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Summer is here, and with the extra sun and warmer days comes the return of water activity. The more people on the water, the greater the need for water rescue. Is the department ready for the water rescue season? Hazards Another hidden danger is hazards such as hidden rocks or excess debris from flooding The right gear for the right job, coupled with solid training, will get the home safe. Some of the dangers in water rescue are the unseen hazards. In any standing water, there will be bacteri...

A structure fire was reported at the Golden Bear Lodge on Big Bear Boulevard in Big Bear Lake at approximately 2:02 a.m., on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Upon arrival, fire crews observed a two-story structure to be fully involved.  Amidst firefighting efforts to the first structure, crews noticed the structure next door showing heat damage and small flames. Fire suppression activity All occupants of the cabins were evacuated prior to arrival. Big Bear Fire Department units commenced fire...

On August 7, 1954, the Glen Echo Fire Department relocated to their present home on Massachusetts Avenue and Sangamore Road. The dedicated volunteers at the Glen Echo Fire Department provide tens of thousands of hours of service responding to emergency calls and training in their roles as firefighters, EMTs, medics, and trainees.  Providing these services while maintaining a 66-year-old building is a financial challenge. The Glen Echo Fire Department thanks everyone for being so gener...

Since its launch in 2018, the Apollo Test Set has helped to save time on thousands of sites by aiding Engineers in fault finding and loop management. The Research and Development Team has designed some exciting new features for the Loop Tester and the firmware update will be available on the website with a few simple clicks from 18th August. What are the new features? The two new main features of this update are: Drift Management Soft Addressing Drift Management Drift management assi...

ImageTrend, Inc. announces CrewCare™, its free mobile app for all first responders is now available in Australia and Canada. CrewCare was created in response to the growing concerns around mental health and designed to gain insight into the stressors and life factors of first responders in EMS, fire, dispatch, law enforcement, military, and most recently added, healthcare workers. CrewCare has aided in the collection of aggregated, non-identifiable data to provide awareness that may help...

“Looking forward to escaping for a summer holiday this month, but want to ensure the best COVID-19 safety precautions? Knauf Insulation has issued advice for its employees that may provide useful to anyone thinking of taking an August break. The guidelines provide practical measures that can be taken whether you are in an airport, on a flight, in a taxi or settling into a hotel room,” Eline Lhoest says. Philippe Coune, Knauf Insulation’s Group HSE Lead EMEA, said: “We wa...

According to the President of the Association for the Promotion of German Fire Protection (vfdb), Dirk Aschenbrenner, the operational conditions for fire departments and rescue services and disaster control are changing more and more rapidly.  “Innovative solutions are urgently needed in order to keep up with developments and remain efficient,” said Dirk Aschenbrenner at a virtual specialist conference. It is, therefore, important to recognize the need, develop solutions and in...

South Yorkshire’s fire service wants people to have their say on its work including how quickly it should respond to different types of emergency. SYFRS launched a consultation on how it delivers its service, with the results used to help plan its services over the next few years. people’s Views on response times Amongst the questions it wants people’s views on are the expected response times it should set for different incidents. The consultation will also ask people for t...

As Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer (COO) and a member of the company’s Executive Management Board, Katarina Lindström will play a central role in driving Hempel’s strategy. The company has the ambition to double in size in the next five years, and Katarina will lead Hempel’s strategic agenda within operational excellence, innovation and sustainability. She comments: “I’m very pleased to begin at Hempel. The company’s growth strateg...

In an effort to improve fire department training customer support and coverage, Witmer Public Safety Group, Inc., parent company of TheFireStore, and LION are partnering to distribute first responder training equipment. LION is one of the largest family-owned manufacturers of first responder personal protective equipment (PPE) in the United States. In addition to producing some of the most high-quality, cutting-edge turnout gear available, LION also offers a holistic suite of critical fire serv...

At the start of April this year, BAFE published information for SP101 Registered Companies regarding coronavirus and the multiple factors related to fire extinguisher technician requirements.  BAFE earlier this month resumed technician assessments and BS 5306 Exam invigilation (where safe to do so). SP101 Scheme Now that COVID-19 restrictions are beginning to ease, BAFE would like to announce that refresher, asbestos awareness, and health and safety training will now resume under normal...

ImageTrend, Inc. announced the release of the second annual Health of Our Emergency Responders: A CrewCare Report. This new report is comprised of anonymous aggregate first responder data collected throughout 2019 from the CrewCare Mobile App. This app currently provides insight into stress and mental well-being support to over 5,000 first responders and healthcare workers. The goal of this report is to provide insight into life stressors and associated factors related to careers, physical heal...

During the 1970s, Fike produced several reverse-acting RKB rupture discs to protect the steam turbines of a power generation facility in Canada. After decades of reliable use, the client discovered that the knife-blade technologies of yesteryear had challenges of maintaining weld integrity between the blade and holder as well as the developing of cracks in the knife blades over time. Product development team “In this customer’s case, the cost to maintain the knife blades and the t...

CIC welcomes the MHCLG’s publication of the draft Building Safety Bill, together with its associated guidance and the Home Office’s publication of the Fire Safety Consultation. Taken together, CIC believes that the new legislative framework has the potential to deliver the most fundamental improvements to building safety regulation for over 50 years. These will include: A new national regulator that will strengthen the whole regulatory system for building safety, Greater acco...

Professional competence recommendations set out in Dame Judith Hackitt’s Building a Safer Future report are set to be fulfilled by BSI with a new standards program. BSI, in its role as the UK National Standards Body, announced a new National Standards program to raise professional competence in the built environment sector. The standards aim to tackle the competence challenges identified in the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, Building a Safer Future,...

