In Wisconsin, the Kenosha Fire Department stopped using a firefighting foam that contained PFAS chemicals…
Issue 26 – April 2022

Three Critical Components of Residential Fire Safety
As we approach the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and three months since…

ALPEX – Innovative materials for particulate-blocking hoods
ALPEX manufactures a range of laminates textiles made with Nomex Nano Flex barrier produced by…

JW Fishers – Tools to make search and recovery operations successful
Search and recovery operations are conducted daily throughout the globe. These dedicated teams are called…

ESKA – Glove professionals from Austria
For 110 years the Austrian family business ESKA has specialised in the development and manufacture…

Becoming green and the challenges for optical flame detection
We are all too aware of the drivers to become greener. In some cases, the…

Thermal imaging: breaking down the scan – Part 3
Thus far, we have learned how to properly interpret thermal data during a scan, we…

Approved fire suppression for electrical cabinets and data panels
Electrical fires are incredibly challenging to predict and once started, if left to burn undetected,…

What’s needed to make our structures more fire resilient?
By 2050, the world’s population is set to grow to almost 10 billion and 68%…

A guide to foam and foam proportioning equipment – Part 2

Electric detection technology provides intelligent fire protection for commercial kitchens
The latest fire-protection systems provide real-time monitoring capabilities, streamline maintenance and evolve with kitchens as…

Specialist demonstration tables
Live fire training is on top of every Chief Fire Officer’s list when it comes…

Fire Rover leads the change from ‘water, water, water’ to early detection and active response
Every industry faces fire risks, but in the waste and recycling industry, fires occur almost…

Reasonable skill and care or fit for purpose?
The term ‘fitness for purpose’ means there is an implied condition that the product or…

Expect building failure – firefighters must always expect and plan for worst-case scenarios
Fires in residential high-rise buildings present tremendous challenges to firefighters, where inappropriate structural design, construction…

Starting the year strong with GESA’s Equipment Exchange
We all know that Emergency Services departments and communities across the Global South struggle to…
Kickstarting the Gulf fire safety sector after Covid
Since early 2020, the global fire safety sector began to confront the drastic effects of…