Fire Industry News for June 2013

The Guardian System fits seamlessly into the aircraft’s missions and capabilities California-based, Caylym Technologies announces the completion of formal flight and ground tests with Italian aircraft manufacturer Alenia Aermacchi and the Romanian Air Force. The international team conducted an extensive evaluation of the Caylym Guardian System, a cost-effective, solution to meet the world’s need for additional aerial firefighting options. This need was recently id...

Ballyclare is focused on offering excellent service levels for its core markets Cosalt Workwear has been relaunched under the brand name Ballyclare. The announcement signals the beginning of a new era for the leading provider of protective clothing and equipment and follows the acquisition of the business earlier this year by entrepreneur David Ross. Explaining the rationale behind the rebrand, Ballyclare's Managing Director Carlton Greener said it was a positive step forward...

FoxFury will feature its Nomad Series intrinsically safe headlamps at the event FoxFury Lighting Solutions will exhibit its intrinsically safe lights and portable scene lights at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) SAFETY 2013 Show for the first time. This Safety, Health and Environment (SH&E) event will attract over 4,000 people and takes place June 24-26 in Las Vegas, NV. SH&E professionals are tasked with creating safer and more efficient workplaces. P...

FoxFury offers dual wavelength Rook UV and Rook Blue forensic lights, which will be on display at the IAC&ME conference FoxFury Lighting Solutions will display its LED forensic light sources and portable, rechargeable LED scene lights at the International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IAC&ME) Training Conference for the first time. The conference runs June 23 to June 25 in Las Vegas, NV. Coroners and medical examiners have a 24 hour a day, 7 day a w...

Pierce will also host 100th Anniversary 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb at Lambeau Field to benefit the NFFF Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company, announces a Pierce 100th Anniversary Open House for the public on Saturday, July 13. The festivities will begin with a Pierce fire truck parade at 11:00 a.m. on American Drive. Immediately following the parade, the celebration will continue at Pierce headquarters with a 100th Anniversary ceremony and the company&rsq...

The CO alarm features Aico's proven RadioLINK Professional wireless interconnection technology Plymouth Community Homes has announced the commencement of a new scheme to install Aico Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarms throughout its 15,000 properties. Mains powered CO alarms from Aico will be installed by the housing association in all properties. This will be a rolling programme, with the aim to install up to 1400 CO alarms each year. Although Plymouth Community Homes follows a str...

Swansea fitted over 9,000 properties with Aico Multi-Sensor Fire alarms, Optical smoke alarms and CO alarms Following its specification of Aico as its sole supplier of Smoke and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms for its housing stock in 2010, Swansea City Council has now fitted more than 9,000 properties with Aico mains powered Multi-Sensor Fire alarms, Optical smoke alarms and CO alarms. When completed, 14,000 homes will benefit from the Aico alarms. The original decision to spec...

EN 54-23 compliant products are only permitted to emit a red or white light and are classified into three categories Hochiki Europe, the leading manufacturer of innovative life safety solutions has announced its new EN 54-23 compliant visual alarm devices (VADs). Set to become mandatory at the end of December 2013, the introduction of EN 54-23 has already been delayed due to the fact that very few manufacturers were able to offer compliant products to the market, but Hochiki...

Wessex has created a new logo as it continues to grow and diversify into new areas Wessex Fire & Security has announced a revision to its iconic logo as it continues to grow and diversify into new areas. The fast-expanding company is part of the Wessex Group, which is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary. The fire and security firm’s distinctive owl logo is familiar across the South on alarm boxes and its fleet of vans. But it has decided to bring the design...

Fire X Protections and Al Aman Fire Fighting Materials will represent TetraKO in Canada and the UAE TetraKO, LLC, the fire suppression subsidiary of EarthClean Corporation, recently announced that Fire X Protections of Amherstview, Ontario and Al Aman Fire Fighting Materials Mfg, of Dubai, UAE, are the TetraKO water enhancer distributors for Canada and the UAE, respectively. “We are very excited to have these two fine companies join the TetraKO team as distributors of o...

Vimpex also supply handheld Thermal Imaging cameras to aid police in the detection of cannabis farms Cannabis growers have no escape from Ogura’s Battery Powered Hydraulic Cutting Tools. The tools were put to good use during a recent raid on a cannabis farm by one of Vimpex’s police customers. Vimpex has supplied numerous kits to the UK’s MOE (Method of Entry) armed response units and public order teams, where they are frequently used for forced entry, protes...

