Fire Industry News for July 2022

The Rabun County Fire Services, located in the northeast corner of Georgia, has placed a Lake Assault boat fireboat into service on Lake Rabun, an 835-acre reservoir with 25 miles of shoreline. The new craft provides fire suppression and emergency response services for homeowners, visitors, and Georgia Power facilities located on the lake. emergency response performance “The combination of hydroelectric plants and a growing number of high-end waterfront single-family homes in a region s...

MSA, the pioneer in the development, manufacture, and supply of safety products that protect people and facility infrastructures announced that Nish Vartanian, President, and CEO, has been elected to the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Foundation’s Board of Directors. Supporting the firefighters  The IAFF Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C., provides charitable support and direct assistance to IAFF firefighters and their families in the w...

Communicating clearly and effectively is always a challenge for firefighters given the prevalence of loud and often piercing background noise at a fire ground. Overcoming this hazard and making two-way communication between firefighters more reliable is the goal of a new collaborative effort between global safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety Incorporated and JVCKENWOOD, a developer of critical communication solutions. Bluetooth-enabled voice communications An elegant and wire-free design...