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As an account manager or asset manager, they're under pressure to lower the businesses' bottom line. Well, I have great news for users. Fire servicing is normally overlooked in pricing, the fire guys only show up every six months to test a few of the company's assets like fire extinguishers, exit and emergency lights, electrical test and tag/ RCDS. However, a large saving can be made in not only dropping site fees but also the repairs. Fire companies normally make their money on repairs and sel...

Fire Sector Federation provides an update on the work undertaken to reform building safety regulations. The early April announcements of the results of the Building Safety Proposals consultation linked to the two published outcomes, Response and Economic Impact BSP Response BSP Impact offer considerable insight into the government's intent to: improve the current system; advance remediation of unsafe cladding, and update Approved Document B. New building safety system More recently in an...

Fire Safety Matters Magazine has launched a new podcast for the fire safety industry. Fire Safety Matters (FSM) launched their inaugural podcast episode featuring the new BAFE campaign.    The Don’t Just Specify, Verify! campaign focuses on the important verification stage of Third Party Certification when sourcing a competent provider to help meet fire safety obligations.    Verification is extremely important, as BAFE Registration or any Third Party Certification...

People’s lives have changed dramatically during the past month. The ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is affecting the entire world and none could have ever predicted this. What started as a worrying news story from the other side of the world is now affecting every single person across the UK, Europe and beyond. People’s jobs and livelihoods have changed dramatically. For those who work for an essential service, beating COVID-19 or flattening the curve is now the top priority...

Big Bear Fire Department announces that it will suspend its popular chipping program for the 2020 season. This grant-funded program has been highly successful in helping residents create defensible space around their structures.  denied grant letters The Fire Department actively researches and applies for hazardous fuel reduction grants to keep the chipping program and the hazardous tree removal program going. The Department recently received denial letters for the three grants appl...

During the early afternoon hours of April 06, 2020, CSVFD was dispatched for fire alarm activation on Sunglow Avenue. Immediately following the initial dispatch Kenton County Emergency Communications Center (KCECC) notified Chief 525 (Chief Wendt) that the alarm company had made contact with the homeowner and there was an active fire in the kitchen. At that time Chief 525 asked for the structure fire compliment. On arrival, units found a small kitchen fire, and the residents were reporting a t...

Firefighters across South Yorkshire are asking people to pledge not to have a garden fire during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This latest plea comes as South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue saw a huge spike in garden fires during the last week in March, a 161 percent increase compared to a normal week. Impact of air pollution The service has also been contacted by several residents who have found it hard to physically leave their homes to exercise, due to the smoke coming from local garden fire...

ImageTrend, Inc. announces a special study supplemental question has been added in Elite™ to be included in the National Fire Incident Reporting System’s (NFIRS) national-level special study. The U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Data Center (NFDC) is implementing a special study to assist fire departments in recording responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a consistent manner. The study question will determine if COVID-19 impacted fire department calls by having...

A delivery of personal protective equipment which arrived in South Yorkshire yesterday, is now on its way to social care teams across the county. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of kit including aprons, gloves, and masks were delivered to South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue’s training center in Sheffield, UK yesterday afternoon (Monday, 6 April).  It was there that military planners and fire and rescue service staff broke down the supplies and delivered them to the local authorities in...

Big Bear Fire Department personnel are wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) during 911 medical calls for service, as a part of their updated safety procedures, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Out of an abundance of safety, Big Bear Fire Department staff members are wearing PPE that includes, masks, eye protection, gowns, and gloves, during many patient contacts. They feel it was important to let the public know, that although their appearance might not be typically what they...

Yorkshire Ambulance Service welcomes additional COVID-19 support from fire and rescue colleagues. Firefighter colleagues from the region’s four fire and rescue services will be joining the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to provide additional support during the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The 48 volunteers (12 from each fire and rescue service – North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and Humberside) will be carrying out tasks including driving ambulances and othe...

South Yorkshire’s firefighters are calling on people across the county to use ‘common sense’ when lighting garden fires during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. increase in garden fire call-outs The plea from South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue comes as they, and other fire services nationally, have seen an increase in garden fire call-outs over the last two weeks. These incidents, they say, could potentially slow their response to a more serious incident and hamper their ability...

Big Bear Fire Department has implemented a new emergency text alert notification system that may be used to deliver time-sensitive emergency alerts to residents when there is a threat to their health and safety. This system is called “BBFD ALERTS” and these notifications will provide important information during incidents such as wildland fires, hazardous materials incidents, health emergencies, and more. These messages will include information regarding evacuations, Shelter-in-Plac...

G-TEC was invited to a BIM workshop at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences. Their colleagues Annika Hunloh and Nicolai Eich carried out the workshop together with other interesting speakers (Sirri el Jundi - JSB Architekten Stuttgart (architecture) and Hinrich Münzner - Boll und Partner Stuttgart (structural planning)) and the respective professors as participants. The aim of the workshop was to give all professors an insight into the practical implementation of the BIM planning metho...

The situation around the COVID-19 pandemic spread is increasingly influencing the daily work and life of everyone globally. The situation also affects ZIEGLER (also known as Albert Ziegler GmbH) as a vehicle manufacturer to such an extent, that the company is forced to take further safety measures. Several suppliers from different countries have already been struggling with delivery problems and bottlenecks in production, which of course has direct impact on the production process. ZIEGLER clo...