The FireAngel CO alarm alerted Pauline Smith to the deadly gas leaking from her neighbours’ flat below A neighbour’s quick thinking after her carbon monoxide alarm sounded, saved a family’s lives after a potentially deadly carbon monoxide (CO) leak broke out in the middle of the night. As reported in last week’s Romford Recorder, the family of three - a man, a woman in her 20s and a baby believed to be about 15 months old - were taken to hospital from...

HFP Marine & Offshore control panel supports loop powered sounders, call points and I/O modules Hochiki Europe, the leading manufacturer of innovative life safety solutions, has announced a new HFP Marine & Offshore analogue addressable control panel, which marks a significant development for the company, as this is the first time that Hochiki has offered a control panel designed specifically for this type of environment. The HFP Marine & Offshore control panel fe...

The Striker ARFF vehicles offer advanced safety systems and deliver innovative fire suppression technology Oshkosh Airport Products Group, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, delivered three Oshkosh Striker 4 x 4 aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles to New Guinea’s National Airports Corporation, a state aviation enterprise owned by the people of Papua New Guinea. The Oshkosh Striker ARFF vehicles are on duty at Jacksons International Airport (also known as P...

The purchase includes five pumpers, 100-foot Pierce Aerial Platform, and heavy-duty rescue/hazmat vehicle Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh Corporation company, received an order for 10 Fire Apparatus from Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) in Polk County, Florida. The purchase includes five pumpers, a 100-foot Pierce Aerial Platform, and a heavy-duty rescue/hazmat vehicle, all built on the Pierce Velocity chassis, as well as three tandem rear axle tanker/pumper vehicles. &ldquo...

Streamlight offers a full line of flashlights, headlamps, weapons lighting, lanterns and accessories Streamlight Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lighting and weapon light/laser sighting devices, recently marked its 40th year of operation. Since it was founded in 1973, Streamlight has grown from a small company with a single product to an international provider of a broad range of high-performance lights for law enforcement, military, firefighting, industrial, au...

The TWINFLEXpro system incorporates multipoint combined smoke and heat detector with a built-in sounder Fike Safety Technology (FST), the leading manufacturer of intelligent fire detection solutions, has donated its popular TWINFLEXpro intelligent 2-wire fire alarm systems to DCET Training, one of the UK’s leading providers of accredited training courses for the UK fire industry. DCET Training is a specialist training provider that was formed in 1995 by the electrical c...

The enhanced training helps crew to provide a better first aid response to causalities During 2012 the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service improved the first aid provision for our fire crews through the introduction of the "Immediate Emergency Care" programme*. This enhanced training and the improved knowledge of our staff means that crews are able to provide a better first aid response to causalities, when we attend incidents, and also outside of work too. The enhanced...

The tools also include a printed specification guide and a series of YouTube videos The latest addition to the suite of specification tools from fire safety products specialist, Sprue Safety Products, is set to make life easier for specifiers by creating a tailored product specification for mains and battery powered smoke and heat alarms in just three minutes. Designed to help anyone involved in specification and procurement, the company’s new online Specification Gener...

The HFP Marine & Offshore control panel features 16 LED indicators and is available in variants with detection loops Visitors to this year’s FIREX International will have the opportunity to see the new HFP Marine & Offshore analogue addressable control panel from Hochiki Europe, the leading manufacturer of innovative life safety solutions. The introduction of this new product marks a significant development for the company, as it is the first time that it has o...

L@titude is fully compliant with the requirements for control and indicating equipment for fire detection systems Hochiki Europe, the leading manufacturer of innovative life safety solutions, will demonstrate its brand new L@titude analogue addressable fire alarm control panel at FIREX International. Available in UL and EN versions, L@titude is fully compliant with the requirements for control and indicating equipment for fire detection systems laid out in EN 54-2. In additio...

As part of NYFRS' support for the week, various activities will be held throughout the county North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is supporting the UN’s Global Road Safety Week along with the Chief Fire Officers Association’s (CFOA) National Road Safety Week both of which run from the 6th to the 12th of May. The UN’s Road Safety Week is aiming to draw attention to the need to better protect pedestrians worldwide, and contribute to achieving the goal of t...

Streamlight’s sponsorship of NFFF helps fund various initiatives, including the organization's National Memorial Weekend Streamlight Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lighting for first responders, donated $25,000 to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), including $15,000 in proceeds from sales of the company’s Red Nano Light. Streamlight earmarks $1.00 from the sale of each Red Nano Light to the NFFF.  The company also contributed an...