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SYFRS Raises Smoke Alarm Plea As ‘Cost Of Living’ Fires Begin To Surface

Firefighters across South Yorkshire are urging people to ‘save safely’ winter and, importantly, ensure they have working carbon monoxide and smoke alarms in their homes. The plea comes following recent incidents across the county where residents have burned inappropriate and potentially toxic materials to warm their homes, as opposed to using their usual method of heating. carbon monoxide poisoning One recent case saw an occupant overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning as a result o...

Carrier Launches AirSense Modulaser Aspirating Smoke Detector With Standalone Or Networked Options

AirSense ModuLaser is a scalable aspirating smoke detection solution, featuring a flexible modular design, easy installation, and configuration, with standalone or networked options featuring backwards compatibility. It is CPR approved to EN54-20, with LPCB marking. The V1.4 firmware release brings a whole range of new features to the AirSense ModuLaser product range, while being backwards compatible to products already installed in the field. It provides an extremely effective solution in appl...

Carrier Launches All New CPD Learning And Mentoring Program

Carrier is pleased to announce that they have launched a revised and refreshed program for Continuing Professional Development, or CPD. As a part of the company ethos and commitment to sharing knowledge, Carrier has developed a number of engaging seminar modules that can be delivered remotely or in person at the offices or premises. These modules have been certified for content and accredited by the Fire Industry Association (FIA) and will be delivered by experts to impart and share in...

Purchase A Teledyne FLIR K2 Thermal Imaging Camera And Receive A Dual Retractable Lanyard Kit For Free

The FLIR K2 is a rugged, reliable, and highly affordable thermal imaging camera designed specifically for firefighters to help them find their way in the thickest smoke and make the right decisions quickly when every second counts. Show the firefighting team the right way, identify the most appropriate fire-fighting method, or locate people in need of help in time, even under the most difficult conditions. Dual retractable lanyard kit With any purchase of a K2, Teledyne FLIR is offering a fre...

Carrier Launches All New Continuing Professional Development Or CPD Learning And Mentoring Program

Carrier is pleased to announce that they have launched a revised and refreshed program for Continuing Professional Development, or CPD. As part of the company ethos and commitment to sharing knowledge, they have developed a number of engaging seminar modules, which can be delivered remotely, or in person, at offices or premises. Continuing Professional Development/CPD modules These modules have been certified for content and accredited by the Fire Industry Association (FIA) These modules hav...

Allegion Talks About Fire Door Failure: Spotting The Faults

Purpose built to compartmentalize fire and smoke, fire doors are recognized as a critical element of passive fire protection and exist in practically every building where we work, sleep, and live. Such is their importance; they are acknowledged by several professional bodies and are a legal requirement in non-domestic premises and houses in multiple occupations (HMOs). Day to day we use them without a thought, yet fire doors consist of much more than a simple piece of furniture. A fire door is...

Advanced Offers Fire Safety Guidance At London Build Expo, Ahead Of Building Regulations Deadline

Advanced, a pioneer in intelligent fire, evacuation, and emergency lighting systems, will be exhibiting on stand E64 at London Build Expo, in London, United Kingdom. Here the company will be offering visitors guidance on how Advanced’s systems fit into the recent amendments to Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations, which come into effect on 1 December 2022. As well as sharing knowledge with visitors, the company will also be showcasing its latest evacuation alert and fire safet...

New Nittan Loop Powered Beam Detector Combines Reliability With Rapid Commissioning & Maintenance

Nittan Europe, a manufacturer of conventional and addressable fire detection products, has launched an enhanced version of its EV-Firebeam Xtra loop-powered beam detector: the EV-Firebeam Xtra SCI. EV-Firebeam Xtra SCI featuresjhu The EV-Firebeam Xtra SCI features a short Circuit Isolator in addition to the benefits of the previous model such as advanced linear stepper motors which enables the beam to align itself to the center of the reflector when commissioning and automatically re-align its...

FPA Highlights That The Owners Of A Care Home Have Been Fined £60,000 For Breaching Fire Safety Regulations

The owners of a care home have been fined £60,000 for breaching fire safety regulations after a 90-year-old resident accidentally set fire to himself while smoking. Ashberry Healthcare Ltd, the former owner of Heathercroft Care Home in Woolston, was charged with failing to comply with the Fire Safety (Regulatory Reform) Order 2005 at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on 11 October 2022. Outside smoking shelter It follows a tragic incident that occurred in May 2018, when resident Henry...

Hotel Owner Fined £50,000 For Breaches Of Fire Safety Regulations

A hotel owner has been fined £50,000 for continuing to allow guests to check in to his East London hotel despite being issued with a prohibition notice for serious fire safety failings. deficiency in fire safety When inspectors from the London Fire Brigade (LFB) first visited The Bank Hotel in Barking in May 2018, they saw numerous examples of deficiencies in fire safety regulations that were enough to warrant a prohibition notice. Some of these included a lack of fire doors, no smoke de...

