Fire Rescue - Case Studies

KME, a subsidiary of REV Group, Inc., and a globally renowned manufacturer of fire apparatus, is pleased to announce Phoenixville (Pennsylvania) Fire Department has placed an order for a KME 100-foot Tractor-Drawn AerialCat (TDA) to serve its area. As the first TDA to service the Phoenixville borough, this specific type of truck was chosen because of the maneuverability and compartmentation. Phoenixville Fire Department worked closely with Campbell Supply, a KME dealer, to specify the truck to...

An intelligent fire alarm control panel from fire protection solutions manufacturer, Advanced, has been installed in The Steading, the home of sculptor and furniture maker, Tim Stead MBE. The Steading is an A-Listed building, located in Blainslie near Lauder in the Scottish Borders, and was both the creative center and home to the Stead family across several decades. It was purchased by the Tim Stead Trust in 2021 and a program of restoration work has included the addition of an Advanced Go ne...

Statewide Transfer Ambulance & Rescue (STAR) provides award-winning ambulance transport for emergent, non-emergent, special event, bariatric, and critical care situations. They currently employ 120 workers, the majority of whom are field personnel, and transport 20K people per year. In the last five years, STAR switched to digitized EMS charts to streamline operational processes. Since then, they have equipped ambulance vehicles with consumer-grade tablets. Using the tablets, EMTs can...

K-Mesh, a wireless fire detection system and Taktis, both award-winning products by Kentec Electronics, have been installed in five residential tower blocks in Wapping to provide residents with a sophisticated and highly reliable fire detection and alarm system.  The K-Mesh and Taktis system was installed at 21 Wapping Lane in central London by DPJ Fire and Security Ltd, a Kentec Installation Partner (KIP), after winning a competitive tender put out by property developers, Ballymore. ...

An ongoing client of Prestige Fire Safety is CAPS Cases, a fantastic company in Newmarket that is one of the UK’s manufacturers of environmentally friendly corrugated cardboard packaging.  The family-run business has over 40 years of experience in the packaging industry, with a key focus on sustainability. Prestige Fire Safety has been working with CAPS Cases since March 2018 and has supported them in a variety of areas with regard to fire safety. Why CAPS Cases owns several manufa...

Superior protection with maximum comfort, a wide range of functions and optimum operational hygiene: these are the arguments that convinced the Bremen Fire Department about the HEROS firefighting helmets from Rosenbauer. The first batch of almost 1,500 helmets was delivered at the end of last year, with the second installment delivered in January 2023. Since then, a total of 58 HEROS H30 helmets in the color ‘daylight fluorescent red’ (for the command staff) and 1,386 HEROS Titan (f...

The Mountainside, NJ Fire Department organizes its PPE storage space with several of GearGrid’s innovative products. GearGrid’s Standard Wall Mount Lockers outline the perimeter of the room, while back-to-back Standard Mobile Lockers allow for more storage in the center of the space. The open-grid design promotes air movement, which minimizes odor build-up and allows damp gear to dry faster. Additional space GearGrid’s Slinger Workstation is the perfect solution for addition...

A Nittan Fire Detection System has been installed by Espat/Maxit Contracting to protect a historic a former steam mill in the village of Dolné Saliby in Slovakia. Classing it as a crucial monument, the Trnava self-governing region undertook a restoration project to save and preserve the former steam mill building. Constructed of brick and wood between 1921 and 1922, the building originally housed machinery from the ancient Ganz-Danubius factory in Budapest, but unfortunately although the...

GearGrid’s products are being used by all of the student-athletes at Hutchinson High School in Minnesota every day in practice. “Each sport has its own storage cage. They have padlocks that only the coaches can access.” Thayne Johnson, Hutchinson’s Activities Director, said. These storage cages replaced their old flimsy cabinets that weren’t holding up to the various needs of the sports teams. Easy purchasing process “When we [first] saw the GearGrid produc...

