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ALCHERA's new logo emphasizes ALCHERA's versatile AI technology-which can be applied to areas such as environment, security, healthcare, and fintech-with a harmonious mix of straight lines and curves. In addition, by omitting the former horizontal line from the letter "A" in “ALCHERA,” the logo reflects a forward movement toward a future-oriented goal. ALCHERA has also unveiled a new motto, "AI-Prevention Is Better," underlining that prevention is key to a quick and effective respon...

Stephenson Gobin (Geofire’s parent company) has successfully passed its first standalone Environmental Management System ISO 14001:2015 certification audit. Following a decision to migrate the group’s company certificate to individual certificates in 2021, Stadium Export Services, BEL Engineering, Stephenson Gobin, and BEL Valves joined CMP Products and Tyne Pressure Testing and have passed their first individual audit. ISO 14001:2015 ISO 14001:2015 is an internationally recognize...

Currently progressing its way through Parliament, the Fire Safety Bill 2020 proposes fundamental changes to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The changes will action the recommendations identified by the Grenfell Tower public inquiry and the Dame Judith Hackett review which found current building and fire safety regulations needed a “major reform” in order to prioritize and protect residents’ safety. In conjunction with the Building Safety Bill, which overha...

The Swedish safe-tech brand - Twiceme® is announcing a new partnership with the Norske Tindevegledere (NORTIND), a highly respected educational institution and world-renowned mountain guide organization. The Norwegian mountain guide association, NORTIND, holds high esteem in the mountain guide community. The country is rough and difficult to handle, but it’s no match for the advanced mountain guides working in it. And it’s not only that Nortind is highly respected by guides...

Fire door safety in the medical sector can be challenging, especially as many occupants may require some degree of assistance in the event of a fire. In a busy building such as a hospital, it can be tempting to wedge open internal fire doors to assist with free movement, but this practice is illegal and puts the patients, staff and building at risk. The Agrippa sound-activated fire door holder offers the ideal solution for the medical sector, allowing internal fire doors to...

Golden Lane Housing provides increased independence within their assisted living homes as residents hold open their fire doors safely with Geofire Agrippa fire door closers. Agrippa sound-activated devices that close automatically in the event of a fire have been installed in over ten of their properties so far, protecting tenants and buildings from the spread of smoke and toxic fumes if the worst does happen. Homes at Golden Lane Benedict Lane, compliance and services manager stated, “...

A new organization set up to encourage hotels to become more deaf-friendly has chosen the Agrippa pillow alarm to show hotels how easy it is to make adjustments to their services to attract more customers. Heary, based in the Netherlands, which offers training and products to the hotel industry, has undertaken research suggesting the majority of hotels offer no additional options for those who are deaf or hard of hearing, in the event of a fire evacuation. portable Agrippa pillow alarm Agripp...

Due to demand, Salamander training sessions released another date for March! Join on Tuesday 5th March 2019 to become an approved installer of the Salamander fire door system. Specified as a BS7273-4 critical actual or category A, the Salamander conforms to the highest fire safety standard in the UK. A central controller is directly connected to the building’s fire panel and includes wireless, battery-powered fire door holding, and closing devices. As a Salamander installer will receive...

As part of the business development plans for Europe, Detector Testers recently signed up to exhibit at FireSafety and Security 2023 event, which takes place in April 2023, in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. FireSafety and Security event 2023 Billed as the pioneering event for fire and security in the Netherlands, the event promises a mix of product solutions, knowledge sharing, and networking with a wider range of companies exhibiting and visitors including installers, alarm centers, consultants,...

At LogiMAT 2023 event, taking place from April 25 to 27, 2023, in Stuttgart, the WAGNER Group GmbH will be showing its latest fire protection technologies for intralogistics in Hall 7 at Stand C15. To do so, it will focus on various fields of application that have special requirements for fire protection: compact container storage, deep-freeze storage, and - a highly topical issue - storage of lithium-ion batteries. need for fire protection Steffen Springer, Managing Director of WAGNER Group...

A full Salamander system has been successfully installed into the Emmaus Trust care home in Cumbria. A total of 25 closers, three boosters, and one controller were installed into the care home by Castle Alarms, an approved installer of Geofire’s Salamander range of products. The radio-controlled, wireless system was installed into the care home with minor disturbance to the building’s fabric or residents. free-swing mode Door operation is light and easy when in the free swing...

The ability to trade across borders is vital to the UK’s success. To do so, businesses need to understand the rules-based system of trade and have confidence in market frameworks based on standards and accredited conformity assessment.  In signing this Memorandum of Understanding, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service and the Institute of Export and International Trade have agreed to strategic cooperation in sharing knowledge and supporting the dissemination of good business pract...

Over a fourteen-year career, Laura Boocock, 39, has progressed through the ranks to the position of Calderdale District Commander, which means she currently holds the highest rank ever as a female firefighter at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS). Despite women being more than half the population, only eight out of 100 firefighters nationally are women, with similar statistics within WYFRS. Using International Women’s Day (Wednesday) as a platform, Laura is urging women to com...

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) is, on No Smoking Day, warning that smoking kills- and not just because of the effects it has on health. Every year thousands of fires in the UK are caused by cigarettes, lighters, and other smoking materials, such as pipes and cigars, and many of these could be prevented if smokers followed safety guidelines. Area manager Scott Donegan said as the pioneering cause of fire-related fatalities, it's important to be aware of the potential dangers...

A South Yorkshire recruitment campaign aims to change perceptions of women in the fire service. South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue’s ‘A Firefighter Is A Firefighter’ campaign includes a new hard-hitting video, which highlights the fact that all firefighters meet the same standards and do the same job regardless of their gender. Campaign to inspire women At the same time, the service will be publishing a fresh episode of its official podcast, Shout, featuring women from across...