Kidde Unveils ‘Cause For Alarm™’ Campaign Mural Created By Renowned New York City Artist - Cey Adams

Globally renowned Artist - Cey Adams has created a powerful mural that is on display in the Bronx, in New York City, USA, through October 31, 2022. The basis for the art piece was the unimaginable statistic that fatal residential fires disproportionately affect black communities. The mural’s intention is to spread awareness, prompt conversation and ultimately, inspire change in a community that has been impacted by fire safety inequity first-hand. It is infused with story, meaning and pur...

New Video Series From The Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI) Highlights The Dangers Of Smoke, Speed Of Home Fire Spread

For Fire Prevention Month this October 2022, the Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI), part of the non-profit safety science organization - UL Research Institutes, has released new videos combining more than 10 years of data with custom 3D modeling and real-world footage from the organization’s full-scale fire experiments. The first video in the series shows how a home fire grows and spreads, underscores the dangers of smoke, and encourages everyone to have and practice a fire escape pla...

Steve Pinkston Promoted To RMEP Plant Manager at Cummins; John Judd To Lead North America

Cummins Inc. announced that, effective November 2, Steve Pinkston is being named the Rocky Mount Engine Plant (RMEP) Plant Manager. Pinkston will replace John Judd, who, also effective November 2, is being named the North America Operations Leader for Cummins-Meritor. Pinkston will be the 13th plant manager since the plant opened in Whitakers, North Carolina in 1981. The midrange diesel and natural gas engine plant has manufactured nearly 5 million engines and produces engines for more than 500...

New National EMS Education Standards Published, Reports USFA

The National EMS Education Standards (the Standards) PDF have been updated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The Standards are a core element of a nationwide integrated system approach to developing emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians who are competent in the appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for their licensure level. They define the competencies, clinical behaviors, and judgments required of EMS personnel to perform their roles. 1996 EMS Agend...

Cummins India Launches "redefine 2022", Its Flagship B-school Case Study Competition

Cummins India announces the launch of ‘REDEFINE’, a national level B-school case study competition for students from 12 partner business schools in India. This competition presents the students with a business problem based on real-life challenges faced by organizations and invites them to showcase their strategic, innovative, and analytical abilities. Comprising multiple rounds, the competition will be launched on October 21 and will culminate with a two-day grand finale event to b...

USFA Reports The New Interactive, Web-Based IPAWS Toolkit Release

A new version of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Program Planning Toolkit has been designed to aid alerting authorities and alert originators at federal, state, local, tribal and territorial levels in developing an alerting program plan using best practices. The new interactive, web-based toolkit walks the user through an alerting plan template in 5 steps, resulting in a downloadable, formatted draft of a comprehensive alerting plan tailored to their agency's operational...

Teledyne Gas And Flame Detection To Showcase Reliable And Performant Gas Detection Solutions At Adipec 2022

One of the largest events of its kind, ADIPEC 2022 (31 October – 3 November, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) will host more than 150,000 energy professionals and visitors worldwide. With over 140,000 gross square meters of exhibition space across sixteen halls, there will be plenty to see, especially for any companies seeking reliable, high-quality, proven gas detection and monitoring technologies. gas detection From Booth 9413 in Hall 9, Teledyne Gas & Flame Detection will shine t...

Mallard Enterprises Ordered To Pay Fine For Not Complying With A Prohibition Notice Issued By Suffolk Fire And Rescue Service

Mallard Enterprises Ltd was ordered to pay £120,000 after risking lives by failing to comply with a Prohibition Notice issued by Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service. The company owns and manages Worlingham Hall, a popular Grade I listed wedding and events venue, which is also used for holiday lets. As such, it is subject to fire regulations, but admitted to three recorded breaches of notices issued by Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) in 2021. Fire safety offenses This included the bla...

Shutdowns And Turnarounds: Four Key Considerations For Organization

Kevin Meyers, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Blackline Safety, had a big ask cross his desk: a large hardware and services renewal, valued at over $3 million, with a major energy, utility, transportation, and infrastructure provider in Canada. The purchase order called for almost 900 G7-connected wearable gas detectors, each with a multi-gas cartridge, to be shipped within the month. In an economic and manufacturing environment beset by a shortage of critical parts (talk to anyone who&rsq...

Kidde Launches ‘Cause For Alarm’ Campaign, Sounding The Alarm On Fire Safety Inequity

A trusted company in fire safety for more than 100 years, Kidde has announced its new campaign, Cause For Alarm, a fire safety awareness initiative addressing gaps in education and access to fire safety measures. The campaign launched in the Bronx, New York, with the unveiling of a thought-provoking mural by renowned New York City-based visual artist, Cey Adams. Kidde is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold cha...

