The Tall Building Fire Safety Conference, which typically runs alongside FIREX International at ExCeL London, is moving online. The Tall Building Fire Safety Network, in partnership with Informa Markets, has developed a unique opportunity to learn about key issues and trends from high-level international speakers...
Water is the most basic firefighting media. Abundant availability, high latent heat of vaporization & ability to displace the oxygen (one of the parameters of fire triangle) make a water-based fire protection system most popular. Water spray systems use small specifically designed nozzles to discharge water...
FlamePro, a British specialist manufacturer of life-saving garments for firefighters, has developed a new flame-retardant (FR), anti-viral, reusable face mask, designed to offer some protection against both COVID-19 as well as injuries caused by fire. The new washable face mask is manufactured from three layers of...
Leveraging the synergies created by the convergence of electrification, automation and digitalisation, can create significant cost savings for oil and gas companies when making both operational and capital investment decisions, according to Dr Peter Terwiesch, President of Industrial Automation at ABB, a Swiss-Swedish multinational company,...
Known around the world for its fire pumps, Armstrong Fluid Technology has long been committed to reducing the environmental impact of its operations through company-wide initiatives including efforts to reduce fuel use, energy consumption, water use and waste to landfill. Now the company has signed...
In a bid to prevent a recurrence of last years forest fires that destroyed over 1.6 million hectares of land, the Indonesian government announced that it would deploy 'artificial rain' ahead of this year's peak drought season. The country's Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya said...
Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) has introduced a range of incentives to support its customers and new companies to resume their activities in the post - COVD-19 environment. As part of its support towards its customers and new companies Jafza now offers on -demand warehouse on...
A Dubai Duty Free warehouse in the Umm Ramool area was badly damaged when a fire broke out yesterday (10th August 2020). Dubai Firefighters were alerted to the fire at 2pm on the 10th of August 2020. They managed to get the blaze under control within...
On the 4th of August 2020 a fire broke out in the Tehran, Iran's capital. The flames ripped through three warehouses in Jajrud, around 25 kilometres outside of the capital at around 7am. The fire affected warehouses used to store manufacturing goods, including wood and leather. No casualties...
Bristol Uniforms’ new stock styles for structural PPE are proving popular with fire and rescue services around the world, with orders received from Malaysia to Germany to Saudi Arabia, and many customers already putting their new kit through its paces. Launched at the end of last year, the...
Fire Middle East Magazine learns that the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has released a suite of new Advisory Notes. The notes are in relation to the fire protection of structural steel, as well as the compatibility between Pipes and Acoustic or Firestopping Seals. ...
Firefighters from civil defence stations in Dubai, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain joined the Ajman force in battling the blaze. A massive fire that broke out in a fruits and vegetables market in an Ajman souq on Wednesday evening has been extinguished. Major General Sheikh Sultan bin...
Security by Design: Cybersecurity & New tech; Mega Events Security; Crisis Management & Health Security – Post Covid-19 feedbacks; Firefighting: Emergency & Security System Milipol Qatar 2020 has put together a three-day seminar program which will allow experts to outline their strategies for a safer post-COVID 19. The program...
In a time of crisis, Everlux launched a special catalogue: a range of safety signage that aims to manage behaviour in the prevention and reduction of exposure to COVID19 risk. The use of the Everlux COVID-19 RISK signage will help employers, workers and the general public...
Fire Middle East Magazine learns from the British Approvals Service for Cables that the cost of cable is an important aspect to be considered when planning commercial or industrial projects. Knowing the factors that impact the cost of cable is critical as it allows you...
TLX Technologies has designed several kinds of supervised latching solenoid actuators for the fire suppression system, one of the most recent ones being the supervised actuator for hazardous locations. While this actuator activates similarly to their other actuators, this solenoid has been designed with special...
Speedcast provides a variety of mission-critical disaster preparedness and recovery solutions for governments, enterprises, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The company understands that in a crisis, the better prepared the team, the better the chance of success at saving more people and business data than those...
More than a dozen sailors and several civilians have been hospitalised following an explosion on a Navy ship in San Diego on the west coast of the USA. A fire broke out aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard sometime around 0830 0n 1112th July, said officials with...
New dates have now been announced for Intersec Saudi Arabia, the largest trade fair for security, safety and fire protection. The event is now scheduled to take place on 15-17 March 2021 in Riyadh Saudi Arabi. The event, after considerable discussion has been postponed due to...
Elkhart Brass have produced a HydroBlast Remote Control Monitor System for fire protection and cleaning needs. The product is suitable for fire protection applications, construction equipment and dust mitigation. The HydroBlast Remote Control Monitor is seen to be extremely reliable/ efficient and can be suited to...
About 5 years ago Rosenbauer started to develop the first hybrid fire engine. Rosenbauer is now on to the testing phase of the compete vehicle. Due to the vehicle being a technical prototype the name needed to change from a Concept Fire Truck (CFT) to...
Inim’s range of fire panels is now compatible with the Alarm Signalling of CSL. The Italian’s manufacturers range to work with the new DualCom Pro Range as well as WebWay products. Graham Bolton, CSL’s International Director, commented: “We are delighted to announce CSL’s integration with Inim,...
The reference legislation for the Fire Detection and Alarm Systems sector steers designers ever more towards alarm signalling systems that are capable of warning building occupants in a targeted and detailed way, with greater attention paid to the correct distribution of alarm sounders, the appropriate...
