Special Reports – Gulf Fire

Typical Tall Buildings using stairwell pressurisation.

Essential fire protection for tall buildings

Engaging a qualified and competent fire engineer helps to ensure statutory compliance and provides guidance to meet international best practice throughout a building’s life cycle.

The role of an expert witness

The author is flanked by NFPA President & CEO Jim Pauley (second from the left) and members of the Metro Chiefs after receiving the Congressional Fire Services Institute (CFSI) Mason Langford Award last year.

Firefighter fatalities: Some positive signs from NFPA

Disaster-area 1991 at Culemborg: unexpected explosion of fireworks, lessons could and should have been learned: 2 casualties. mage courtesy of Rob Jastrzebski

The Beirut explosion; an inconvenient truth for the industry and authorities

ARFF crews attend a helicopter undercarriage pinning exercise.

Providing aircraft rescue and firefighting services during a pandemic event

Risk Critical, Complex PPE.

Control the virus, stop the spread!

Figure 1: Polystyrene (PS) a thermoplastic with very poor reaction to fire, image displays poor unsafe site management.

Flammable cladding in China: A site study 2020

ZIEGLER Watertower WT 330.

The challenges of urbanization and other megatrends

Firefighters must remove toxic soot from their skin on-scene with fit-for-purpose decontamination wipes.

Wipe it off, don’t take it home – dealing with toxic soot on-scene

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Large diameter hose systems for industrial fire services

A lightweight particulate barrier hood that offers breathability, protection and comfort.

Cancer – The current epidemic in the fire service

Complete plant destruction as a result of a dust explosion.

Dust explosion mitigation methods

Chubb Fire Qatar Headquarters.

Bristol in the Gulf

An example of the BS 8414 Test being conducted.

A strong foundation or building on sand?

Andy Dean moderating a panel discussion in Muscat with Abhishek Chhabra (TBW), Peter van Gorp (AESG) and Jonathan Scopes (Samara Training Center).

Safety Design in Buildings

The increased pressure of SAPPHIRE PLUS systems reduces the number of containers required and enables extended pipe runs.

SAPPHIRE PLUS Launch