The government is determined to continue to learn the lessons from the Grenfell Tower fire, and reform building and fire safety to ensure that such a tragedy can never happen again. Government published the draft Building Safety Bill which “takes forward reforms to the (domestic) building and fire safety system.” They state the Bill will “improve building and fire safety, so that people will be, and will feel, safer in their homes.” UKAS Accredited Third-...

As part of the new agreement Holmatro will work with the IMSA Safety Team to provide vehicle extrication equipment along with training to support local crews and ensure the highest standards. “Holmatro has a long history in motorsports safety, and in fact over the years Holmatro tools have played a part in the rescue of several drivers,” said Tony Barboza, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Holmatro, Inc. Motorsports safety teams “As the biggest supplier of extrication e...

A community-driven fire officer has retired after a 30-year career of serving the people of Cambridgeshire. Station Commander Farsh Raoufi MBE leaves his role in Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service's (CFRS) prevention team where he was a community risk manager based in Peterborough. Farsh was also heavily involved in the Service's recruitment activity, always looking to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to consider a career as a firefighter. In 2019 Farsh was recognized by Her Ma...

Saab is to create a new FCAS center in the United Kingdom as a hub for participation in the FCAS (Future Combat Air Systems) program. Saab is committed to building a long-term relationship with the UK related to FCAS by investing initially 50 MGBP. The UK and Sweden signed an MoU on FCAS co-operation in July 2019. Saab is pioneering Sweden’s FCAS industrial participation in close co-operation with Sweden’s Ministry of Defense. Saab’s FCAS strategy Saab continuously plans for...

When it comes to choosing fire risk assessment software, there are a range of options available, and it’s essential that they choose the right solution for the organization. Choosing the right option, of course, requires careful consideration.  With this in mind, Total Fire Group has identified five key points for they to think about before making a decision on fire risk assessment software. Refine the requirements Make sure to dig a little deeper when choosing fire risk assessment...

Dyne Fire Protection Labs is excited to announce the growth of the laboratory services to include Total PFAS Analysis via TOF. The concerns regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continue to grow. In response, regulations continue to impose restrictions on PFAS, a group of thousands of manmade chemicals, and not just individual species of PFAS, like perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). As a result, PFAS analytical techniques that only look for a ha...

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) has invested in new equipment to help respond to incidents. As part of a unique collaboration with the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire Joint Protective Services (BCH JPS) police command, new drones are being rolled out which will assist firefighters in their response to a wide range of incidents and provide a bird’s eye view of the scene. They will be used at incidents such as search and rescue, investigative support, large-sca...

American Legion's Florida Office Selects Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department's Engineer Vincent Harper as its Statewide Firefighter of the Year. The situation On the worst night of his life, during the worst call of his 15-year career, Capt. Latorrence Norris faced a violent and bloody fight for his own survival in the rescue unit and in the district, he’s been assigned to for years. But as bad as October 8, 2019, was for Rescue 2’s Norris and his Engineer, Vince Harper, the t...

Leadership organizations from across the building control sector have come together in the ‘Future of building control working group’ to develop 11 key recommendations for the future oversight and regulation of the profession and Building Control Bodies. The group has produced proposals for regulation of the building control profession following a discussion with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Reform of the building control sector is an important...

Three HURST Jaws of Life leaders have earned promotions at HURST Jaws of Life and within IDEX Fire & Safety, a business unit of IDEX, the legendary rescue tool brand’s parent company: Bruce Johnston has been promoted to Director of Marketing, IDEX North American Fire & Safety; Mike Canon has been named Director of Rescue Sales, IDEX Fire & Safety Commercial; and Jeff Jasmin has taken the post of Acting Site Leader – HURST. The new roles build on the transition of IDEX Fi...

Firefighters across South Yorkshire are urging the county’s residents to sign up for their free smoke alarm reminder service, as part of a new campaign. They are backed by Rachael Shaw, a mum from Sheffield who had her home in Parsons Cross destroyed by fire earlier in 2020. electrical fire Rachael, her partner, and her daughter were in bed one night in April when working smoke alarms alerted them to an electrical fire in the living room below. The fire had developed quickly and thick...

Work has started this week on a brand new, energy-efficient station for firefighters in Barnsley. The existing 60-year-old, three-storey building on Broadway, Kingstone is being demolished after it had reached the end of its operational life. It’s being replaced with a new two-floor, three-bay facility on the same site. A separate multi-use facility is planned to be built on the same site, which will host the service’s award-winning Princes Trust Team Program initiative, as well as...

With a population of around 1.8 million, Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany - over five million people live in its metropolitan region. As part of the project PERLE (in German: Projekt ERneuerung LEitstellen, project renewal control room), the city of Hamburg, represented by the Ministry of the Interior and Sport, selected Frequentis to install a new harmonized communication system for both the police and fire services of the district. "With PERLE we are gaining a future and technol...

ImageTrend, Inc. announces their latest innovative offering for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies that automates patient queries within ImageTrend Elite™ using Health Information Hub™ and Carequality, giving them real-time access to critical patient information which enhances care, streamlines reporting, and improves patient hand-off to the hospital. ImageTrend offers this additional level of interoperability through an existing partnership with Kno2, an approved implementer...

The Darley catalog has arrived and with it brings the newest and most innovative products for first responders. This year has forced departments to adapt and find new ways to safely assist their communities. Darley recognizes this 'new normal', embraces change, and the catalog reflects these changing needs.   Frequenters of the catalogs will notice the new Infection Control PPE section. With COVID-19 making its way through the world, first responders need to have access to the latest...