Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Case Studies

Firefighting is an extremely dangerous and demanding profession, both physically and mentally. However, help is at hand: Teledyne FLIR designed its K-series of professional yet affordable thermal imaging cameras to take the strain, assisting firefighters in navigating through smoky conditions while searching for hot spots and measuring temperature from a distance. The team at Solna Fire Station in Stockholm, Sweden, is a case in point, where the use of a FLIR K-series camera recently helpe...

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) has selected edge control room solutions from Frequentis to enhance service delivery for the communities it safeguards through better resource allocation and coordination between emergency services when responding to emergencies. WYFRS WYFRS is the fourth largest fire and rescue service in the country, responsible for the safety of over 2.2 million residents and the protection of 800 square miles of land, covering five major metropolitan distric...

The Wayne Township Fire Department of Waynesville, Ohio has in production a new Seagrave Marauder pumper. Seagrave thanks Wayne Township Fire Department for their trust and business. Some features of this new Seagrave Marauder pumper fire apparatus include: Seagrave 141" Marauder Stainless Steel Cab Cummins L9 450 HP 10" Raised Roof 24" Extended Front Bumper Waterous CSU 1500 GPM Pump Stainless Steel Pump Module and Plumbing 750 Gallon Water Tank Stainless Steel 137" Body ROM Doors...

Kentec Electronics, a global manufacturer of life-critical control systems, has announced the largest wireless installation to date across 37 high-rise towers owned and operated by Solihull Community Housing, providing residents with reliable, early warning fire detection and alarms. Since the incident in Grenfell Towers, the local authority in Solihull has made fire prevention and safety a priority, in order to better protect its residents in similar accommodation blocks. Kentec’s K-Mes...

Kentec Electronics, a globally renowned manufacturer of life-critical control systems, has announced the largest wireless installation to date across 37 high-rise towers owned and operated by Solihull Community Housing, providing residents with reliable, early warning fire detection and alarms. Since the incident in Grenfell Towers, the local authority in Solihull has made fire prevention and safety a priority to better protect its residents in similar accommodation blocks. K-Mesh system Work...

As China-Africa cooperation continues to progress and deepen, cooperation stories are continuously unfolding on the continent of Africa, and Chinese engineering machinery is also showcasing its capabilities in African infrastructure projects. Recently, on the Rosso Bridge project in West Africa, ZOOMLION’s full-rotary drilling rig efficiently and reliably completed the piling task, helping the construction of the bridge foundation to steadily advance. The high-quality products and service...

Woolpert was contracted to conduct a facility conditions assessment study of 24 facilities for the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department. The study’s findings, finalized in March, identified an estimated $22 million in needed repairs over the next 10 years with $12 million estimated for the most urgent repairs and improvements. Report recommendations The study attributed much of the projected costs to roofing, HVAC systems, windows, and upgrades to kitchens and bathrooms that would bring...

The Sydney Metro project is a large-scale public transport infrastructure project in Sydney, Australia. This project involves the construction of a new metro system comprising multiple lines and stations. The project is aimed at improving public transport connectivity and reducing traffic congestion in the city. ARA Electrical has been responsible for the installation of the platform screen doors for the Sydney Metro Southwest line, which is the first stage of the project to be completed. Pub...

KME, a subsidiary of REV Group, Inc., and a globally renowned manufacturer of fire apparatus, is pleased to announce Phoenixville (Pennsylvania) Fire Department has placed an order for a KME 100-foot Tractor-Drawn AerialCat (TDA) to serve its area. As the first TDA to service the Phoenixville borough, this specific type of truck was chosen because of the maneuverability and compartmentation. Phoenixville Fire Department worked closely with Campbell Supply, a KME dealer, to specify the truck to...

An intelligent fire alarm control panel from fire protection solutions manufacturer, Advanced, has been installed in The Steading, the home of sculptor and furniture maker, Tim Stead MBE. The Steading is an A-Listed building, located in Blainslie near Lauder in the Scottish Borders, and was both the creative center and home to the Stead family across several decades. It was purchased by the Tim Stead Trust in 2021 and a program of restoration work has included the addition of an Advanced Go ne...

Statewide Transfer Ambulance & Rescue (STAR) provides award-winning ambulance transport for emergent, non-emergent, special event, bariatric, and critical care situations. They currently employ 120 workers, the majority of whom are field personnel, and transport 20K people per year. In the last five years, STAR switched to digitized EMS charts to streamline operational processes. Since then, they have equipped ambulance vehicles with consumer-grade tablets. Using the tablets, EMTs can...

MSA Safety, Inc. announced that its handheld LUNAR™ Connected Device can be used on FirstNet® to provide firefighters with a solution to help strengthen the incident response. LUNAR, a wireless, search and rescue device for firefighters that doubles as a personal thermal imaging camera, is the first device of its kind to work with the FirstNet network. FirstNet, built with AT&T, is designed with and for America's first responders and the extended public safety community that could...

An ongoing client of Prestige Fire Safety is CAPS Cases, a fantastic company in Newmarket that is one of the UK’s manufacturers of environmentally friendly corrugated cardboard packaging.  The family-run business has over 40 years of experience in the packaging industry, with a key focus on sustainability. Prestige Fire Safety has been working with CAPS Cases since March 2018 and has supported them in a variety of areas with regard to fire safety. Why CAPS Cases owns several manufa...

Superior protection with maximum comfort, a wide range of functions and optimum operational hygiene: these are the arguments that convinced the Bremen Fire Department about the HEROS firefighting helmets from Rosenbauer. The first batch of almost 1,500 helmets was delivered at the end of last year, with the second installment delivered in January 2023. Since then, a total of 58 HEROS H30 helmets in the color ‘daylight fluorescent red’ (for the command staff) and 1,386 HEROS Titan (f...