Klaxon is adjusting manufacturing operations in the UK to a four-day week, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. They will be condensing production operations into Monday to Thursday, with effect from 1 April 2020. orders in chronological order As a result, Klaxon will not be despatching goods on Fridays, or receiving deliveries from suppliers on Fridays, from Friday 3rd April until further notice. In addition, Klaxon will not be despatching goods, or receiving deliveries on Wednesday 1st Apri...

Johnson Controls announces it is partnering with Westell Technologies, Inc. to provide customers with mission-critical, in-building public safety communications for emergency responders. The partnership expands the Johnson Controls life safety product offerings to include network infrastructure and hardware that gives police, fire and EMT radio signals inside buildings for better public safety communications to help save property and lives. Network infrastructure solutions A pionnering p...

Simple to use, transport and quickly deployable; MFC International inflatable shelters are ideal for emergency and humanitarian use. MFC inflatable shelters have a wide range of use including field hospitals, command centers, crime screen preservation, or used for vehicle storage or maintenance. MFC is proud to be able to create bespoke models for almost any use and the products have been used to protect military personnel and their assets as well as worldwide humanitarian organizations, fire b...

Fire risk assessment software has the ability to make the fire risk assessment process as efficient and seamless as possible. Specially designed to help users manage and maintain various sites and the operations at those sites. Implementing some form of fire risk assessment software has the ability to transform the way they conduct their processes. And here, Total Fire Group wanted to outline the benefits of utilizing it: It allows them to cut down on paperwork.  Having everything online,...

For those who work within the fire risk management sector, they’ll probably be aware of how lengthy fire risk management projects can be. When they and their team are having to manually allocate tasks, type up notes, print and send reports to clients upon their completion, the process can seem chaotic. Not to mention navigating the way through the mountain of paperwork they find themselves with.  Fire risk management software Developed to ensure maximum assessor efficiency...

Residents across the county are being urged to stay fire safe, while they isolate themselves with their families at home, during the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.A week into the UK government’s instruction to stay at home except for essential journeys, fire crews have responded to several fires that might have been easily avoided by following some simple fire safety advice. Ahead of the pandemic reaching the predicted peak, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service wants to ensure crews a...

FIA CEO Ian Moore has just discussed the release of the below statement with Susan Revell, Standards Development Manager at BSI, and would like to share the information, help, and guidance offered by BSI, “Following the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), BSI has examined how we can support the collective efforts to mitigate the risks to organizations, caused by this global health issue." 11 standards to help guide businesses "After careful consideration, we have made available 11...

Much like other services across the country, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service’s community safety activity currently looks different from normal. This is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has impacted on its ability to deliver home safety visits, safe and well checks, school visits, and station-based events. The joint police and fire - Lifewise Centre is also closed, until further notice, and fire station community rooms are no longer being used by their partner agencies....

South Yorkshire’s firefighters will be able to deliver food and drive ambulances to support their communities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This comes following an unprecedented national agreement that has been struck by fire chiefs, national employers, and representative bodies such as the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). responding to emergency incidents Crews will also be able to retrieve dead bodies, as part of the deal, while continuing to do their core duty of responding to emer...

Bacharach announces the MGS-402 gas detection controller for refrigerant, toxic and combustible gas detection applications. The system is designed for safety compliance in mechanical rooms, cold storage facilities, walk-in freezers, and cold room applications to -40° F/C. The MGS-402 is part of the MGS-400 series gas detectors that connect through Modbus to up to two remote MGS-410 gas detectors at up to 1000ft (305m). Building management systems The MGS-402 is powered by 110-240V AC and...

The inspiring work that the experienced instructors have been doing at the Counter IED wing of the Humanitarian Peace Support School in Nairobi, Kenya has been featured by Force News. The school opened in 2016, and since then over 1600 students from 15 nations have received training in safe bomb disposal from instructors such as Tony Dedman, who has half a century of experience behind him, and Glyn Hannah, who has a 25-year career spent within Search, IEDD and Conventional Munition Disposa...

Current Group Vice President for Hempel South & East Asia, Pernille Lind Olsen, becomes new Group Vice President for Hempel Europe & Africa starting on 1 July 2020. At the same time, the current Finance Director for Hempel Middle East Jonathan Mercer will take over Pernille Lind Olsen’s position as Group Vice President for Hempel South & East Asia. Pernille Lind Olsen has been with Hempel since November 2013. Since then, she has held positions as Group Product Director, Group...

Kent Fire and Rescue Service staff are delivering hot meals to those most in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Working with Age UK, operational firefighters, and support staff have volunteered their time to help out, and have been taking food to individuals living in Sittingbourne, Faversham, Hythe, and Lyminge. Review with operational needs They are wearing appropriate protective equipment and following strict hygiene protocols to ensure they’re protecting the high-risk customers they...

On March 26th, E811B was dispatched for a working fire in company 33’s area as an additional unit to the second alarm. Upon arrival, command directed the E811B crew to the delta exposure to check for extension into neighboring apartments. E811B pulled the ceiling, opened up walls, and confirmed no spread of the fire. E811B operated for approximately 1 hour before returning to service.  

Businesses are continually facing concerning supply shortages.  Australian businesses must look out for one another and help each other successfully navigate through this period, as the situation continues to evolve day by day. Every business is facing its own set of challenges. ARA Manufacture wants to help users keep things going for the business. The Capabilities With the experienced tradespeople and rigorous and precise manufacturing equipment, the capabilities are extensive, offeri...