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Fire and security industry will benefit a lot from the new guidelines of CFOA on reducing false fire alarms and signals The guidelines aim to ensure that effective measures are implemented and maintained, ensuring the reduction of false fire alarms and unwanted fire signals. The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has welcomed the recent publication of a series of best practice guidelines by the Chief Fire Officers' Association (CFOA). The CFOA Protocol for the Redu...

The complete process of responding to a faulty fire alarm is a waste for professionals and the resources Earlier in the month, the Fire Industry Association advised business owners to regularly test their fire detection equipment following a blaze at a hotel. The Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service have announced plans to cut back on the number of times it attends false alarms. According to figures released by the service, its firefighters answer around 9,000 call-...

Gazetter Management Software and GIS will enhance and boost the working of fire and rescue services world over  GGP Response is a powerful address based intelligence solution specifically designed to meet the needs of emergency service organisations. Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service has procured award winning Gazetteer Management Software and Geographic Information System (GIS) from GGP Systems. Designed to provide easy access to centralised address data, integra...

FBU has condemned the government’s cuts agenda The Fire Brigades Union has condemned the government’s cuts agenda in its submission to the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review – and challenged Chief Fire Officers to speak out for investment to keep the public safe. Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, calls on Chief Fire Officers to join the Union in opposing Coalition government plans to slash between 25 and 40 per cent from public service budgets. Inst...

Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond has welcomed additional savings due to good safety record and management Shropshire has one of the smallest and most poorly funded fire and rescue services, despite this it has come out as one of the best performing brigades in the UK. Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has made a further £100,000 savings in reduced insurance costs because of its excellent safety record and good management practices, it has been revealed. The cost of pu...

The winning team: Simon Wall,Dave Gledson,Steve Bake,  Keith Ward, Richard Nicholson and Darren Kitchen North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service celebrates the success of its Road Accident Extrication team after the achievement of top honour in the UK Road Accident Rescue Challenge. North Yorkshire and Rescue Service is celebrating the success of its Road Accident Extrication team who achieved top honours in the UK Road Accident Rescue Challenge held in Southampton ov...

Left to right, Firefighting brothers Craig and Glenn Willis with their sons Adams and (below) Connor There exists a family having all the brothers as firefighters in Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. A family firefighting tradition continued at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service with the “passing out” of new recruits from Shrewsbury and north Shropshire. Among the latest batch of new firefighters were 20-year-old cousins Adam and Connor Willis, wh...

Motorised wheeled escape ladder, one of the London Fire Brigade Museum exhibits London Fire Brigade’s museum will display the evolution of the capital’s firefighters, during its open day on Friday, 8th October 2010. From antique fire engines and Victorian uniforms, to the world’s most advanced fire equipment, London Fire Brigade’s museum is set to tell the story of the capital’s firefighters, during its open day on Friday 8th October in South...

Meadowcrift Mill drowned in fire was attended by four fire crew from Rcohdale, Bury, and Heywood. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service recently battled the fire at a mill in Rochdale. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service recently tackled an inferno at a mill in Rochdale, underscoring the importance of having regular fire risk assessments in commercial premises.The incident at Meadowcrift Mill in the Bamford area, which involved the roof void of the single storey i...

False fire alarms have been highlighted by the evacuation of guests from the venue hosting the Ryder Cup FIA has been working with Chief Fire Officers' Association on minimising false fire alarm to avoid unwanted fire signals. The importance of minimising false fire alarms has been highlighted by the evacuation of guests from the venue hosting the Ryder Cup in South Wales.A full evacuation took place at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport on September 27th after the alarm went...

Senior fire officer John Das Gupta ofShropshire Fire and Rescue Service  Court ordered hotel manager to pay £5,355 fines in the first court case brought by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service after the failure of fire alarms. Magistrates have ordered a hotel manager to pay fines and costs totalling £5,355 in the first court case of its kind brought by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service after the fire alarm failed to go off in the premises. Nine...

A Joint Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by NFSA, ASFA, ICC and CPSE AFSA, NFSA, ICC, CPSE sign a historical agreement. More than 3,000 people in the U.S. lose their lives each year to fires and 84 percent of those who die do so in their home. While smoke alarms provide an early warning signal of smoke or fire, sprinklers installed in ceilings respond to fires while they are still small, controlling the spread of deadly heat, flames and toxic smoke, as well as...

Chief Fire Officer, Paul Raymond emphasized on a unified Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service  Fire chief praised county farmers, a publican, milk machine manufacturer and an international supplier of medical and rescue equipment, who were the latest employers. Shropshire firefighters would not be able to save people from house fires and rescue victims trapped in wrecked cars without the ever important staff who work “behind the scenes,” warned...

FRX Rescue Pumper provides great firefighting power and maximum rescue equipment FRX Fire Rescue Pumper is an innovative, robust, and affordable alternative for fire departments of all sizes. Midwest Fire, a leading fire truck manufacturer, has introduced a fire rescuepumper to their existing line of fire apparatus.  Defined by the legendary quality of Midwest Fire, the FRX Fire Rescue Pumper is an innovative, robust, and affordable alternative for fire departments of al...

Fire chief Paul Raymond hasmade a public clarificationon firefighter cuts  Shropshire’s fire chief has made a public appeal for people to take extra care to prevent fires and accidents as the economic axe prepares to fall on the county’s fire and rescue service. “Front line” firefighter services will not be compromised, promised Paul Raymond adding that fire engines and firefighters will get to incidents “as they always have done.” Bu...

