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Community Fire Safety
This article discusses common mistakes made by our communities and what can be done to…
Carbon Monoxide detection in parking garages
Nowadays parking garages have become widespread with increase of the population and vehicle usage. Parking…
Surviving the unknown – safety through disaster
Disaster. Crisis. Disease. Horror. While the multitude of humans avoid these like a plague, pun…
In safe hands
Regulations and standards keep firefighters safe and provide reassurance that Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is…
Researchers received a $1.5 million grant from FEMA to study firefighter occupational exposures to “PFAS chemicals”
Researchers are investigating current exposures to PFAS chemicals, including from aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) and…
Using geographic information systems (GIS) and analytics in the fire service
Some of the most important tools for fighting fires include advanced protective gear and state-of-the-art…
Operational concerns involving Electric and Hybrid Vehicles at vehicle related incidents – Part 1
One of the largest concerns today dealing with vehicle related incidents revolves around the electrification…
Use of foam for firefighting in tank farms of the oil and petrochemical industry – Part 1
Tank farm fires in the oil and petrochemical industry do not occur often. When they…
The Fire Safety Bill 2020: Will it deliver safer blocks of flats?
The Fire Safety Bill 2020 is the result of the Government’s promise of “implementing and…
The response community is feeling the effects of COVID-19 now and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future
At the very end of December 2019, the World Health Organization office in China received…
Risk-based dimensioning of industrial fire services in the Netherlands
Industrial firefighting is a highly specialised area of incident response and differs in many ways…
Flammable liquids held in a depot, warehouse, production plant or within the supply chain
When a team from the Fire and Rescue Service are called to an incident at…
Back to basics – The importance of the point man during ground emergencies
Say what you want about ARFF operations but for the majority of my career I…
More safety against fire – EmiControls presents an innovative way of fire protection with water mist turbine
The Italian company EmiControls has been working on innovative fire protection solutions worldwide since 2011.…
Space weather: The modern natural hazard
Since the dawn of the ‘Space Age’ in the late 1950s, we have become increasingly…
Workplace safety, performance and back health
In the emergency services, safety and performance must be top-level. Many factors play a role…
Who does the fire and rescue service call when they need help?
Your Service has come under the spotlight because of a major incident. The government is…
Focus on Bahrain Civil Defence
Des Tidbury QFSM, Advisor to Civil Defence, Bahrain Ministry of the Interior. illed with excitement…
Thermal imaging – understanding high and low sensitivity
This short article is an attempt to clarify a few misconceptions in regard to fire-service…
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