Collaboration & safety awareness is fundamental for shunting yards operations in Rotterdam harbour. In Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, the fire-safety level is high, and with good reason. The shunting yards, where large volumes of hazardous substances are shunted in (tanker)…
Certified cleaning of PFAS: how to keep it out of the environment
As a result of upcoming European regulations that will virtually end the sale and use of PFAS-containing products, all types of extinguishing foam that contain these harmful fluorine compounds should be replaced with fluorine-free alternatives in the coming years. The…
The power of turbine response systems: watermist for effective cooling and firefighting
Industrial fire brigades are showing increasing interest in turbine firefighting systems: turbines that generate a powerful watermist with very fine water droplets. The technology is already being used successfully by many industrial fire brigades for industrial incident scenarios, such as…
Embedding sustainable development goals in the DNA of Fire and Rescue Services
Fire & Rescue Services (FRS) organisations deliver complex services including fire-risk prevention, mitigation and incident response covering residential areas, buildings, industrial facilities, public infrastructure and natural resources such as forests and grassland. The purpose of a firefighting service is to…
The Beirut explosion: an inconvenient truth for the industry and authorities
The devastating explosion in the Beirut harbour area was a dramatic wake-up call for the industry and (port) authorities worldwide. The cataclysmic event strongly proves the need for proactive risk management regarding large-scale storage of ammonium nitrate and other extremely…