DuPont launches Nomex Xtreme Performance
FlamePro successfully delivers vital PPE to Farnborough Airport
Technical innovation drives performance in firefighting PPE
It’s unlikely that there are any serving firefighters who remember responding to incidents in the traditional wool jackets and PVC leggings that were still in use up until the early nineties. That’s because the watershed moment for development of technology…
Webinar: Hainsworth Protective Fabrics presents PPE Standards in the Fire Industry
The best garments for tackling wildland fires
Let’s get personal
A key factor when choosing a personal flashlight for firefighting is versatility – from brightness and runtime to multiple operating modes – as leading provider of professional lighting tools, Streamlight® Inc. explains. The ‘intended use’ of a flashlight can vary…
Creating and maintaining quality PPE
Good firefighter PPE offers excellent protection from heat, flame, flashovers, particulates, water ingress and blood-borne pathogens, but how is it made and how can fire services ensure it remains fit for purpose throughout its lifetime? MSA Bristol has a proven…
Hand protection that is up to the task
The modern firefighter needs gloves that are made for the job they are tasked to perform, but, with recent changes to the rules covering PPE, are the gloves currently issued to firefighters compliant and fit for purpose? Ask any firefighter…
Hainsworth Protective Fabrics and Sir Ken Knight discuss the past, present and future of firefighter PPE
MSA Bristol: expert protection from head to toe
The new year marked a new era for two of the most respected and well-established brands in the firefighter PPE industry. MSA Safety, a global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of safety products that protect people and facility…