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In safe hands
Regulations and standards keep firefighters safe and provide reassurance that Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is…
The resilience to rebuild
The year started for many Australians in an unimaginable and devastating way; the bushfire crisis…
Trusting reliable rugged solutions in times of emergency
The fire-services industry has recently evolved with the emergence of new technologies such as software…
National support to sustain local effort
Sitting in NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Headquarters and observing a vast operations centre with…
The causes of fire fatalities and serious fire injuries in Scotland
Fire fatalities in Great Britain have gradually been decreasing over the last three decades but…
Flame detection through the use of 3D mapping to aircraft hangars
In this first of a two-part article, William Pittman, PhD discusses the challenges posed by…
Spot fires – a dynamic interaction
New research is developing the first two-dimensional fire-simulation model that can operate in faster than…
The birth of the multifunctional first-response fire truck
In the past, the main task of firefighting was to extinguish fires and rescue people.…
New SA routine service registration confirms FPA Australia proposal
The South Australian Government announced changes in June 2019 to the restricted classes of plumbing…
Emergency planning for vulnerable persons with a disability
The raised awareness in Australia with buildings that have combustible cladding is the result of…
Fire hazard properties of internal wall and ceiling linings
Fire properties of building products are regulated to minimize rapid fire spread and smoke growth…
Understanding preventable residential fire fatalities
More than one residential fire-related death occurs every week in Australia – deaths that are…
Chemicals in Air and Dust at Australian Fire Stations
Recently there has been an exponential increase in the number of studies focused on chemical…
Predicting fire thunderstorms
Fire thunderstorms are thunderstorms that develop in bushfire plumes. Their formation has much in common…
Humanihut delivers an innovative emergency accommodation solution
When there is a requirement for a rapidly deployable accommodation solution that provides comfort, scalability…
To build or not to build? That is the question after a flood
Many will remember the computer game SimCity, an opportunity to build fictitious cities, with the…
The new addressing system helping UK emergency services
Emergencies can happen anywhere, from a wildfire in a park to an incident outside one…
Airport emergency exercises – lessons learnt
Conducting an ineffective airport emergency exercise constitutes a lost opportunity and entails extensive cost, in…
A tool to understand large buildings in an emergency
For years, we’ve worked one-on-one with clients to help them gain building compliance and ensure…
Tracking the wildfire arsonist…bloodhounds hot on the trail
Travelling to the state of West Virginia in May 2019, Richard Woods conducted a one-week…
Cancer – The current epidemic in the fire service
More firefighters have been diagnosed with cancer in the last two years, then in the…
