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Since 2012, Globe by MSA, DuPont Protection Solutions (DuPont), and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have partnered to provide 403 sets of new, state-of-the-art turnout gear to fire departments in need – a value of over $920,000. An additional 13 departments will each receive four sets of gear in 2018. “MSA and Globe's mission is to see to it that men and women live and work in safety and health, and that speaks to the heart of exactly why we're proud to support the NVFC,&...

Essentials of Community Risk Reduction is a free, online course where fire fighters and officers can learn the basics of Community Risk Reduction that they can use on the job every day. This self-paced course, developed through a partnership between The Vision 20/20 Project and International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA), helps fire fighters gain a better understanding of the importance of Community Risk Reduction to the fire service and to the community. Fire fighters training cour...

Rave Mobile Safety (Rave), a trusted partner for safety software protecting millions of individuals, has revealed updates to its Rave Guardian platform, in order to better equip students and staff to communicate vital campus updates. Rave Guardian safety app Rave Guardian, the renowned safety app available for students to stay connected with campus safety officials, faculty and other students, now integrates into Rave Alert, allowing higher education institutions access to both offerings in a...

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) and Kent Police are asking those enjoying the hot summer weather to heed their water safety advice and stay out of the county's rivers. Kent and Medway has a wide variety of lakes, tidal and non-tidal rivers and waterways, all of which carry hidden dangers. Fire crews and local officers will be at The Lees in Yalding on Saturday 28 July highlighting the dangers of swimming in the nearby weir, which can become a fast-flowing torrent without notice. KFRS commu...

Bullard, the inventor of the hard hat, has added a new bump cap to its product line of head protection products. The new Bullard Bump Cap is a lightweight and sleekly styled cap, which is specially designed and engineered to provide wearers with all-day comfort, durability, and protection against minor bumps, bruises, and lacerations. Bullard Bump Cap The latest head protection offering from Bullard is the result of direct feedback that the company received from users in the field. Wearers ca...

On June 26th, 2018 at 12.15 pm, when a thick smoke invaded the main building of the POK S.A.S company headquarters, the fire alert was given out very quickly and the building evacuated. A few minutes later, the Fire Brigade siren sounded, announcing the arrival of the fire fighters. Once there, debriefing was done to set up the action plan, including emergency action, rescuing the victims and extinguishing the fire. Another mission accomplished by the Fire Brigade. Life-size fire exercise simu...

Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company, has announced that MacQueen Emergency Group (MacQueen) has acquired Schuhmacher Fire Equipment (Schuhmacher), expanding its territory to include Schuhmacher’s 109 Missouri counties. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, MacQueen Emergency Group is the authorized Pierce dealer for Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Fire apparatus road service and repair With the acquisition of Schuhmacher, MacQueen has partnered...

Abbot Fire Group are delighted to have taken delivery of a new Mercedes Benz Citan van for the passive fire protection side of the business. The growth in passive fire protection work, also known as fire stopping, has resulted in a need for a new vehicle to accompany the existing Abbot Fire Group fleet. Nigel Walton, Director at Abbot Fire Group said: “As the business continues to grow, we had a need for a specific vehicle which could accommodate the passive fire protection side of the bu...

Health and Safety Code mandates the CAL FIRE - Office of the State Fire Marshal (CAL FIRE - OSFM) responsibility for the destruction of dangerous and illegal fireworks, once they are seized by local fire departments or law enforcement agencies. The Office and the Administration are working with the legislature on a solution that would provide funding for fireworks enforcement, education, and disposal. The CAL FIRE - OSFM will provide updated information, once the proposal is chaptered into law...

KME Fire Apparatus, global manufacturer of fire apparatus has announced the launch of the new extreme-duty aerial, the Tuff Truck AerialCat. The new Tuff Truck was specifically designed to meet the demands of a challenging urban environment with tight streets and numerous obstacles. Aerial ladder The 103’ Tuff Truck AerialCat is a highly maneuverable 103’ ladder with a 12’ jack stance designed to set up in compact areas. It features an unrestricted 500 lb tip load and a 1500...