The Draeger DDT5000 non-invasive drug testing system in action County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service takes health and safety very seriously indeed and has had a drugs and alcohol policy in place as part of its health and safety management system since September 2008. Until recently it relied on a third party to carry out drugs testing but, following a change to the Draeger DDT5000 non-invasive drug testing system, the Service has not only improved the speed of t...

Pierce Velocity pumper equipped with 2010 EPA was displayed at FRI 2010 in Chicago Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh Corporation company, displayed 10 fire and rescue vehicles at booth #4336 at the 2010 International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Fire-Rescue International Exhibits and Conference in Chicago, Ill., August 27-28. “On behalf of all Pierce employees and our dealer network, we are excited to, once again, have a major presence at Fire Rescue Internatio...

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is actually waiting for the findings of the undergoing reviews Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has clarified that it has no future plans of making 'compulsory redundancies' and 'closing fire stations'.There are currently reports that Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is planning to make 'compulsory redundancies' and considering 'closing fire stations'. Contrary to these reports, at this time there ar...

Flood Awareness Day shall inform fire fighters as well as residents about ways of planning a flood rescue How to plan for and deal with flooding will be the focus for homeowners and businesses thanks to a Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) co-ordinated event later this month. Yalding Parish Council is hosting the multi-agency event at The Lees, Lees Road, Yalding on Saturday, 18 September. It will see organisations from across the county showcase the role both...

A lifesaving message in a bottle by Bridgnorth Lions Neil Bennett and  David Jennings Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is helping the Bridgnorth Lions distribute hundreds of tiny green and white bottles which will contain crucial details about a householder’s medication, allergies and who to contact in case of an emergency.  A “bizarre” idea to store a person’s medical details in a bottle in the fridge could prove a “lifesaver,&r...

Electric vehicle safety training for first responder to deal with emergeny situation involving electric vehicle NFPA announced collaboration with Chevrolet and Onstar at IAFC’s FRI conference in Chicago as NFPA offers electric vehicle safety training for first responders. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced a joint effort with Chevrolet and OnStar as NFPA provides electric vehicle safety training for first responders to the scene of an accident. Th...

Fire safety in timber-framed tower blocks still a topic of debate The risk posed by timber-built towers has been highlighted by new statistics from the Department of Communities and Local Government, which show fires in such structures have a greater average spread than those in traditionally built houses. Recent tower block fires have ignited debate into the safety of flats which feature a central timber frame, an increasingly popular method of constructing social housing, r...

KFRS received around 20emergency calls after Kent was hit by floods Following heavy rains, Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) received around 20 emergency calls to reports of flooding and issued safety advice to the public.Herne Bay was worst hit, with the Environment Agency reporting more than 60 properties, mainly basement flats, affected by surface water flooding caused by heavy rainfall. After fire officers visited properties in Central Parade and Mortimer Street, Herne...

IAFC's International Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Award is the highest bravery award for firefighters International Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Award is the highest honor bestowed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) co-sponsored by the IAFC and the Motorola Solutions business of Motorola, Inc.At Fire-Rescue International in Chicago, Captain Charles J. Metivier, Rescue Operator Kalani Abreu and Rescue Specialists Roy Constantino and Francisco Garcia of F...

ESC is committed to reducing deaths and injuries caused by electrical accidents at home or the workplace The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) has just announced the successful projects in its 2010 Fire Safety Fund Awards scheme. Twenty three organisations throughout the UK will share over £100,000 of funding for specific regional initiatives to reduce the incidence of fires relating to electricity in homes. With around half of all domestic fires in the UK caused by...

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescure Service fined the China Wok £15,000  A reminder for businesses to makesure they follow the fire safety requirements by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued a reminder for businesses to ensure they comply with fire safety requirements after a restaurant owner was slapped with a fine of £15,000 for not abiding by the rules. The breaches came to light after a fire started at...

"This was a case of someone failing to understand theirresponsibility as a landlord"  The landlord pleaded guilty to eight counts of breaching the Fire Safety Order 2005 in his three-storey property where the top two floors had been transformed into a number of flats. The importance of businesses complying with regulations has been highlighted by the prosecution and fining of a landlord who was ordered to pay £8,500 for fire safety breaches. Cheshire Fire and...

FLAME-SIM is excited to offer the opportunity to win a free FRI 2010 Expo pass FLAME-SIM participates in Fire Rescue International 2010 as an exhibitor. FLAME-SIM is excited to announce that it will be a part of Fire Rescue International 2010 as an exhibitor in the Technology Pavilion. All FRI attendees will have the opportunity to get hands-on with FLAME-SIM at Booth Number 3009. Visit the FLAME-SIM booth to see how the simulation software is providing departments acros...

Dealing with transport accidents and rescuing road accident victims are major tasks of SFRS Emergency crews have been trained in how to deal with radiation incidents at a training event organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire officers called in the help of experts from the Government's Health Protection Agency to teach first responders how to deal with any potential radiation leaks in the county. Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is responsible for rescuing ro...

Folkstone has witnessed about 112 road traffic collisions recently involving mostly young drivers Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) is stepping up its road safety campaign in Folkestone aimed at young drivers. New statistics for the last three years reveal that there have been 112 road traffic collisions in Folkestone involving drivers aged 17-24, out of which 148 people were injured, 1 fatally and 7 seriously. As part of the KFRS's road safety initiative 'Operation Carmag...