HYBRID FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT WINS DESIGN AWARD
A team from the Aerospace Engineering study programme at the University of Stuttgart, in Germany, has presented a concept for a hybrid firefighting aircraft that...
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16,000 BREATHING APPARATUS WITH GRAPHENE NANOTUBE-ENHANCED CYLINDERS ADOPTED BY FIREFIGHTER SERVICES GLOBALLY
Dräger, an international leader in manufacturing medical and safety technology products, has commercialised a firefighting breathing apparatus with the world’s lightest type 4 composite cylinders, enhanced with graphene nanotubes to minimise weight. Fire services...
KUWAIT FIRE FORCE REWARDED FOR SUPPORTING IN QATAR WORLD CUP
The Kuwait Fire Force have been honoured for their support in the recent World Cup in Qatar. Qatar’s General Directorate of Civil Defense (GDCD) honoured...
FOAM FIREFIGHTING IS AT THE HEART OF THE SOLUTION
Aircraft are a very visible high value asset, and few would argue against protecting them from fire during maintenance and storage in hangars. Whilst the...
HELICOPTER OPERATIONS
The versatility of helicopters makes them an ideal mode of transportation to remote land-based and off-shore locations both for resort visitors and for emergency response...
TYCO expands next-generation Riser Manifold product line with cost-efficient RM-2 Base models
Johnson Controls, the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has expanded the Tyco RM-2 Riser Manifold product offering with the launch of two...
Jeld-Wen launches new white paper to help inform fire door safety best practice ahead of new regulation
Seven in ten (70%)1 social housing tenants lack confidence in the fire safety of their home and two thirds (68%) do not feel the Government has...
High-expansion foam system protects commercial tyre facility
With more than 1,500 outlets, Vianor is the largest chain of tyre stores in the Nordic countries, offering a full range of vehicle maintenance and...
Landlords and facilities managers must create culture of fire-safety reporting, asserts bureau veritas
New research released this week by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF), as part of its annual Fire Door Safety Week, found that a third (32%) of the...
New Non-Fluorinated THUNDERSTORM WNF33A Foam Concentrate from Johnson Controls advances fire protection for flammable liquid storage tanks
Johnson Controls, the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has announced the launch of THUNDERSTORM WNF33A 3%x3% Non-Fluorinated Foam Concentrate, the newest addition...