The prevalence of fire-related incidents in Australian mines means it is high time we take…
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Lessons from Black Summer: how people experienced the 2019/20 NSW fire season
More than 1,200 people shared their experiences of the worst fire season in New South…
Flame detector selection: Part 2 – detection technologies
Part One of our flame detection guide provided some pointers for the selection of flame…
Use of foam for firefighting in tank farms of the oil and petrochemical industry – Part 2
Part One of this article described the typical incident scenarios at tank farm fires and…
Selecting and using a thermal imaging camera for wildfire – Part 2
A thermal imaging camera (TIC) like any other item of firefighting equipment has limitations. This…
MSA Bristol to the rescue
This feature looks at the changing role of firefighters and how fire and rescue services…
Standards to support fire safety
I stepped into the Engagement Manager role in April. I’m excited to be working with…
Testing times and the shift to product certification
The Fire Australia Conference and Tradeshow was held recently in Sydney. It was great to…
Recommendations to reduce fire fatalities
From the previous phase of this work a number of recommendations were made to reduce…
Uncovering the cause: Fire Forensics investigates Australian house fires
Our team at Fire Forensics are leading experts in fire and explosion investigation in Australia…
Bushfire-fighting future state – how do we get to artificial intelligence, data and cloud?
In 1955, General Electric invented GERT. GERT was a computer and at the time the…
Illuminating the scene
One of the easiest tasks to overlook at emergency incidents is providing adequate scene lighting.…
Fire safety engineering approaches to bushfire evacuation
Since the Black Saturday fires in Victoria, Australian emergency officials have emphasised evacuation planning and…
What you need to know about automatic fire sprinkler systems
In the event of a fire in a building, active fire suppression systems can have…
Firefighting PPE in the mining industry
Paul Gibson, International Sales Manager for MSA Bristol, a global leader of cutting-edge firefighter protection,…
Factors to consider before any C8 firefighting foam transition
Most foam users recognise the need for transitioning away from legacy firefighting foams that break…
Gas suppression control for critical and high-risk sites: what to consider
Advanced’s Regional Sales Manager for South East Asia, Tin Le Than, discusses some of the…
Flame detector selection: Part 1 – detection technologies
This is the first of a two-part article where we provide pointers for flame detector…
Training during and after the pandemic: what some feel may be the new norm
As we started 2020, the pandemic was just getting a grip on the world and…
Transformation of the Civil Defence Academy to meet the challenges of tomorrow
As our operating environment continues to evolve, firefighting, rescue and pre-hospital emergency care have become…
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…
Cutting-edge design puts fires out faster
You could say that flying was in Jason Schellaars blood from a very early age.…