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It’s monsoon season and the death toll keeps rising

The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India climbed…

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Bus crashes in Pakistan, killing 33 people and injuring 40

A speeding bus carrying mostly labourers travelling home for a major Muslim holiday rammed into…

REDCON (Resilience on Emergency & Disaster Conference) Asia

7–9 December 2021United Nations Conference Center, Bangkok People-Centred Approach Towards Resilience in Disasters & Emergency…

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Grenfell grant buys life-saving smoke curtains for NFRS

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service firefighters will soon be able to use smoke curtains to…

REHAU RAUTITAN pipework. (REHAU)
High-rise fire safety prioritised with new pipework

With recent regulations mandating more fire safety precautions be put in place around building services,…

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Hochiki Europe Roundtable: How can we improve life safety in care homes?

Over the last 12 months, the country has watched Covid-19 tear through care homes and…

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Babcock partners with customers to provide high-quality, dependable servicing and maintenance of fleet and critical assets.
Issue 78 - July 2021

Babcock Australasia – An independent capability partner for critical and complex assets

Product Profile

Hose Master – Revolutionizing the maintenance of fire hoses

GORE-TEX moisture barriers are proven to deliver lifetime performance.
Issue 78 - July 2021

GORE-TEX – Why GORE-TEX products offer proven protection

The textile firefighting glove ARES is certified to AZ/NZS 2161.6-2014 and fulfils the extremely strict Australian standards.
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ESKA – Professional glovemaker invests locally

The different tips can be attached easily and on site.
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Weber Rescue Systems – Well prepared for every operation with the RIT tool

Issue 78 - July 2021

Fire Rescue Safety Australia (FRSA) – Bunzl investment leads to APAC expansion

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Drones need data being harnessed and shared to live up to their firefighting potential.
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Bushfire-fighting future state – how do we get to artificial intelligence, data and cloud?

Illuminating smoke conditions and the fireground.
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Illuminating the scene

Fire engulfed firefighters as they defended properties in Mangrove Mountain, NSW, in December 2019.
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Fire safety engineering approaches to bushfire evacuation

Sprinkler systems can limit property damage and protect life, so should always be considered as part of the fire safety systems in a building’s design.
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What you need to know about automatic fire sprinkler systems

Rio Tinto Emergency Response Team donning PPE.
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Firefighting PPE in the mining industry

Fig 1. Would you allow these firefighters near flammable hydrocarbons, if this was an F3 blanket? Without fuel-shedding or vapour-sealing additives? (Protection here was reliable, effective fluorinated foams).
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Factors to consider before any C8 firefighting foam transition

A network of 31 ExGo gas extinguishing panels protect the Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macau Bridge.
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Gas suppression control for critical and high-risk sites: what to consider

Examples of UV-IR and IR3 flame detectors.
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Flame detector selection: Part 1 – detection technologies

Prior to Covid-19, this was a typical group for apparatus training in large gatherings. Will we ever get back to this intimate level of training? That question remains…
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Training during and after the pandemic: what some feel may be the new norm

Artist’s impression of the Strength & Conditioning and Rehabilitation Virtual Environment (STRiVE).
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Transformation of the Civil Defence Academy to meet the challenges of tomorrow

Fig. 1: Tank farm fire at Deer Park, Texas, USA.
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Use of foam for firefighting in tank farms of the oil and petrochemical industry – Part 1

The Helitak FT4500 UH60/S70 Fire Tank dropping 1,100 gallons in 4.5 seconds.
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Cutting-edge design puts fires out faster

The image below left is from a 160x120 sensor with horizontal FOV of 47°; the image on the right is from a 384x288 sensor with a FOV of 57°. The difference in both the sensor resolution and the FOV is evident.
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Selecting and using a thermal imaging camera for wildfire – Part 1

End-user areas of interest for December 2019 to March 2020. The lines on the map show the areas that exposure reports were generated for, using the Australian Exposure Information Platform, covering all states and territories. Image courtesy of Australian Exposure Information Platform: aeip.ga.gov.au/
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Uncovering exposure to natural hazards

MSA Bristol’s XFlex PPE and RescueFlex jacket with Gallet F1 XF helmet.
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MSA Bristol: Expert protection from head to toe

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DECON/pak Video

The TFT NewForce DECON/pak is a self-contained agent proportioning and rinse application system developed specifically…

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Decon made easy

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OASIS

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SHO-FLOW

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Protect your fire extinguisher from theft and misuse

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FFE’s New Website

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Fire Boss LLC

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How to improve system uptime? “No mirror” optical test flame detectors

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QuadraCup Series Video

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EF1 Series Video

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