GearGrid’s Standard Wall Mount Lockers help assist Dupont Nutrition in Madison, WI. The open grid design promotes maximum air movement, which minimizes odor buildup and allows damp items to dry faster. The lockers are constructed with superior strength and versatility for fast, easy access to gear and equipment. Because of this locker design, Dupont can safely and effectively store and dry all their PPE.

WAGNER Rail GmbH, the fire protection solution provider for rail vehicles and a subsidiary of WAGNER Group GmbH, received another major order from Indian Railways at the end of 2022 to equip 1,100 rail vehicles with the TITANUS PRO∙SENS® fire detection system. The order volume of the Indian state railroad company amounts to several million euros. PRO∙SENS® fire detection system The fire protection solution provider secured the first order for Indian Railways four years ago, whereupon...

Faced with aging equipment that was impacting efficiency and productivity, one of the world’s leading packaging companies turned to Gardner Denver Nash to provide a solution that would help get their facility back on track. Its customer, one of the world’s largest packaging companies, is a specialist in providing food packaging products and disposable tableware. The company has 100 years of experience in providing both plastic and fiber-based packaging solutions to a range of r...

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation LTD. (ONGC) is India’s largest public sector energy company, employing over 33,000 people and generating approximately 70% of the country's domestic crude production. The company is renowned for its transparency and corporate governance practices and frequently ranks highly in a variety of indexes, including Platts Top 250 (no. 11, 2017) and Forbes Global 2000 (no. 183, 2017). revitalize assets and maximize efficiency One of the company’s key offs...

When a leading, global material & chemical production company sought to upgrade its legacy equipment, it chose to continue its long-standing relationship with Gardner Denver Nash. Specialized product company Nash's customer is a global pioneer in providing specialized products for a variety of niche applications, producing carbon compounds, chemicals, and treated wood products. From construction and residential lumber to railroad and specialty chemicals, they serve a diverse range of ind...

Infographics are pleased to announce that Surrey Fire and Rescue Service has gone live with its latest program of FireWatch-driven technology innovation.  FireWatch solutions The project provides anytime, anywhere access for its FRS users, including their ‘On Call’ Fire Fighters and Managers, increases real-time visibility of availability and resources, and integrates live data with the joint control room. The program included several key areas: Rollout of the FireWatch M...

Comelit-PAC’s fire system has been installed by CFS Systems on an 800-room student accommodation complex, dedicated to serving Crewe's new medical health science campus. The Apollo Buckingham Health Science Campus (ABHSC) offers degrees in biomedical sciences as well as medical foundation and conversion courses for health workers. The campus is majority owned by the University of Buckingham and Apollo and could have at least 3,000 students at the Crewe site by 2024. risk assessment...

Airservices Australia, the nation’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), has selected Frequentis for a continent-wide solution for its Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Service (ARFFS). The solution will be made up of two components: the Frequentis’ multimedia collaboration and communication platform LifeX, extended by the messenger, incident and resource management module, OnSite.  “Emergency service organizations must have the most effective tools available to process cr...

Fire protection solutions manufacturer, Advanced, has provided intelligent fire panels to protect Alnmouth Friary, a Franciscan monastery overlooking the Alnmouth coastline in Northumberland.  An Advanced MxPro 5 analog addressable fire panel was installed in the Friary to provide protection that is high-performance and fault tolerant. Alnmouth Friary was originally built as a private dwelling in the early 20th Century and the main ministry offers hospitality to visitors and is also the ho...

A small chicken processing plant in central Georgia, USA, installed two Nash CL-2002 (100 HP) vacuum pumps to transport and eviscerate 20,000 chickens daily. The pumps were rebuilt by a non-Nash shop and showed signs of problems as soon as they were started. On the first pump, they quickly found the shaft was out by 0.070”, which caused the pump to jump all over the place. The second pump would lock up within 90 seconds for no reason. Need for Nash vacuums  It's Monday afternoon, a...

Amthal is working with the global media production company, Gravity Media to secure all of its sites across the UK, ensuring dedicated security, fire safety, and ultimate site protection for its team and high-profile visitors. Gravity Media is a provider of cutting-edge, live creative and media services. Home to state-of-the-art equipment and world-class production facilities, with a 30-year pedigree, it leads the way in global sports and entertainment content creation.  Creating an integ...

