New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) has a new Commissioner following the resignation of…
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FRNSW is first to benefit from latest Gore-Tex technology
Firefighters at Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) are the first in Australia to…
Officials acquitted of negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster
I was watching the news on NHK TV (Japan’s public broadcaster) on 11 March 2011…
Bring your own air: a brief history of breathing apparatus
When you’re asked, ‘what’s the world’s oldest profession?’ you may be forgiven for coming up…
FLIR donate to fight Australian forest fires
The 2019/2020 Australian bushfire season, colloquially known as the Black Summer, started in June 2019…
Emergency evacuations: are you prepared?
As our buildings and the way in which we put them to use become more…
2019/20: Australia’s worst fire season on record
Australia has just been through its worst fire season with respect to areas burnt and…
Flammable cladding in China: A site study 2020
Despite recent tragedies throughout the world, some countries, even in 2020, continue to use unsafe,…
International perspectives on risk reduction
Fresh from the two-day International Symposium hosted by West Midlands Fire Service, Phil Loach shares…
The quiet hero who delivered zero
This is a story that has its roots in New England, USA but it really…
Revelation of fire rated ducts
Smoke kills more people in fire than heat, flames or structural collapse every year. Often,…
The Warren Centre Project – professionalising fire safety engineering
The recent Neo 200 apartment fire in Melbourne highlights that the existing installations of combustible…
Aerial firefighting with the Firehawk Helicopter
Last November’s wildland fires across the state of California killed dozens of residents, burned thousands…