Interschutz in Hanover is the renowned international exhibition for fire and civil protection, rescue and safety services. This exhibition was originally founded in 1935, but only holds sessions at irregular intervals now. Interschutz international exhibition Since 2000, when it was held in Augsburg, Germany, Interschutz has been held every five years. At this international exhibition, manufacturers from all over the world present their latest products and equipment in the field of fire safety...

Every year the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Standards Council recognizes individuals for outstanding service to the organization in the development of codes and standards. Awards will be presented to 17 individuals at the NFPA Conference & Expo taking place in Las Vegas. 2018 Recipients for Special Achievement Award. Russell B. Leavitt Telgian Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona Automatic Sprinkler Systems Technical Committees on: Sprinkler System Installati...

Rave Mobile Safety (Rave), a trusted partner for safety software protecting millions of individuals, has revealed large gaps in campus safety, after polling many of the nation’s universities and colleges. The higher education community is at a critical point in time, when it comes to communicating with students, who are known as Generation Z. And currently 96% of these students own a smartphone. Rave study on campus safety The Rave study, which consisted of public and private institutio...

Marioff is pleased to announce that it’s HI-FOG high pressure water mist fire protection system has received FM Approval in the local application hazard category, expanding the number of suitable applications for the existing technology. Approval from the international third-party testing and certification services basically entails that Marioff’s HI-FOG high pressure water mist fire protection system is now available for wider use in power, process and manufacturing industries. Mar...

Bronto Skylift team is currently visiting Tokyo International Fire and Safety Exhibition at Tokyo Big Sight. It is the largest firefighting and disaster prevention exhibition in Japan and is held every 5 years at Tokyo Big Sight. MVF21 fire and rescue vehicle Among other latest innovations, Tokyo-based fire safety company, Morita is presenting the first joint product with Bronto Skylift, the Morita MVF21. This multi-purpose fire and rescue vehicle fulfills all the Japanese regulations and is e...

Sunday May 20, 2018 marks the beginning of National EMS Week and presents an opportunity to honor the men and women who deliver pre-hospital 9-1-1 emergency medical care throughout the United States. This vital public safety service is provided primarily by cross-trained, multi-role emergency responders who are based in the nation’s fire departments. Emergency rescue and medical services The fire service has a rich history of protecting the health and safety of communities through an eme...

Sepura unveils AppSPACE, an innovative applications environment for critical communications at Critical Communications World (CCW), Berlin. AppSPACE delivers added capabilities to the current generation of Sepura radios, which includes the SC20, SC21 and HTT-500-2 hand-portables, and the MDT-500-2 mobile terminal. This provides a more flexible approach to providing customer-specific applications and enables firmware-independent deployment of bespoke applications to radios. Applications are depl...

Superior Group of Companies, Inc. announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Andy Demott, has been named the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2018 CFO of the Year in the Large Company category. Twenty Tampa Bay area CFOs were selected as candidates for the 2018 CFO of the Year award. Demott was chosen as the winner by an independent panel of judges, who were tasked with evaluating the nominees’ business acumen, prior year achievements and community impact. Recognizing Andy’s con...

On Friday, 4th May, Firetrace Ltd held an exciting toolbox talk to discuss further developments and new products within the company’s portfolio. Over 30 members of the team attended the event at their Ipswich premises from all departments including installation, servicing and manufacturing. The toolbox talk welcomed a discussion with all staff contributing to enhance and establish Firetrace’s brand and way of working to not only benefit the customer but themselves to ease working co...

Posidonia, the international maritime transport exhibition, is recognized as a major event on the maritime industry calendar. This year the congress will be held from June 4th to 8th, 2018, at the Athens Metropolitan Expo, in Athens, Greece. Attendees can check out and discover POK S.A.S products on the stand 2.144 of PRONOIA, POK’s distributor in Greece. Posidonia, global maritime transport exhibition The international exhibition, Posidonia took place for the first time in 1969, and eve...

