You may have heard of the old James Bond movie entitled, From Russia with Love?…
Issue 64 – December 2019
Streamlight – A history of performance
Streamlight® Inc. are a leading provider of high-performance lighting devices offering a range of high-quality…
FireDos – Stands out as a specialist for monitors and proportioners for firefighting
The Germany-based company FireDos has become an established specialist in the field of designing and…
25 Years of the AT – Rosenbauer’s most successful vehicle family
AT – the acronym stands for Advanced Technology and a success story spanning three generations.…
Protection by design
Bristol Uniforms has been at the forefront of firefighter PPE design for more than 60…
Search and Rescue dog Diesel wins ‘Animal of the Year’ award
SFRS Search and Rescue dog Diesel has been awarded ‘Animal of the Year’ at a…
How precision imaging systems are improving efficiency
Every year, thousands of first responders are deployed to fires all over the world with…
RuggON – Next-generation SOL PA501
RuggON Corporation, a leader in the design and manufacture of rugged computers, is proud to…
Investigating the technical rescue variations between the UK and US
Between 2017 and 2018 I was fortunate to be awarded the Winston Churchill Fellowship allowing…
Firetreks – The journey so far
Five months into my journey and I have explored three wonderfully unique countries in South…
A new approach to extinguishing fires on combustible-liquid storage tanks
One of the trickiest challenges a fire fighter will ever face is a full-surface blaze…
Is it time for a global approach to vehicle extrication?
Since the arrival of social media and the almost instantaneous exchange of thoughts, values and…
Battery safety
Love them or hate them, batteries are an integral part of modern living. However, recent…
SAR in action: Deep cave rescue
A caver, who has suffered multiple injuries after a fall, is trapped approximately 300 metres…
Scania – The UK’s first Scania L-series fire appliance goes to Humberside
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service has become the first UK fire and rescue authority to…
Disasters in the developed world
Spending much of the last 30 years involved directly or indirectly in the rescue-equipment business…
Communicating in a crisis
Best practice communications are essential to major incident management. This article from Tony Gray, Chief…
Crisis management: create meaning to stop the chaos
Navigating a multi-stakeholders environment Crisis management requires intellectual agility. A crisis often involves experts and…