The main priorities of The Prince Charles Hospital Medium Secure Mental Health Facility bathrooms upgrade were: To offer a more modern bathroom with ligature-resistant features for all sanitary and tapware products. To provide a safe and homely environment for the patients and carers. To provide the best infection control tapware for the showers and basin with ligature and vandal-resistant features. Project Location: Rode Rd, Chermside QLD 4032 Challenge Galvin S/S Cabinets w...

Voted “Most Beautiful Sports Facility in the World” in the Prix Versailles 2019 international architecture awards, Optus Stadium proudly shines through its unique bronze anodized aluminum façade and customizable LED lighting. The 60,000-seat world-class multi-purpose venue can host a range of sporting and entertainment events including AFL, cricket, rugby league, union, soccer, and concerts. customized product solutions Aiming to deliver on the...

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. mental health support services Designed by clinicians and people with lived experience, the unit provides a less clinical, more home-like, and therapeutic environment for patients and their...

Joining existing inpatient services from The University of Kansas Hospital and its Prairie Ridge Campus, the purpose-designed Strawberry Hill campus serves as a facility for short-term inpatient mental and behavioral healthcare in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Since opening in October 2019, the facility has provided much-needed mental health services for immediate help in crisis situations (where someone could cause harm to themselves or other people very soon) and elevated public awarenes...

Galvin Engineering was an important member of a project team that delivered an expansion of the Dillwynia Correctional Centre for NSW Corrective Services. The project increased the capacity of the Centre to 531 beds, making it Australia’s largest women’s prison. Galvin Engineering helped design and install a water management system and specialized correctional tapware products to deliver a safe environment that supports women’s well-being and rehabilitation. Large, complex...

The City of Gold Coast Council relies upon the Ezy-Push Push Button taps because of its dependability in unforgiving marine environments. Installed in some of Australia’s most difficult conditions, the Galvin Engineering’s Ezy-Push Push Button Tapware range is a reliable choice for instant self-closing tapware. Ezy-Push Push Button Tapware range Designed primarily to conserve water and energy, the Galvin Engineering’s Ezy-Push Push Button Tapware range is ideal for public am...

Ziegler Feuerwehrgerätetechnik GmbH & Co. KG, based in Mühlau, Saxony, Germany, manufactured four TLF forest firefighting vehicles for the State of Thuringia, in Germany. In the course of the year, the delivery of three additionally commissioned vehicles of the same type will also take place. TLF forest firefighting vehicles Overview of orders placed to date by the State of Thuringia within ZIEGLER Group: 2016: 8 firefighting vehicles LF 20 KatS on MAN chassis 2017: 7 firefi...

Oshkosh Airport Products, a division of Pierce Manufacturing Inc., and a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, announced Ghana Airports Company Limited has taken delivery of two Oshkosh® Airport Products Striker® 6x6 ARFF vehicles. The vehicles will support emergency operations at two of the region’s largest airfields, including Kumasi International Airport and Tamale International Airport, which serve over 600,000 travelers annually. Adding to a full Oshkosh Airport Products fleet,...

A new multi-million-pound leisure center owned by Great Yarmouth Borough Council is fire-safe, due to a partnership approach with Secur-It specifying Comelit-PAC’s integrated solution. The new £26 million Marina Centre leisure complex on Great Yarmouth’s seafront, was designed to replace the old 1980s built center. With work starting in January 2021, it reopened in August 2022. Operated by Freedom Leisure, the new facility boasts a six-lane swimming pool, learner pool, and aqu...

North West installers - Fire Queen Limited combined a state-of-the-art Advanced Go fire panel with cutting edge wireless devices from Hyfire to protect artwork at The Art of Banksy exhibition, housed in a temporary venue at Media City, Manchester, United Kingdom (UK). The Fire Queen team were given just one week’s notice to survey, specify and install a BS5839-1-2017-compliant fire system to protect the exhibition, which housed a range of the mystery street artist’s most iconic work...