REV Group, global manufacturer of specialty vehicle brands, has launched an enhanced suite of options for E-ONE, KME and Ferrara fire trucks, designed to help mitigate contaminants brought inside the cab and to promote a better environment for firefighters. Removing containments from gear Having a variety of choices allows fire departments to select from multiple features for their trucks that can help crews remove contaminants from gear and keep equipment out of the cab. These features includ...

Thanks to the continued growth at Eurotech Fire Systems, there are three new recruits to the head office team. Eurotech would like to extend a warm welcome to its fresh recruits - Nathan Parr, Brian Lowe, and Lewis Simons. Nathan Parr and Lewis Simons come from graphic design backgrounds and assist the sales managers with internal pricing structures and branding. Brian is an experienced warehouse manager who in fact, has taken control of the ordering processes and stock control. Nathan Parr, J...

At nearly 100 years old, a $267 million publicly traded company is rebranding itself to better reflect its diverse offerings. Superior Uniform Group, Inc. shareholders voted to approve changing its name to Superior Group of Companies to better embody its position as a parent company of branding divisions at its annual meeting on Thursday afternoon. SGC serves some of the world’s most respected brands with call centre support, custom promotional products and uniforms. The company delivers...

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 40 percent of all fatalities in the construction industry are the result of a fall, making them the greatest cause of death in construction-related accidents. Fall protection demonstrations To help combat this sobering but preventable statistic, global safety equipment manufacturer, MSA Safety Incorporated will host fall protection demonstrations throughout the United States of America, from May 7 - 11, 2018, during OSHA's...

Firefighters, community safety offices, and community champions from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) will be offering fire safety advice for the home to shoppers in Asda stores on Saturday 28th April, 2018. Fire services are delivering this information in support of the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC’s) collaboration with Asda. The supermarket chain was keen to offer fire services the opportunity to help keep people safer. They made 100 stores available to delive...

The presence of VIKING Life-Saving Equipment at OTC 2018 is a chance for offshore asset owners and operators to achieve new cost-efficiencies and reduce production risks by further simplifying safety compliance management. The recently released report “Confidence and Control” by DNV GL foresees a brightening future for the offshore industry, fueled not by oil and gas pricing, but by leaner, more agile and more efficient business models ready-tuned to evolve into broader energy compan...

Emergency Reporting (ER), the globally renowned company in cloud-based Fire and EMS records management software solutions, has announced a partnership with Spotted Dog Technologies, a global provider of incident response management solutions. Security technology partnership The relationship will allow data captured by Rover, Spotted Dog Technologies’ CAD-to-mobile response system, to be automatically added to Emergency Reporting’s data platform, for advanced reporting and analysis....

Firefighters from Haden Cross Community Fire Station are set to climb Mount Everest – in a day! But there’ll be no trip to the Himalayas. Instead, the intrepid group will be staging their 8,848m-climb in Dudley, under cover of the intu Merry Hill shopping center. offering rehabilitation And psychological support Firefighters work hard to serve the communities they protect" Firefighter Matt Crawford, who will be joining this Saturday’s expedition in aid of The Fire Fighters C...

After revolutionizing the firefighter safety market with the introduction of the industry’s first and only thermal imaging camera integrated into the firefighter’s breathing apparatus, MSA Safety Incorporated plans to turn heads once again, this time with helmets. The company has announced it will debut a new jet-style fire helmet, called the Cairns XF1, at the annual Fire Department Instructor’s Conference (FDIC International 2018), scheduled to take place in Indianapolis, Ind...

Bronto Skylift will be showing and demonstrating the trusted S90HLA aerial work platform at the INTERMAT exhibition in Paris, France on 23rd-28th April. High-rise access platform “S90HLA is the most stable and precise ultimate high-rise access platform on the market offering the best operator experience. With it you can focus on reaching the job at hand and working at heights, leaving the control system to take care of the rest,” says Dominique Allemand, Sales Manager, Bronto Skyli...