UK Fire magazine issue 2 – August 2018

The after Grenfell Seminar – London, 17 July 2018

The Grenfell Tower conflagration in West London on the night of 14 June 2017 when…

Emergency One (UK) Limited – The UK’s largest designer and manufacturer of specialist fire and rescue vehicles

Formed in 1989, the company has grown steadily to now produce over 230 vehicles a…

The world’s high-rise structures in wood are fire protected by vents that block flames even when you see the flames through them before they seal up. This is the Mjos Tower, currently the world’s highest wooden residential building.
See-through flame protection

If you look up through rainscreen cladding you may see all the way up, past…

FläktGroup HT smoke shaft vent.
Clearing the air on mechanical smoke extraction guidance

The current lack of definitive guidance for auditing mechanical smoke extraction designs in high-rise buildings…

Phil Pugh (left) and Paul Hopkins prepare for a training session ahead of their mammoth 3,000-mile Atlantic rowing challenge.
Atlantic dream team

During December 2018, adventurers will set off on a world record breaking challenge to row…

Impeller – Safer people and places

Impeller is a social enterprise working in close collaboration with Tyne and Wear Fire and…

Fire-alarm investigation.
Live investigations of false fire alarms

Fire detection and fire alarm systems (FDFAS) are used to provide early warning of fire…

The powerful 350-lumen Atex-RA2 can be clipped to the front of breathing apparatus.
Unilite – Tough flashlights built for industrial and hazardous environments

With over 37 years’ experience, Unilite is one of the world’s leading flashlight manufacturers in…

The Fire Fighters Charity celebrates 75 years with their year-long fundraising campaign, #My75Miles.
Where will #My75Miles take you?

There is still plenty of time to join The Fire Fighters Charity’s year-long #My75Miles challenge…

Traditional training is now becoming a regimented and prescriptive test-based approach with separate vocational and academic elements for students.
Training to fail and failing to train, a dilemma for leaders

Our current working environment, and the systems we employ for training staff, to meet the…