Gulf Fire Magazine - Issue 5 - January 2017 - Gulf Fire

Innovation will be the key word for the new year

Major General Expert Rashid Thani Al Matroushi, Director General Dubai Civil Defence.

International Excellence and Innovation Medal

Product Profile

The Turbinator from Knowsley SK – Always providing precision proportioning

Unifire – Swedish solution for high-rise building fires

Tornatech – UL Listed and FM Approved electric and diesel fire pump controllers

PBI Performance Products

PBI Performance Products – The firefighter’s first line of defence for the most extreme conditions

Reach and Rescue

Reach and Rescue – Reaching out to save lives across the world

Product Profile

Grace Industries Inc. – NFPA Compliant SuperPASS®5, SuperPASS®5X, and TPASS®5

TLX Technologies

TLX Technologies – Releasing devices for fire suppression systems with high operating pressure

Product Profile

DuPont™ Nomex® – Game-changing firefighter protection

PROTECT – Shaping the future of emergency and crisis management

Kuwait University College of Science & Faculty Club.

Protecting critical assets at Kuwait University

Emirates flight # 521 crashed on landing, all 300 passengers and crew survived but 1 ARFF was killed by an explosion during the firefighting efforts.

Emergency management and response for airports

Safety Design in Buildings – Expert talks

TouchControl, the new fire touchscreen repeater with Active Maps.

The key challenges for fire systems in high-rise buildings

Nearly 200 countries have signed up to reduce use of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol amendment.

Protocol amendment for sustainable alternatives

Coatings professionals agree that the better the surface preparation the better the lifecycle of the applied coatings.

Considerations for the application of high-temperature coatings – Part 2

Addressable speakers deliver audio messages to targeted areas within a building.

Mass notification systems: the basics

Figure 3 – Close-up view (of figure 1) showing the extent of damage to the balcony.

Fire safety issues with balconies

Severe corrosion in a steel pipe.

The problem of corrosion in metal fire sprinkler systems

Crowd exiting through main entrance of mosque (exit not code compliant).

Field observations and human behaviour in fire

Figure 1. Longitudinal and transverse flue spaces. Longitudinal spaces are those between racks at the left. Transverse flue spaces, on the right, exist between stored materials and the racks as one is facing them. These flue spaces should be maintained to allow vertical fire spread and enable fire control water to reach burning and nearby combustibles. IL certifications can be an important factor in processors’ efforts to protect human life, plant assets and business operations.

High challenge: High-piled storage fire protection

SIL certifications can be an important factor in processors’ efforts to protect human life, plant assets and business operations.

Fire and gas safety systems for oil and gas applications

Figure 2: Fire suppression testing according to the described method. A fan is seen to the left.

Fire suppression in engine compartments of coaches

Intersec 2017 – Profile & Showcase

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