Nittan launches new visual alarm base for its leading evolution photoelectric smoke detector
The new EV-PYSVAD is a Type A Indoor Beacon Base VAD with enhanced performance. It features 12 high-power white LEDs which provide the required light...
Fire prevention and detection
Receive instant smoke alarms on your phone with the X-Sense Wi-Fi Smoke Detector
Smoke detectors are an essential part of all households. If there’s even a remote possibility of a fire, you need to be informed as soon...
Fire Management: Prevention, Detection, and Response Technics/Approaches (4)
Fires are not always accidents or acts of nature. An alarming number of cases are thought to be intentionally set up fires resulting from a...
Africa: Explainer – ‘Catastrophic’ Wildfire Risk Is Growing. Here’s How to Cut It
As climate change increases the risk of ‘catastrophic’ wildfires, countries need proactive policies to stem their ferocity, scientists say The risk of catastrophic wildfires is...
Smoke Alarms: Why it is important to specify key details in products for consumers
Smoke alarms are incredibly important for safety, but they come in a variety of different technologies, and customers may not be fully aware of which...
Most common smoke detector not recommended for detecting most common fire
Matt Covey says everyone should be using photoelectric smoke detectors, but only about 10 per cent of single-family homes in Covey’s district do. Covey, Halifax’s...
Working on Fire recruits 40 youth in the Eastern Cape
In an attempt to alleviate the unemployment in the Eastern Cape, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment’s Working on Fire (WoF) programme has recruited...
The Different Types of Fire Hose Nozzles
As a wildland firefighter, you must have a range of fire hose nozzles to suit the variety of different problems and conditions you may encounter...
Firefighting kit – is it time to end one-type-fits-all?
We know that every day as a firefighter is not the same. Every call-out is different – from road traffic collisions to industrial fires, the...
Planning Your Fire Department’s Rescue Tool Evaluation
Planning Your Fire Department’s Rescue Tool Evaluation “Hands-on” is an especially important term in the rescue industry – and for good reason. The skills and...