Safe-T Fire: Holiday Fire Safety Tips For Christmas Trees

Users love the holiday season because it allows them to spend extra time with friends and family while enjoying traditions like Christmas trees, outdoor lighting displays, and special recipes. However, with the holiday season also comes busyness, which can lead us to forget holiday fire safety measures. Let’s review some holiday fire safety tips for decorations, festivities, and common household items to ensure a safe and merry holiday season.  Decorations Christmas Trees Selectin...

Robina Hospital Crisis Stabilisation Unit (QLD) managed by Galvin Engineering

Queensland has its first Crisis Stabilization Unit at Robina Hospital. Gold Coast Health is one of the first health services in Australia to introduce this new model of care. The main reason for the new unit was to divert patients in acute mental health crises away from emergency departments and into a comfortable, therapeutic, and home-like environment to ease their crisis. Designed by clinicians and people with lived experience, the unit provides a less clinical, more home-like and therapeuti...

Hochiki Europe Comments On The New Research Report Which Shows 90% Of False Alarms Are Down To Faulty Apparatus

According to the latest Home Office report, released recently, false alarms make up 98% of automatic fire alarm confirmed incidents in 2020/21; 90% of this figure is due to faulty apparatus. The research from the Home Office, which was collated from Fire and Rescue services across the country from the last financial year, shows that just 2% of the incidents from automatic fire alarms were a result of an actual fire. Life safety product Most of the false alarms could easily be avoided with pro...

Fire Prevention Tips From Victoria Fire Department & NFPA Campaign

It’s the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week and the Victoria Fire Department is again partnering with the National Fire Protection Association to promote the public safety campaign - 'Fire won’t wait. Plan the escape™.' The campaign runs October 9 - 15 to raise awareness on how to plan to keep users and their families safe in the event of a fire. Tips for a safe household safe Follow these tips to prepare the household to be safe: Install smoke alarms in sleeping a...

Reckless School Pupils Put Lives At Risk As School Fire Alarms Are Malicious Activated - Vimpex Brings Solutions

A recent spate of maliciously activated hoax fire alarms in a number of high schools and colleges has lead Council chiefs, the Police, and the Fire and Rescue Service to condemn the reckless behavior and warn that the unnecessary emergency callouts could stop genuine emergencies being attended and even result in a “needless tragedy”. One school was evacuated seven times in the first 12 days of the new term due to hoax fire alarms, with fire crews attending one school on seven separa...

Ajax Systems Launches FireProtect 2, A New Lineup Of Fire Security Detectors

Ajax Systems announces the new FireProtect 2 lineup and unveils the first release that includes seven models of fire detectors. The re-engineered detectors feature a patented smoke chamber that is ultimately dustproof and impenetrable for insects, thermistors that ensure rapid detection of temperature spikes, long-lasting battery life, and many accompanying hardware and software improvements. FireProtect Applications "Due to the wide application of the FireProtect detectors, we gathered valua...

Euralarm Announces Live Webinar On Integrated Fire Protection Solutions For Lithium-Ion Batteries

The Guidance Document on Integrated fire protection solutions for lithium-ion batteries is the topic of a webinar that will be organized on Thursday, 20th October 2022, starting at 15:00 CET. The Euralarm guideline on Integrated fire protection solutions for lithium-ion batteries was published earlier provides information on the issues related to the use of lithium-ion batteries, how fires start in batteries and on how they may be detected, controlled, suppressed and extinguished. It also provi...

Law Changes To Carbon Monoxide Alarm Provision

Many landlords across South Yorkshire are required to fit carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in their properties, following a change in the law. As of Saturday 1 October 2022, The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 require CO alarms to be installed in all rented accommodation and newly built properties where there is a fixed combustion appliance. This excludes gas cookers. New or replaced alarms Both private and social sector landlords will be required to provide the alarms...

Detectortesters Discusses The Ways Scorpion Helps Protect The University Of Southampton

Universities are one of the most popular sites for Scorpion installs. Detectortesters recently caught up with the team responsible for fire system maintenance at the University of Southampton to see how they use Scorpion to help protect some of their facilities. The most recent installations of Scorpion at the University have been installed in lift shafts, these all have smoke detectors installed at the top of the shaft – which in order to be tested require a lift engineer on site and the...

Understanding Fire Risks Of Lithium-Ion Batteries In Multi-Tenant Settings

A recent report from the London Fire Brigade once again highlights potential risks of lithium-ion batteries being charged using incorrect and unofficial chargers following a fire at a house converted into flats at Streatham Hill, in September 2022. damages due to fire A communal area on the ground floor of the building was destroyed by fire. Most of the first-floor communal area was also damaged by the blaze. Firefighters used a short extension ladder to assist a woman from a flat roof to gro...

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