Misuse of manual call points or pull stations is a very significant factor in false or nuisance fire alarms. During 2015/2016, the Fire and Rescue Service attended 214,100 fire false alarms in England, which represents 40% of their total attendances during the year. In fact, from 1st January 2019 the London Fire Brigade (LFB)...
As of May 2020, all buildings above 11m will now require sprinklers. The Approved Document B set out by the Government has reduced the level from 30m to 11m in order to improve health and safety within high-rise buildings. The change has come after pauses...
In addition to the published 3rd edition of the BRANDSCHUTZ pocket in February 2017 the English-language edition FIRE PROTECTION pocket ’Summary of fire protection coatings’ was published and is available as a free PDF-download. > FIRE PROTECTION pocket [PDF] or as a printed brochure in postcard size. We...
In May 2018, Rudolf Hensel GmbH, as the world’s first manufacturer of reactive steel fire protection coating systems, exceeded the American market requirement of up to 4 hours by an additional 90 minutes according to the UL263 standard. The April 2018 test aimed at extending...
As the Abbco Tower building in the UAE engulfed in flames, residents were lucky to escape. The alarm was said to be raised at 17.00GMT on the 5th of May 2020. It took less than 3 hours to get the fire under control. Once all...
Compressed Air Foam manufacturer Intelagard, will give away up to $75,000 in decontamination equipment to first responders to aid in the CAUSE of rebuilding our global economy. Intelagard is giving away up to $75,000 in fire suppression and decontamination equipment to first responders. Dennis Smagac, President...
Iran’s media reported that while out on a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman, a missile was fired and hit a support vessel. 19 Iranians were killed and 15 wounded as a result of this. The friendly fire incident happened on Sunday, 790 miles...
In March 2016 AUDAX-Keck GmbH merged with Rudolf Hensel GmbH. The aim of the merger was to use the current synergies to the benefit of our customers, this means that you have access to RENITHERM® and HENSOTHERM® / HENSOMASTIK® fire protection systems and will therefore...
Firefighters struggled more than two days to extinguish a forest fire that broke out in the 2,600 square kilometre exclusion zone that was established at Chernobyl in Belarus after the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster. There were no reports of injuries among the 200 people who...
A fire which started in a 15-acre rental car storage area at Southwest Florida in America damaged an estimated 3,500 vehicles and needed 80 drops of water from the local fire aviation unit to extinguish. Initial report suggested the blaze was caused by a car being...
Eighteen firefighters and a farm worker acting as their guide died while battling a 1000 hectare forest fire in China's Sichuan province, A year to the week after 30 firefighters died battling a blaze in the same area, the latest victims were reported to have been...
The UK’s national fire safety organisation, the Fire Protection Association is offering businesses its wealth of knowledge and advice. Of particular relevance to the coronavirus crisis is “Unauthorised occupation of non-residential premises” – a guide to managing the risk, which is available as a free...
A must-have in green building design, solar chimneys can slash energy costs up to 50%. Now research reveals they could also help save lives in a building fire. In a world-first, researchers designed a solar chimney optimised for both energy saving and fire safety, as part...
The Italian company EmiControls has been working on innovative fire protection solutions worldwide since 2011. With the FT10e water mist turbine, EmiControls has launched a product that gives companies more safety in the fight against fires. This is a brief Case Study of an FT10e...
The LA Port Police Boat is one of a new breed of CBRN detection patrol boats. A very fine bow entry is the critical design feature of all the Interceptor model line. Its high-speed rough water performance allows the operators to go offshore to inspect...
Manufacturer has supplied over 3.5 million metres of fabric for healthcare uniforms North West based workwear fabric manufacturer Carrington Textiles, has increased capacity at its main processing facility in the UK to supply the domestic and international healthcare sector with the fabrics urgently needed for PPE...
Upgraded solution drives safer, more profitable oil storage terminal operations through automation Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 23, 2020 -- Honeywell today announced new capabilities that further improve integration and security, and enable compliant, reliable and accurate tank inventory operations for oil storage terminal operations. Built on...
Nestled in the glorious countryside of Southern Ireland sits the Curragh Race Course. Initially founded in the coffee rooms of Kildare, the Irish Turf Club was quickly established as the governing body for horse racing throughout Ireland. The first recorded race on the plain took...
Intersec Saudi Arabia will be postponed until September, according show organisers Messe Frankfurt. The decision has been made due to growing concerns and travel restrictions brought about by the continuing spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) The show, which was due to open at the RICEC Riyadh...
Play on the third day of the qualifiers for the high profile Australian Open tennis tournament was completely cancelled because of the ‘unhealthy’ quality of the ‘smoke filled’ air caused by the country’s ongoing bushfire crisis. The danger to players had been highlighted 24 hours earlier...
A battery operated mobile phone bank has been blamed for starting a fire in the cabin of a Virgin Atlantic flight that was forced to make an emergency landing at Boston airport in America. Despite smoke filling the jet’s cabin all 217 passengers were safely evacuated...
A fire that raged quickly through a barn at a poultry farm in the American state of Michigan killed around 300,000 hens before firefighters could control it. About 50 people who worked in the cage-free barn were evacuated safely and the fire was prevented from spreading...
Dubai police seized more than 25,000 fake fire prevention products during two raids carried out on warehouses in the Raz Al Khor Industrial area The raids were part of a wider police department exercise to cut down counterfeiting and forgery groups that saw a wide ranger...
Firefighters at Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh airport were praised for their speedy reaction when a plane belonging to Ukraine’s SkyUp airline developed a fire as it was landing. The flames were from a tyre on which hydraulic oil had been leaked but they were extinguished before...