The Mountainside, NJ Fire Department organizes its PPE storage space with several of GearGrid’s innovative products. GearGrid’s Standard Wall Mount Lockers outline the perimeter of the room, while back-to-back Standard Mobile Lockers allow for more storage in the center of the space. The open-grid design promotes air movement, which minimizes odor build-up and allows damp gear to dry faster. Additional space GearGrid’s Slinger Workstation is the perfect solution for addition...

Brooklyn Park, MN SWAT organizes their tactical gear with GearGrid’s Standard Wall Mount Lockers. Each locker includes a stainless steel hangbar for convenient drying. Stow-Away Seats are included to provide seating for dressing, and easily fold into the locker for compact storage. The open grid design promotes air movement, which minimizes odor build-up and allows damp gear to dry faster. All GearGrid systems are completely modular and let Brooklyn Park SWAT organize their space, their w...

A Nittan Fire Detection System has been installed by Espat/Maxit Contracting to protect a historic a former steam mill in the village of Dolné Saliby in Slovakia. Classing it as a crucial monument, the Trnava self-governing region undertook a restoration project to save and preserve the former steam mill building. Constructed of brick and wood between 1921 and 1922, the building originally housed machinery from the ancient Ganz-Danubius factory in Budapest, but unfortunately although the...

GearGrid’s products are being used by all of the student-athletes at Hutchinson High School in Minnesota every day in practice. “Each sport has its own storage cage. They have padlocks that only the coaches can access.” Thayne Johnson, Hutchinson’s Activities Director, said. These storage cages replaced their old flimsy cabinets that weren’t holding up to the various needs of the sports teams. Easy purchasing process “When we [first] saw the GearGrid produc...

GearGrid’s Standard Wall Mount Lockers help assist Dupont Nutrition in Madison, WI. The open grid design promotes maximum air movement, which minimizes odor buildup and allows damp items to dry faster. The lockers are constructed with superior strength and versatility for fast, easy access to gear and equipment. Because of this locker design, Dupont can safely and effectively store and dry all their PPE.

WAGNER Rail GmbH, the fire protection solution provider for rail vehicles and a subsidiary of WAGNER Group GmbH, received another major order from Indian Railways at the end of 2022 to equip 1,100 rail vehicles with the TITANUS PRO∙SENS® fire detection system. The order volume of the Indian state railroad company amounts to several million euros. PRO∙SENS® fire detection system The fire protection solution provider secured the first order for Indian Railways four years ago, whereupon...

Faced with aging equipment that was impacting efficiency and productivity, one of the world’s leading packaging companies turned to Gardner Denver Nash to provide a solution that would help get their facility back on track. Its customer, one of the world’s largest packaging companies, is a specialist in providing food packaging products and disposable tableware. The company has 100 years of experience in providing both plastic and fiber-based packaging solutions to a range of r...

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation LTD. (ONGC) is India’s largest public sector energy company, employing over 33,000 people and generating approximately 70% of the country's domestic crude production. The company is renowned for its transparency and corporate governance practices and frequently ranks highly in a variety of indexes, including Platts Top 250 (no. 11, 2017) and Forbes Global 2000 (no. 183, 2017). revitalize assets and maximize efficiency One of the company’s key offs...

When a leading, global material & chemical production company sought to upgrade its legacy equipment, it chose to continue its long-standing relationship with Gardner Denver Nash. Specialized product company Nash's customer is a global pioneer in providing specialized products for a variety of niche applications, producing carbon compounds, chemicals, and treated wood products. From construction and residential lumber to railroad and specialty chemicals, they serve a diverse range of ind...

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...

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...

Airservices Australia, the nation’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), has selected Frequentis for a continent-wide solution for its Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Service (ARFFS). The solution will be made up of two components: the Frequentis’ multimedia collaboration and communication platform LifeX, extended by the messenger, incident and resource management module, OnSite.  “Emergency service organizations must have the most effective tools available to process cr...

Fire protection solutions manufacturer, Advanced, has provided intelligent fire panels to protect Alnmouth Friary, a Franciscan monastery overlooking the Alnmouth coastline in Northumberland.  An Advanced MxPro 5 analog addressable fire panel was installed in the Friary to provide protection that is high-performance and fault tolerant. Alnmouth Friary was originally built as a private dwelling in the early 20th Century and the main ministry offers hospitality to visitors and is also the ho...

A small chicken processing plant in central Georgia, USA, installed two Nash CL-2002 (100 HP) vacuum pumps to transport and eviscerate 20,000 chickens daily. The pumps were rebuilt by a non-Nash shop and showed signs of problems as soon as they were started. On the first pump, they quickly found the shaft was out by 0.070”, which caused the pump to jump all over the place. The second pump would lock up within 90 seconds for no reason. Need for Nash vacuums  It's Monday afternoon, a...

Amthal is working with the global media production company, Gravity Media to secure all of its sites across the UK, ensuring dedicated security, fire safety, and ultimate site protection for its team and high-profile visitors. Gravity Media is a provider of cutting-edge, live creative and media services. Home to state-of-the-art equipment and world-class production facilities, with a 30-year pedigree, it leads the way in global sports and entertainment content creation.  Creating an integ...

The main priorities of The Prince Charles Hospital Medium Secure Mental Health Facility bathrooms upgrade were: To offer a more modern bathroom with ligature-resistant features for all sanitary and tapware products. To provide a safe and homely environment for the patients and carers. To provide the best infection control tapware for the showers and basin with ligature and vandal-resistant features. Project Location: Rode Rd, Chermside QLD 4032 Challenge Galvin S/S Cabinets w...