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Fire & Rescue 2009 will host free seminard focusing on flood rescue Flood rescue to receive a focus at Fire & Rescue 2009 UBM Live, organisers of Fire & Rescue 2009, has announced a programme of free seminars focusing on flood rescue. Leading experts will host two specialist educational sessions on the first day (12th) in the Fire & Rescue Learning Zone looking at the most prominent issues within flood rescue. Fire & Rescue 2009 will take place from...

A KME Rescue Truck: KME will supply 21 rescue trucks to the US Air Force KME wins contract to provide rescue trucks for US Air Force KME Fire Apparatus is pleased to announce that it will be manufacturing 21 medium rescue trucks for Defense Supply Center Philadelphia. The units will be shipped to air bases across the nation. KME was awarded the RFQ as the best overall value supplier. The rescue bodies will be mounted on a 4x4 crew cab chassis. Features will include: a KM...

Kent Fire and Rescue Service has teamed up with local gypsies and travellers to produce a DVD offering vital fire safety advice. The devastating effects of fire are highlighted in a series of graphic demonstrations and through personal testimonies. Travellers are also offered simple guidance on how to keep themselves, their caravans and trailers safe. KFRS Assistant Director of Operational Services, Sean Bone-Knell, said: "We are aiming to reach all sections of the diverse communities within K...

  Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue has become the first fire service to adopt the new national identity with their purchase of PPE and stationwear from Bristol Uniforms Following the signing of the ICP contract between Firebuy and Bristol Uniforms in May, Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue have become the first fire service to adopt the new national identity with the purchase of PPE and station wear. The initial requirement will involve the supply of the Pbi Gold™ struc...

Plans for the climate change event 'Fighting Back!' to be held in City of Manchester Stadium on February 10th are well underway and bookings are coming in steadily. This is the first climate change event to be held jointly by the Chief Fire Officers' Associations' (CFOA) and our partners for the event, the Institution of Fire Engineers. Barry Dixon, CFOA director with responsibility for environmental issues said, "Delegates to this conference will get an overview of current climate change chall...

Entries to the Fire Excellence Awards 2009 are now open. In association with the Fire Industry Association (FIA) and running alongside Fire & Rescue 2009 and International Firex shows, the awards celebrate and acknowledge excellence in fire safety engineering, product design and innovation, and highly skilled fire and rescue practise. The awards, which will be presented at a ceremony on Tuesday 12 May at Hilton Birmingham Metropole, are further supported by the Chief Fire Officers Asso...

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...

  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...

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 -...

Streamlight winners score fastest times at World Challenge XVI in Las Vegas Streamlight, Inc., a leading manufacturer of professional lighting equipment for the fire industry, announced the winners of the Streamlight "Top 10" in the Firefighter Combat Challenge, a yearly national fitness competition which culminated in World Challenge XVI November 4-8 in Las Vegas, NV. Designed to encourage firefighter fitness and demonstrate the profession's rigors to the public, the Challenge each year attra...

Product's 2007 launch provided purpose-built value unattainable on commercial chassis Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc., will display its product line of purpose-built cabs and chassis, featuring the multi-functional Furion, in Booth #1203 at the International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire-Rescue International Conference (FRI) and Expo, August 14-16 in Denver, Colorado. Unveiled at FRI in August 2007, the Furion was designed specifically as an emergency rescue vehic...

Local firefighters conducted a hazardous materials drill using 'hazmat' suits provided by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics at the company's facility in Merrimack. Imagine this scenario: a forklift carrying several 55-gallon drums of a toxic chemical is involved in an accident. As the hazardous substance begins leaking to the ground, emergency crews are called to the scene. How will they respond?This very same scenario was reenacted on Thursday, June 26, as the Merrimack Fire Rescue organizatio...

On Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 November, fire authority officials, key stakeholders from local and central government and their partners will be converging at the Crieff Hydro Hotel, Sctoland for a two day event to share perspectives and debate the key challenges facing the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. As well as gaining a clearer perspective of your organisation’s expectations / demands of the Fire and Rescue Service, the audience will be trying to gain a better understanding of the li...

Since water and pool safety is such a huge issue for camps that provide aquatic recreation for their campers it’s important to understand that the primary responsibilities of management and lifeguards are: To Prevent incidents To Recognize incidents or their potential To Manage incidents or their potential. Prevention - In order to prevent incidents, management and staff should develop a series of prevention strategies to include the development and appropriate posting of rules and...

In order to appreciate the resuscitation protocols being advocated today, as well as new innovations in techniques, protocols, and technologies, it is important to know how these resuscitation procedures have evolved over the years. Therefore, this presentation has been developed for this purpose. Early Ages - Heat Method When a victim’s respiratory and circulatory systems fail and metabolism ceases, the body temperature cools. In the early ages, hot ashes and coals were placed on th...

Based on a 1961 study at Williamston, MI, conducted by the Michigan State Police, the Indiana University Health and Safety Department, the Michigan Highway Department, and the American Red Cross, it was estimated that approximately 400 persons lose their lives as a result of being trapped in automobiles that have plunged into the water. Most vehicles will only float on the surface of the water from 30 - 60 seconds. Therefore, it is critical that the occupants make every attempt to bail out of t...

In the event a firefighter is suddenly and unexpectedly immersed in deep water while wearing full turnout gear, firefighter survival is dependent upon the actions taken during the first critical seconds of the immersion. The incidence of this type of emergency increases when firefighters are fighting apartment fires around a swimming pool, during suppression activities on and around piers and docks, as well as during a fall-through incident in which the firefighter falls through a floor into a b...

Established in 2007, IVECO MAGIRUS Fire Fighter Academy so far offered primarily a wide range of manifold training opportunities for firemen "on the ground". Now, with the 1st International Forest Fire Symposium in Chambéry / France, there took place the first event at senior management level - with a hot topic and resounding success. It has become very clear in recent years that global warming has also led to a dramatic increase in the risk of forest fires and other extensive b...