During the recent Safety Design in Buildings conference held in Jeddah, Gulf Fire took the opportunity to speak with panelist and speaker: Ali Mokhtar…
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HCN and CO in firefighting and emergency medical services
Smoke and gases generated in today’s fires are more dangerous than they’ve ever been. Thankfully more knowledge and better equipment can help us deal …
Selecting fire and gas detectors for harsh and remote locations
Drilling platforms in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. Oil and gas processing facilities that see temperature extremes to 47 degrees or more. Pipelin…
Best practice is the only way
Against a background of high-rise building fires in the Middle East, and the issues emerging from the Grenfell inquiry in the UK, the need for supply …
Fire protection for LNG
Fire safety is an intrinsic part of the design process for developing hydrocarbon facilities. With the range of codes and standards used in the Oil &#…
Safety for warehouses – video fights fire
Warehouses can be a firefighter’s nightmare. Although warehouse fires usually result in few bodily injuries or fatalities, the lack of early fire dete…
Virtual reality technology is within fire department’s reach
New developments in technology have brought the capability for all fire departments to utilize immersive virtual reality. This equipment costs signifi…
Special vehicle manufacturing
Special purpose vehicles are to be customized as much as possible. Unlike general purpose vehicles either personal or trucks firefighting and rescue u…
Trust in PPE
With a host of firefighting PPE available on the international market, varying in cost and quality, how can Fire & Rescue Services ensure they are…
Twelve barriers that can impact situational awareness – Part 1
Flawed situational awareness is one of the leading contributing factors in first responder near-miss and casualty events. Complicating this problem is…
Fire safety in wind turbines – there is more to know
Wind power is an important and growing source of renewable energy in Europe. Due to the wind conditions, offshore wind power is a promising option. He…
UCLan meeting the requirements of High Hazard Industries
Since the official launch of UCLan PROTECT in September 2017 this innovative and holistic approach to providing Emergency and Crisis Management contin…
UAE: Improving fire safety on construction sites
Here Paul Henson, Sales and Marketing Director at Ramtech Electronics, looks at why Dubai Civil Defence’s new Fire and Fire Safety Code has the abilit…
Keeping it clean
The provision of cleaning and maintenance services for firefighter PPE varies greatly around the world. Cleaning is a high priority in the USA and par…
Cellulose or plastic? It’s not just about shopping bags
The vast product arrays that move through modern storage warehouses provide a constant challenge to owners, insurers and code officials to assure the …
Fire safety of façades
Façade fires do not occur often, in comparison to other major structure fires only 1.3 – 3 % of the total number of structure fires [1], but relativel…
When the stakes are high… fire protection for mission critical industries
Power utilities, data centres, critical control rooms, manufacturing plants, oil and gas rigs… in our complex, fuel hungry, data driven society …
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