It's a record: for the first time, a total of 14 teams will compete in the European Robotics Hackathon (EnRicH) from 12 to 16 June 2023-more than ever before. On the site of the nuclear power plant Zwentendorf near Vienna, which never went into operation, participants from Austria and Germany, but also from Poland, Finland and even Canada, will test the current state of their robotic systems. They all face the challenging scenarios developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Inform...

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is delighted to have won the Trade Association Forum’s (TAF’s) Skills Development Award for its training offering. The Award, which was presented at an Awards dinner at the Brewery in London on 23 February, recognizes the ASFP’s drive to improve its effectiveness and raise competency levels in passive fire protection. Competency Pathway The ASFP has developed a series of passive fire protection training courses, across mu...

Infographics are pleased to announce that Surrey Fire and Rescue Service has gone live with its latest program of FireWatch-driven technology innovation.  FireWatch solutions The project provides anytime, anywhere access for its FRS users, including their ‘On Call’ Fire Fighters and Managers, increases real-time visibility of availability and resources, and integrates live data with the joint control room. The program included several key areas: Rollout of the FireWatch M...

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) has released the shocking video after the owner of the property, in Halifax, agreed it needed to be seen, to educate the public on the dangers of lithium batteries. The video shows the owner rushing downstairs in the middle of the night after being woken by a popping noise, created by the batteries of an electric motorbike being charged inside the house. The sound indicated the batteries were failing due to thermal runaway–this is when too mu...

The ASFP is saddened to hear of the passing of the Fire Protection Association (FPA) Managing Director (MD), Jon O’Neill.  Jon was and continues to be one of the original advocates of improving fire safety standards within design, construction, and occupation. ASFP team and members  Jon O’Neill was single-minded in creating an environment that endeavored to lower the frequency of major fire events and associated casualty numbers. He continued to lobby those in positions...

Starting signal for the planning of the VdS-FireSafety Cologne on December 6 and 7, 2023: Exhibitors from the fields of fire protection and safety can now secure one of the exhibition spaces at koelnmesse and benefit from the multifaceted program of the major industry get-together. The attractive mix of international trade fair, first-class conferences, thematic forums and a new edition of the VdS-FireSafetyTalk (VdS-BrandSchutzTalk) on the trade fair stage is expected to attract more than 4,0...

A party drug warning has been issued by firefighters following several serious road traffic collisions. Firefighters in Bradford are staging an event to highlight the dangers of using nitrous oxide behind the wheel. nitrous oxide Crews from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) will be at Centenary Square in Bradford on March 19, when they will have a mock road traffic accident showing what can happen while taking nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas. The gas is becomin...

Visitors to fire technology specialist Geofire’s FIREX International stand E80 will be able to get a sneak preview of the latest addition to the highly successful Agrippa acoustic range – a new Agrippa pillow alarm. The Agrippa ‘listen and learn’ technology, also available in the door holder and closer, is being used to alert deaf or hard-of-hearing people if the fire alarm sounds while they are sleeping. Pillow Alarm features and functions The Agrippa pillow alar...

Agrippa fire door holders are proving to be the perfect solution for a number of the UK’s prime care home operators, to ease access for residents while protecting them in the event of a fire emergency. A spokesperson for prime UK care homes operator where 29 wire-free Agrippa fire door holders are in use confirms that they are the perfect solution. “They are wire-free so they were very easy to install with no disruption, and have proved to be perfectly reliable, with no false activa...

Comelit-PAC’s fire system has been installed by CFS Systems on an 800-room student accommodation complex, dedicated to serving Crewe's new medical health science campus. The Apollo Buckingham Health Science Campus (ABHSC) offers degrees in biomedical sciences as well as medical foundation and conversion courses for health workers. The campus is majority owned by the University of Buckingham and Apollo and could have at least 3,000 students at the Crewe site by 2024. risk assessment...

The West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority has approved a slight rise in its portion of council tax. Compared to the previous year, the rise will be six pence per week for Band A taxpayers, and 10p per week for Band D taxpayers. However, despite the rise, the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority precept remains the fourth lowest cost-per-head-of-population in the country. The authority took this decision following a survey earlier this year, where members of the public were asked if...

This month sees a change of leadership at the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP). Current ASFP CEO - Steve Davies is stepping down to take up a new challenge with Corrosion Resistant Products Ltd, a division of Indutrade. The ASFP’s Business Manager - Mike Ward will be taking over as its new Managing Director. Steve Davies is moving on having led the Association through a period of huge development and growth over the last two years, putting down strong foundations for the...

Agrippa fire door holders have been successfully installed at Surrey’s leading specialist Science College to improve access for staff and students, and reduce the effects of door wear and tear while protecting occupants in a fire emergency. Blenheim High School, at Epsom, Surrey, is a co-educational, publicly funded specialist Science College. With in excess of 1,300 students the need to ensure smooth traffic flows while maintaining safety and security and unrestricted access are a priori...

A massive £200,000 fine plus costs and a four-month suspended prison sentence, handed down to a central London hotel owner for putting lives at risk by flouting fire safety laws, is the latest in a number of high-profile prosecutions sending out a strong message to those that own and manage hotels about the importance of fire safety. When fire safety officers visited the six-floor, 18-room hotel to carry out a routine inspection they discovered numerous fire safety breaches, including fai...

Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced that authorized dealer Allegiance Fire & Rescue, a division of Massachusetts-based Allegiance Trucks, LLC, has earned the distinguished Pierce Dealer of the Year Award for 2022. The award recognizes a dealership’s outstanding customer service, the impact it has made on the fire service community, and its growth as a company over the past year. In addition to the award, Allegiance is celebrating the near completion of...