRN response are critical to its success Michael Peters and John Breedlove of Intelagard, Inc., industry leaders in CBRN decontamination and containment and fire suppression, explain how best to prepare for and respond to a CBRN incident. "CBRN responders, you must honestly assess your current capabilities to determine what is needed to strengthen the effective response to a CBRN incident. Your initial response will have a dramatic i...

The development of our new production facility in Tunisia is a major step forward in the expansion of ENERGY MECHANICAL BUILDING in terms of industrial operations in Africa and the Middle East. "Our facility in Tunisia gives us the advantage of perfect synergy between these countries and Europe." EMB is specialized in the manufacture of diesel motor pump units and generators. The Research & Development team is constantly adding improvements to our products. Our instrumentation and control...

The fire-brigade in Güglingen - headed by Commander Bernd Neubauer - has received another IVECO MAGIRUS LF 10/6 tank pumper. This meant that one of the brigade's other vehicles could then be handed over to the sub-station in Eibensbach under the command of Uwe Koch. Both brigades are now equipped with IVECO MAGIRUS vehicles. The handover and exchange of key rings was carried out under the watchful eye of the mayor, Klaus Dieterich, in a ceremony with baked vehicle keys.

Bullard has expanded its value-added services by offering firefighters a new state-of-the-art online thermal imaging training program. The Bullard Smartline Thermal Imaging course takes you through six easy-to-manage lessons that explain thermal imaging technology and how to interpret images using a thermal imager. This in-depth online training is the first offered by a thermal imaging manufacturer and is a free service. It covers the complete line of Bullard Thermal Imagers for the fire servi...

WAGNER's OxyReduct fire suppression system has been chosen by Apetito AG Apetito AG, one of Europe's leading suppliers of multi-portion meal catering, has chosen WAGNER's OxyReduct® fire protection system to ensure fire cannot start in its new deep freeze storage facility. Located in Rheine, Germany, the 31,000 cubic metre warehouse is an essential part of the company's logistics operation and therefore cannot afford for it to be affected by any fire related incident, r...

After the success of this years show at the ACC Liverpool back in August, Fire & Rescue once again returns to the NEC Birmingham in May 2009. This is the UK's leading event for public, private and industrial services; delivering a high calibre audience of key decision-makers and specifiers. Brought to you in partnership with Fire Conferences & Exhibitions Ltd which represents the interests of the Chief Fire Officer Association, the Institution of Fire Engineers and the Fire Protection...

  Bristol Uniforms have been awarded London Fire Brigade's PPE contract Following careful consideration of the available options, London Fire Brigade, the UK's largest fire and rescue service, has announced its decision to award the contract to supply its 6,000 firefighters with head-to-toe PPE to the UK's leading firefighter clothing manufacturer and service provider, Bristol Uniforms. In making its choice of supplier, London Fire Brigade, one of the largest firefighti...

Cooper Fulleon are very proud of the quality of the products that they manufacture - but recognise that this is only half the story. Following consultation with their customers over the past 12 months the world leading manufacturer of alarm and signalling devices has placed an extremely high priority on further improving its customer service, and is now reaping the benefits.Through adopting initiatives such as the LEAN manufacturing process, which involves 'Waste Elimination to Deliver Customer...

  Christmas lights, candles and decorations pose fire and safety risks to homeowners In this article, Lorraine Carli, Vice President of Communications at the NFPA, and John Drengenburg, Manager of Consumer Affairs at Underwriters Laboratories, urge consumers to practice "TLC" safety for safer decorating this season Festive lights, ornamented trees, candles and other in-home decorations are not the only indicators that the holidays are upon us. Statistics from the Cons...

A consortium including Bodycote Warringtonfire has been successful with a bid under the European Commission 7th Framework Programme 2008 (Transport theme). The TRANSFEU project (Transport Fire Safety Engineering in the European Union) has been approved and a 4-year programme will start in 2009. The main objectives of TRANSFEU are to support European standardisation (especially to finalise EN 45545) and to develop a fire safe performance based design methodology (especially for rolling stock in...

22 Fireray 5000 auto-aligning, auto-optimising beam-type smoke detectors have been provided as part of a fire protection system by Honeywell Life Safety Austria for a new production and storage facility in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. The high-quality fire safety system includes 96 IQ8 optical point detectors, 31 transponders, 20 Manual Call Points, 13 sounders, and an IQ8 Control M FACP from Esser by Honeywell. The 22 Fireray 5000 reflective beam detectors from Fire Fighting Enterprises (FFE) were...

Colin Todd to the members as the new Chairman of the Fire Risk Assessment Council, conducting an interview with Colin to identify some of the issues behind the formation of the Council and looking ahead to the areas that it would be addressing going forward. In setting the scene, Colin focused on the market being unsure about fire risk assessment and indeed on what responsibilities are now faced under the Fire Safety Order, the legislation which has placed such an emphasis on risk assessment -...

The 2008 AGM and annual lunch of the Fire Industry Association (FIA) proved to be a 'must attend' event for anybody involved in the fire protection industry, with some 300 members and their guests at a brand new venue for the association, the Brewery in London. In his lunch address at the event on 11 November, FIA Chairman Martin Harvey pointed out a number of highlights for the Association since the last AGM. He spoke of the introduction of the new Chief Fire Officer's Association (CFOA) Polic...

At the end of October 2008 the inspection tests for a ROSENBAUER PANTHER 6x6_CA5 ARFF vehicle successfully took place at the ROSENBAUER headquarters in Leonding/Austria. The vehicle inspection was supervised by the AML (Airports Mauritius Ltd.) Inspection Team, Mr Toolsee and Mr Bennymadoo, and the ROSENBAUER exclusive agent for Mauritius, Mr Clifford Ransley. At present, the ROSENBAUER PANTHER 6x6_CA5 is being shipped to Mauritius; and will be handed over to Airports of Mauritius by the end o...

The Sonos sounder from Klaxon Signals, now NF approved for the French market The Sonos sounder and sounder-beacon from Klaxon Signals recently gained NF approval to fulfil the requirements of the French market. The NF certification mark confirms the quality, safety, reliability and performance of certified products meet the relevant French standards. Klaxon Signals Technical Manager John Maguire commented: "We are pleased to announce this approval and hope that it shows ou...

Representatives holding the BSI Kitemark licenses awarded by ADI-Gardiner ADI-GARDINER fire training initiative helps companies meet industry and legislative standards ADI-GARDINER (UK) has awarded the BSI SP203 Third Party certification & Kitemark® licences/certificates to two North West fire security companies, Oldham GB Fire and Security and MP Electronic Fire & Security, who successfully gained the accreditation through ADI-GARDINER's training initiatives an...

The Institution of Fire Engineers is celebrating recognition by the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) as an approved awarding body. This places the IFE shoulder to shoulder with other awarding bodies such as City & Guilds and Edexcel. Wide-ranging approval has been conferred for the development of general and vocationally related qualifications for the fire sector at levels 1, 2 and 3 and also higher level awards at level 4. This significant milestone strength...