Key points: ν If Felicity Ace enforced similar guidelines to other carriers, requiring EVs to be carried at less than 50% state of charge, are we just seeing modern vehicles burning without the additional fire intensity seen with EV lithium-ion…
Training to be more fit for duty
Ask four different firefighters what it means to be fit for duty and you might get four different answers. One might state that it would mean that you were able to pass the department physical exam. Another might answer the…
Renz GmbH – High-quality and efficient positive pressure ventilation systems
Firefighting and rescue services are the focus of the owner-managed Renz GmbH in Eppertshausen near Frankfurt am Main. By means of demand-oriented consulting, high quality and efficiency of the products is guaranteed. The innovative Typhoon positive pressure ventilation systems enable…
Waterous Company – Fire pumps, foam and CAFSystems
Waterous Company, a world leader in firefighting equipment, has been manufacturing products in South St. Paul, Minnesota for over 136 years. Since its humble beginnings, Waterous has continued to develop revolutionary products for firefighting and industrial applications. From constructing the…
Thermal imaging: breaking down the scan – Part 3
Thus far, we have learned how to properly interpret thermal data during a scan, we have learned how to conduct a scan during size-up, and now we will complete this series by explaining how to scan the interior environment. These…
SAMFlows – Safe, intelligent and efficient water-flow operations
IDEX Fire & Safety introduces SAMFlows, a sophisticated total water-flow control system that manages all critical aspects of a fire engine’s pump, tank, inlets and discharges, showcasing at the INTERSCHUTZ trade fair. Recognising the challenges that crews face on the…
Hydrogen – the safety challenges of a cleaner future
As the world moves away from fossil fuels, hydrogen has become attractive as a clean alternative. It is already a vital component in our economies and has been used for centuries in many industrial applications, such as power station cooling…
Trench rescue: low-frequency but high-hazard incidents
Trench rescue incidents thankfully do not occur on a regular basis, but when they do occur, how prepared are our emergency responders in dealing with them? Trench rescues by their nature are very complex and have the potential to rapidly…
Experience training with LION ChimerX – Practical training while providing a real learning experience
At LION, we believe that training should be as practical as possible while providing a real learning experience. We deliver training solutions for all types of first responders: fire brigades, police, army, naval forces, airports, petrochemical industry, maritime industry, oil…
RatioResponse – From Industrial Fire Solutions
Industrial Fire Solutions, a division of Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc., offers a variety of firefighting equipment built specifically for industrial facilities and terminals. Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is located in Osceola, Wisconsin. After decades of…
EaseAlert – The future of firefighter alerting
EaseAlert is on a mission to combat stress-related deaths in the fire service with a revolutionary tactile Fire Fighter Alerting System (FFAS). When a call comes in, EaseAlert’s proprietary wearables vibrate on the firefighters’ wrists, and bedside alerting devices called…
Power under e³ control – Are you ready for the next
With the new LUKAS e3 series you will work more efficiently and safely from now on – thanks to a smart dashboard for better control. For the e³ series we’ve taken all the positive power and performance features of our…
The Hose Monster Company – Bringing flow testing into the 21st century
The Hose Monster Company is a collection of professionals dedicated to elevating the fire-protection industry to its absolute safest levels. Since our founding in 1993, we have been proprietors of the best equipment in our field, including our patented Pitotless…
Esteri Group – A Nordic provider of strong tools for important work
Most of the old, successful companies of today had a humble start in the beginning. Back in 1968, Mr Veikko Nummela founded a company bearing his name at the age of 58, he started to make a fire pump in…
ALPEX – Innovative materials for particulate-blocking hoods
ALPEX manufactures a range of laminates textiles made with Nomex Nano Flex barrier produced by DuPont. Tested in real conditions, the performance results are outstanding. Recent statistics from the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) warn of an alarming trend:…
ADALIT – Introducing the right-angle torch
ADALIT is a well-known and established international brand, designed and manufactured by Adaro Tecnología S.A. in its factory located in the north of Spain. With more than 100 years of manufacturing experience, ADALIT produces and delivers fit-for-purpose intrinsically safe smart…
Starting the year strong with GESA’s Equipment Exchange
We all know that Emergency Services departments and communities across the Global South struggle to get the equipment they need. Budgets are tight, procurements can be slow and inefficient, and the process for getting donated equipment can take years. At…
Kurt Vollmacher – A personal passion
As a small child, I lived in a street where eight firefighters also had their homes. At the age of five, I went with them to the fire station. I got my own uniform and was allowed to ride along…
International foam school – Focused on team leaders and fire chiefs
These days fire and rescue services are living in their own bubble to avoid causing trouble in daily shifts due to infection by Covid. This affects municipal fire services as well as the industrial fire brigades. But the result is…
Improving outcomes for the UK Fire and Rescue Services using foams
The largest fire seen in the Humberside area for many years was controlled and extinguished with FREEGEN SF-LV, a fluorine-free, solvent-free and low-viscosity firefighting foam concentrate. The Thompson Plastic factory fire in the Bridgewood area of Hessle, Hull involved more…